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Colorblind People Population! Statistics

  • Jun 13, 2021
  • 4 min read

Updated: Jun 11, 2024

How many people do you think are colorblind on the planet? What country has the most colorblind population? Here Is The Population of Colorblind People in 22 Countries.


What Percentage of the Population Is Color Blindness?

There is general agreement that 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women are colorblind (approximately 4.5% of the world population), as a result, there are more than 350 million colorblind people in the world.

This number increases every year according to the world's population growth (1.05%). You can compare this number to the whole US population (332 Million).


Approximately 12 children with color deficiency are born per minute.

In a class of 25, one, and possibly more students, likely will have difficulty distinguishing colors. A Step-By-Step Guide To Help Children With Color Vision Deficiency


Different Types of Color Blindness

The terminology of the "colorblind" word can be misleading. Most colorblind people can see many colors but not as broad as others. It is rare to see black and white.

According to Colblindor, 99% of all colorblind people suffering from red-green color blindness. The numbers of people with Monochromacy color blindness (Total color blindness) are small, perhaps 1 in 33,000 people.


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What Country Has More Colorblind People?

Countries with larger populations and Isolated communities with a restricted gene pool have more populations of people with color deficiency. India has the highest number of colorblind people population in the world with 70 million being colorblind. China is the second country with 53 million colorblind people population.



What Percent of the U.S. Population Is Color Blind?

According to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, about 3.7% or 12 million Americans are colorblind (7 percent of males, and 0.4 percent of females).




What Nations Are Most Affected by Color Blindness?

Countries with a restricted gene pool sometimes produce high proportions of color blindness, including the less usual types. Arabs have the highest percentage of color blindness among other nations.

Arabs, Indians, Russians, Norwegians, French, Dutch, Swiss, Scots, and Germans are the most affected nations by color blindness.




Prevalence of Color Blindness in Different Nations

Nation

% Male

% Female

% Total

Arabs

10%

0.5%

5.2%

Indians

8.7%

1.6%

5.2%

Russians

9.2%

0.5%

4.8%

Norwegians

9%

0.5%

4.7%

French

8.6%

0.5%

4.5%

Germans

7.7%

0.5%

4.1%

Chinese

6.9%

0.5%

3.7%

Japanese

5%

0.2%

2.6%


What Ethnicity Is Color Blindness Most Common in?

Color blindness is most common among the caucasian race. As many as 8 percent of men and 0.5 percent of women with Northern European ancestry have the common form of color blindness.


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The Population of Colorblind People in 22 Countries:


How many Indians are colorblind?

India's population is 1.38 billion, and 5.2% of the population or 70 million Indians are colorblind. 1



How many Chinese are colorblind?

China's population is 1.43 billion, and 3.7% of the population or 53 million Chinese are colorblind. 2

How many Americans are colorblind?

The U.S. population is 332 million, and 3.7% of the population or 12 million Americans are colorblind. 3

How many Indonesians are colorblind?

Indonesia's population is 270 million, and 4% of the population or 11 million Indonesians are colorblind. 4

How many Brazilians are colorblind?

Brazil's population is 212 million, and 3.77% of the population or 8 million Pakistanis are colorblind. 5

How many Russians are colorblind?

Russia's population is 142 million, and 4.8% of the population or 7 million Nigerians are colorblind. 6

How many Pakistanis are colorblind?

Pakistan's population is 230 million, and 2.75% of the population or 6 million Pakistanis are colorblind. 7

How many Bangladeshis are colorblind?

Bangladesh's population is 163 million, and 3.35% of the population or 5.5 million Bangladeshis are colorblind. 8

How many Nigerians are colorblind?

Nigeria's population is 201 million, and 2.2% of the population or 4.5 million Nigerians are colorblind. 9

How many Germans are colorblind?

Germany's population is 83 million, and 4.1% of the population or 3.4 million Germans are colorblind. 10

How many Turks are colorblind?

Turkey's population is 82 million, and 3.9% of the population or 3.2 million Turks are colorblind. 11

How many Britons are colorblind?

The UK population is 66 million, and 4.5% of the population or 3 million British are colorblind. 12

How many French are colorblind?

France's population is 67 million, and 4.55% of the population or 3 million French people are colorblind. 13

How many Japanese are colorblind?

Japan's population is 126 million, and 2.4% of the population or 3 million Japanese are colorblind. 14

How many Filipinos are colorblind?

Philippines' Population is 108 million, and 2.83% of the population or 3 million Filipinos are colorblind. 15

How many Iranians are colorblind?

Iran's population is 83 million, and 4.5% of the population or 3.7 million Iranians are colorblind. 16

How many Thai people are colorblind?

Thailand's population is 69 million, and 4% of the population or 2.7 million Thais are colorblind. 17

How many Mexicans are colorblind?

Mexico's population is 127 million, and 1.45% of the population or 1.8 million Mexicans are colorblind. 18

How many Canadians are colorblind?

Canada's population is 38 million, and approximately 4.5% of the population or 1.7 million Canadians are colorblind.


How many Malaysians are colorblind?

Malaysia's population is 32 million, and approximately 3.2% of the population or 1 million Malaysians are colorblind. 20

How many Australians are colorblind?

Australia's population is 25 million, and approximately 2.2% of the population or 0.5 million Australians are colorblind. 21

How many Singaporeans are colorblind?

Singapore's population is 5.7 million, and approximately 2.25% of the population or 130 thousand Singaporeans are colorblind. 22

If your country is not on the list and you want to calculate how many color-deficient people are in your country (approximately), then you can use this formula:

Totall population*4.5%= amount of colorblind people

* It's an estimated calculation

*Population (2021) by World Meters



The Population of Colorblind People in 22 Countries:

How many Indians are colorblind?

70 million Indians are colorblind

How many Chinese are colorblind?

53 million Chinese are colorblind

​How many Americans are colorblind?

12 million Americans are colorblind

How many Indonesian are colorblind?

11 million Indonesian are colorblind

How many Brazilian are colorblind?

8 million Pakistanis are colorblind

How many Russians are colorblind?

7 million Nigerians are colorblind

How many Pakistanis are colorblind?

6 million Pakistanis are colorblind

How many Bangladeshis are colorblind?

5.5 million Bangladeshis are colorblind

How many Nigerians are colorblind?

4.5 million Nigerians are colorblind

How many Germans are colorblind?

3.4 million Germans are colorblind

How many Turks are colorblind?

3.2 million Turks are colorblind

How many French are colorblind?

3 million French people are colorblind

How many Japanese are colorblind?

3 million Japanese are colorblind

How many Filipinos are colorblind?

3 million Filipinos are colorblind

How many Iranian are colorblind?

2.9 million Iranians are colorblind

How many Thai people are colorblind?

2.7 million Thais are colorblind

How many Mexicans are colorblind?

1.8 million Mexicans are colorblind

How many Canadians are colorblind?

1.7 million Canadians are colorblind

How many Malaysian are colorblind?

1 million Malaysians are colorblind

How many Australians are colorblind?

0.5 million Australians are colorblind

How many Singaporeans are colorblind?

130 thousand Singaporeans are colorblind



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122 Comments


hemantgoel
4 days ago

Rare variations like blue-yellow deficiency (tritanomaly and tritanopia) affect fewer than 1 in 10,000 individuals across the globe, occurring equally between men and women because the relevant photopigment genes are located on chromosome 7 rather than the sex-determining X chromosome. Came across several demographic health articles via ShreeWin pointing out that complete color blindness—monochromacy or achromatopsia—is extraordinarily rare, occurring in roughly 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 50,000 people globally.

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hemantgoel
4 days ago

Red-green color blindness represents the overwhelming majority of cases, accounting for over 98% of all individuals with color deficiencies. I was examining several assistive technology overviews and visual perception breakdowns at Yaar Win that explained how anomalous trichromacy—specifically deuteranomaly (green-weak, ~5% in men) and protanomaly (red-weak, ~1% in men)—is far more common than absolute dichromacy (deuteranopia or protanopia).

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