Non-Communicable Diseases
Colon Cancer Rate by Country 2026
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Country | Colon Cancer Cases 2017↓ | Colon Cancer Rate 2017 (cases per 100k People) | Change in Colon Cancer Rates 1990-2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | China | 431,951 | 22.4 | 84.1% |
 | United States | 209,237 | 39.1 | -15.1% |
 | Japan | 153,905 | 45.0 | 23.8% |
 | India | 82,775 | 7.9 | 37.5% |
 | Germany | 76,179 | 41.1 | -9.4% |
 | Russia | 69,283 | 29.9 | 29.5% |
 | United Kingdom | 52,331 | 41.7 | -2.3% |
 | Italy | 52,228 | 37.2 | 8.8% |
 | France | 45,501 | 33.0 | -3.7% |
 | Spain | 41,133 | 43.4 | 40.8% |
 | Brazil | 36,934 | 16.3 | 53.5% |
 | South Korea | 27,351 | 32.5 | 127% |
 | Canada | 25,661 | 38.5 | -3.8% |
 | Ukraine | 24,101 | 31.5 | 21.5% |
 | Poland | 20,482 | 29.7 | 23.3% |
 | Vietnam | 19,210 | 21.0 | 51.9% |
 | Indonesia | 18,739 | 9.3 | 18% |
 | Australia | 18,429 | 45.7 | -4.3% |
 | Taiwan | 18,209 | 48.0 | 142% |
 | Netherlands | 16,948 | 50.9 | 21.3% |
 | Mexico | 16,550 | 14.5 | 88.9% |
 | Thailand | 15,598 | 16.0 | 29.3% |
 | Turkey | 15,436 | 17.6 | 26.1% |
 | Argentina | 13,927 | 26.1 | 28.1% |
 | Philippines | 13,472 | 18.4 | 182% |
 | Romania | 10,989 | 30.5 | 84.4% |
 | Pakistan | 10,509 | 9.4 | 47.1% |
 | Bangladesh | 10,188 | 8.4 | -12.5% |
 | Iran | 9,784 | 14.0 | 63.3% |
 | Portugal | 9,390 | 41.4 | 40.3% |
 | Colombia | 8,683 | 16.1 | 41.5% |
 | Hungary | 8,454 | 44.7 | 9.8% |
 | Czechia | 8,320 | 40.1 | -17.5% |
 | Belgium | 8,141 | 35.5 | -10.5% |
 | Sweden | 7,130 | 34.7 | 5.1% |
 | Nigeria | 7,096 | 9.2 | 8.5% |
 | Malaysia | 6,605 | 26.9 | 31.1% |
 | Myanmar | 6,560 | 14.9 | 5.4% |
 | Greece | 6,556 | 27.6 | 60.1% |
 | Serbia | 5,971 | 38.4 | 27.5% |
 | Cuba | 5,629 | 29.9 | 36% |
 | Austria | 5,592 | 31.5 | -22.6% |
 | Denmark | 5,175 | 45.6 | 60.5% |
 | Bulgaria | 5,156 | 35.5 | 47.5% |
 | Chile | 5,154 | 22.2 | 65.5% |
 | Switzerland | 5,032 | 29.4 | 40.3% |
 | Venezuela | 4,965 | 17.9 | 52% |
 | South Africa | 4,774 | 11.1 | 18.7% |
 | Slovakia | 4,739 | 52.4 | 39.8% |
 | Peru | 4,589 | 15.0 | 73.6% |
 | Norway | 4,556 | 48.4 | 16.2% |
 | Egypt | 4,500 | 7.3 | 48.6% |
 | North Korea | 4,483 | 14.3 | 16.8% |
 | Belarus | 4,478 | 28.3 | 29.1% |
 | Ethiopia | 4,375 | 11.7 | -17.1% |
 | Croatia | 3,993 | 45.9 | 33.6% |
 | New Zealand | 3,837 | 50.2 | -19.1% |
 | Finland | 3,437 | 28.9 | 17.3% |
 | Israel | 3,165 | 27.9 | 4.5% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 3,000 | 16.6 | 149% |
 | Ireland | 2,948 | 40.6 | 2.5% |
 | Algeria | 2,821 | 8.6 | 25.7% |
 | Kazakhstan | 2,773 | 16.4 | 6.2% |
 | Morocco | 2,754 | 8.8 | 41.8% |
 | DR Congo | 2,676 | 8.4 | 4.2% |
 | Sri Lanka | 2,451 | 10.1 | 69.4% |
 | Singapore | 2,394 | 34.9 | 2.4% |
 | Tanzania | 2,307 | 10.1 | -1.3% |
 | Puerto Rico | 2,084 | 30.4 | 55.5% |
 | Uzbekistan | 1,982 | 9.5 | 28.2% |
 | Kenya | 1,966 | 9.6 | 17.5% |
 | Ecuador | 1,954 | 13.4 | 73.8% |
 | Uruguay | 1,817 | 33.3 | 20% |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,735 | 29.4 | 81.8% |
 | Lebanon | 1,692 | 28.1 | 62.7% |
 | Lithuania | 1,683 | 29.2 | 27.9% |
 | Slovenia | 1,639 | 39.4 | 17.4% |
 | Sudan | 1,509 | 8.3 | 25.8% |
 | Mozambique | 1,503 | 14.4 | 19.2% |
 | Tunisia | 1,476 | 12.3 | 40.5% |
 | Afghanistan | 1,458 | 12.9 | 21% |
 | Cambodia | 1,445 | 13.1 | 5.6% |
 | Nepal | 1,438 | 7.0 | 20.1% |
 | Moldova | 1,437 | 25.2 | 19.3% |
 | Costa Rica | 1,397 | 28.4 | 88.8% |
 | Ghana | 1,384 | 9.5 | 19.5% |
 | Iraq | 1,309 | 5.6 | -31.1% |
 | Dominican Republic | 1,277 | 13.9 | 87.7% |
 | Uganda | 1,263 | 9.5 | 22.1% |
 | Syria | 1,237 | 9.7 | 39.5% |
 | Yemen | 1,234 | 9.5 | 38.2% |
 | Azerbaijan | 1,210 | 12.9 | 30.1% |
 | Latvia | 1,205 | 29.8 | 23.2% |
 | Burkina Faso | 1,146 | 13.7 | 11.2% |
 | Bolivia | 1,092 | 13.2 | 28% |
 | Libya | 1,053 | 21.8 | 52.8% |
 | Angola | 1,049 | 10.3 | 6% |
 | Madagascar | 1,021 | 10.0 | -1.1% |
 | Cameroon | 1,015 | 9.4 | 11.3% |
 | Guatemala | 1,010 | 9.3 | 79.4% |
 | Jordan | 940 | 15.9 | 26.8% |
 | Estonia | 929 | 34.8 | 24.8% |
 | Georgia | 901 | 15.7 | 34.2% |
 | El Salvador | 869 | 15.2 | 150% |
 | North Macedonia | 812 | 24.1 | 51.6% |
 | Haiti | 803 | 12.8 | 19.2% |
 | Zimbabwe | 782 | 11.7 | 21% |
 | Armenia | 772 | 18.7 | 27.1% |
 | Somalia | 766 | 12.7 | 13.6% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 759 | 19.9 | 50.3% |
 | Panama | 737 | 18.6 | 45% |
 | Zambia | 731 | 12.2 | -7% |
 | Paraguay | 722 | 13.9 | 91.7% |
 | Jamaica | 639 | 22.0 | 66.1% |
 | Mali | 625 | 7.8 | 3.8% |
 | Honduras | 582 | 9.7 | 67.1% |
 | Senegal | 564 | 8.3 | -10.8% |
 | Ivory Coast | 554 | 5.8 | 2.5% |
 | Cyprus | 551 | 29.0 | 46.1% |
 | Nicaragua | 501 | 10.9 | 56.8% |
 | Laos | 488 | 11.7 | -1.6% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 469 | 10.0 | 8% |
 | Albania | 454 | 11.2 | 37.5% |
 | Niger | 449 | 6.6 | -1% |
 | Rwanda | 448 | 8.2 | -2% |
 | Malawi | 438 | 6.1 | 22.3% |
 | Palestine | 432 | 17.0 | 5.5% |
 | Tajikistan | 430 | 8.0 | 6.8% |
 | Chad | 422 | 8.2 | 27.1% |
 | Luxembourg | 409 | 42.1 | 0.9% |
 | Guinea | 403 | 7.7 | 28.7% |
 | South Sudan | 402 | 11.1 | 5.7% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 373 | 20.9 | 12.4% |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 372 | 8.5 | -31.5% |
 | Turkmenistan | 353 | 9.6 | 28.8% |
 | Benin | 350 | 7.9 | 20% |
 | Burundi | 328 | 8.4 | -2.8% |
 | Mauritius | 322 | 19.4 | 95.4% |
 | Eritrea | 320 | 14.3 | 9.9% |
 | Malta | 306 | 34.4 | 35.2% |
 | Sierra Leone | 303 | 9.3 | 14.1% |
 | Republic of the Congo | 300 | 12.8 | 5.2% |
 | Kuwait | 290 | 10.9 | 32.9% |
 | Togo | 247 | 7.7 | 17.3% |
 | Montenegro | 238 | 23.8 | 21.1% |
 | Oman | 222 | 10.9 | 46.3% |
 | Central African Republic | 202 | 9.8 | |
 | Mongolia | 183 | 8.2 | -2.6% |
 | Mauritania | 181 | 9.5 | 4.6% |
 | Iceland | 169 | 31.7 | 6.5% |
 | Liberia | 164 | 9.0 | 15.8% |
 | Qatar | 158 | 17.8 | 4.1% |
 | Barbados | 153 | 31.8 | 44.6% |
 | Brunei | 139 | 43.8 | 40.5% |
 | Gabon | 134 | 13.2 | 10.2% |
 | Botswana | 134 | 10.5 | 15.9% |
 | Lesotho | 122 | 10.7 | 43.8% |
 | Namibia | 118 | 8.6 | 9.8% |
 | Bahrain | 110 | 11.3 | -2.8% |
 | Suriname | 107 | 19.0 | 46.7% |
 | Bahamas | 95 | 25.8 | 25.7% |
 | Fiji | 82 | 11.8 | 26.6% |
 | Timor-Leste | 79 | 16.0 | 29.3% |
 | Guyana | 79 | 13.2 | 23.9% |
 | Djibouti | 77 | 14.4 | 7.2% |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 72 | 10.8 | -5% |
 | Eswatini | 72 | 13.3 | 24.8% |
 | Gambia | 60 | 6.6 | 12.8% |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 54 | 12.2 | 22.1% |
 | Comoros | 52 | 12.0 | 1.9% |
 | Andorra | 52 | 38.3 | 6.1% |
 | Bhutan | 48 | 8.1 | 22.1% |
 | Bermuda | 46 | 36.0 | 11.4% |
 | Cape Verde | 40 | 8.9 | 125% |
 | Seychelles | 39 | 36.4 | 142% |
 | Saint Lucia | 31 | 15.1 | 18.9% |
 | Belize | 30 | 11.4 | 47.6% |
 | Solomon Islands | 29 | 9.0 | 13.8% |
 | Grenada | 29 | 18.7 | 19.6% |
 | Maldives | 27 | 9.1 | 15.6% |
 | Greenland | 25 | 39.0 | -14.2% |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23 | 16.5 | 17.7% |
 | Vanuatu | 21 | 12.9 | 12.5% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20 | 19.9 | 42.9% |
 | Dominica | 16 | 17.4 | 44.8% |
 | Samoa | 15 | 11.2 | 9.6% |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13 | 13.8 | 63.1% |
 | Micronesia | 9 | 13.7 | 15.3% |
 | American Samoa | 8 | 18.5 | 16.7% |
 | Kiribati | 7 | 10.3 | 9% |
 | Tonga | 7 | 9.4 | 19.4% |
 | Marshall Islands | 6 | 17.2 | 21.9% |
| Total | 1,824,863 |
- Rates shown are age-standardized.
