What we count
An estimate of new and recurrent active tuberculosis cases, including diagnosed and undetected disease.
New tuberculosis cases this year
How many people develop tuberculosis during a year according to WHO's latest estimate.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
174,994,521new malaria cases this year
744,658new hiv infections this year
6,577,808deaths from communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional causes this year
What lies behind this number
An estimate of new and recurrent active tuberculosis cases, including diagnosed and undetected disease.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
The incidence estimate is not a count of laboratory-confirmed notifications and is more uncertain where diagnosis is weak.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 for 2024.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value10,700,000cases
- Period
- 2024
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value10,700,0002024 · cases
Average per day29,296even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2024.
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 and refers to 2024. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025
- Data period
- 2024
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation