A concise, sourced reference for writers, health educators and anyone looking for the latest published figures on diabetes in India.
Figures on this page are population estimates, not individual diagnoses. Methods and age ranges differ between sources, so each statistic names its source and reference year.
Adults aged 20 to 79 in India estimated to be living with diabetes.
International Diabetes Federation, 2025 ↗Estimated share of adults with diabetes in India who were undiagnosed, equal to about 38.6 million people.
International Diabetes Federation, 2025 ↗Adults aged 20 to 79 projected to be living with diabetes in India.
International Diabetes Federation, 2025 ↗Diabetes counts are estimates, not a live register. Different studies use different reference years, age ranges and modelling methods. The figures below should be quoted with their source and date, rather than treated as interchangeable.
The national cross-sectional study projected that 101.3 million people in India had diabetes, and 136.0 million had prediabetes.
Read the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology study ↗The Atlas estimated diabetes in adults aged 20 to 79, with an age-standardised prevalence of 10.5%.
View India’s IDF country data ↗Use the International Diabetes Federation’s 2024 estimate of 89.8 million adults aged 20 to 79, and name the IDF Diabetes Atlas 11th edition, published in 2025.
Use the ICMR-INDIAB estimate of 101.3 million people with diabetes and 136.0 million with prediabetes, identifying it as a 2021 projection published in 2023.
Use the IDF projection of 156.7 million adults aged 20 to 79 by 2050. A projection is not a forecast of any one person’s health.
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Published 2025. India country data provides 2024 estimates and 2050 projections for adults aged 20 to 79, including estimated undiagnosed diabetes.
IDF India country data ↗Published 2023 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The study reports 2021 projections based on its national survey programme.
Study record and full citation ↗Dr. Om J Lakhani. “Diabetes statistics in India.” Updated 26 October 2026. Accessed at https://dromlakhani.com/diabetes-statistics-india.
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