“The global number of deaths caused by TB fell in 2023, reinforcing the decline that was achieved in 2022 after 2 years of increases during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 and 2021). TB caused an estimated 1.25 million deaths (95% UI: 1.13–1.37 million) in 2023, including 1.09 million among HIV-negative people and 161 000 among people with HIV.
The total was down from best estimates of 1.32 million in 2022, 1.42 million in 2021 and 1.40 million in 2020, and below the pre-pandemic level of 1.34 million in 2019.
Despite this progress, TB has probably returned to being the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent (replacing COVID-19).”