A duniya, kamar na 2010, COPD ya shafi kimanin mutane miliyan 329 (kashi 4.8% na yawan jama'a). Cutar ta shafi maza da mata kusan daidai, kamar yadda aka samu karuwar shan taba sigari a tsakanin mata a kasashe masu tasowa. An yi imanin cewa karuwar a kasashe masu tasowa tsakanin 1970 da 2000s yana da nasaba da karuwar yawan shan taba a wannan yanki, yawan jama'a da kuma yawan jama'a masu tsufa saboda ƙananan mutuwar daga wasu dalilai kamar cututtukan cututtuka. Wasu kasashe masu tasowa sun ga karuwar rates, wasu sun kasance masu zaman kansu kuma wasu sun ga raguwa a cikin cutar COPD. Ana sa ran cewa lambobin duniya za su ci gaba da karuwa yayin da abubuwan haɗari suka kasance na kowa kuma yawan jama'a suna ci gaba da tsufa. Tsakanin 1990 da 2010 yawan mutuwar daga COPD ya ragu kadan daga miliyan 3.1 zuwa miliyan 2.9 kuma na hudu na mutuwa. A shekara ta 2012 cutar ta zama COPD ta uku a matsayin babban dalilin mutuwar mata a cikin kasashe masu tasowa.
Miliyan 15