Prostate cancer statistics

Prostate cancer is the 4th most common cancer worldwide. It is the 2nd most common cancer in men.

Latest prostate cancer data

There were 1,467,854 new cases of prostate cancer in 2022. The tables below give information about the countries with the highest rates, incidence and mortality from prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer age-standardised rates

Age-standardised rates (ASR) are a summary measure of the rate of disease that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardisation is necessary when comparing populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of developing/dying from cancer.

It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while other have a low ASR but a high number of cases. This is because ASRs are reported per 100,000 people. So, for example, an ASR of 10 in a population of 100,000 = 10 cases of cancer, but an ASR of 1 in a population of 10 million = 100 cases.

The following table gives the top 5 countries by ASR for prostate cancer incidence.

Country	New cases 2022	ASR
France, Guadeloupe	660	157.5
Lithuania	3,208	135.0
France, Martinique	610	134.3
Norway	6,276	109.9
Sweden	11,732	104.3

Prostate cancer incidence (cases)

The US, China and Japan had the highest number of prostate cancer cases in 2022.

The following table shows the 10 countries with the highest prostate cancer incidence in 2022. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.

Rank	Country	New cases 2022	ASR/100,000
	World	1,467,854	29.4
1	US	230,125	75.2
2	China	134,156	9.7
3	Japan	104,318	50.1
4	Brazil	102,519	76.3
5	Germany	65,269	54.2
6	France (metropolitan)	57,357	82.3
7	UK	55,485	74.0
8	Russia	52,712	47.4
9	Italy	38,180	49.5
10	India	37,948	5.6

Prostate cancer deaths

China, the US and Brazil had the highest number of deaths from prostate cancer in 2022.

The following table shows the 10 countries with the highest number of prostate cancer deaths in 2022. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.

Rank	Country	Number	ASR/100,000
	World	397,430	7.3
1	China	47,522	3.3
2	US	33,746	8.1
3	Brazil	19,958	13.5
4	India	18,386	2.7
5	Germany	18,015	11.6
6	Russia	14,635	12.7
7	Japan	14,095	4.4
8	UK	13,237	11.8
9	Nigeria	11,443	27.9
10	France (metropolitan)	9,264	8.2