Background: This study aimed to evaluate the global trends of colorectal cancer from 1990 to 2019 and the relevant risk factors for better policymaking and resource allocation.Methods: Data on CRC, including incidence, mortality, and disability adjusted life year (DALY) rates, were extracted from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. The estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were calculated to assess the trend of incidence, mortality, and DALYs, and the risk factor attributable deaths and DALYs were assessed based on the comparative risk assessment framework.Results: In 2019, a total of 2.166×106 CRC cases were reported worldwide, a 157% increase compared with that reported in 1990. In high-social demographic index (SDI) regions, the trend of age-standardized incidence rate has decreased, while the proportion of people younger than 50 years has increase. Although the number of deaths and DALYs increased, the age-standardized death rate and age-standardized DALY rate was decreased. The middle-SDI regions have the fastest growing CRC burden, especially in East Asia, followed by the low-SDI regions, in which the CRC burden in women has increased faster than that in man. In addition, the milk intake, High-BMI, and high fasting plasma glucose play a more important role in on CRC.Conclusion: In developed regions, the CRC burden tended to be easier, while the CRC burden became more severe in undeveloped regions. Therefore, reasonable resource allocation and prevention policies should be implemented to avoid an increase in the burden of CRC.