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Several genome-wide association studies on lung cancer (LC) have reported similar findings of a new susceptibility locus, 15q25. After that, a number of studies reported that rs8034191 and rs1051730 polymorphisms at chromosome 15q25 have been implicated in LC risk. However, studies have yielded contradictory results. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, a meta-analysis of 43,742 LC cases and 58,967 controls from 17 published case-control studies was performed. Overall, significantly elevated LC risk was associated with rs8034191-C (OR = 1.26, 95% CI 1.22-1.31, P < 10(-5)) and rs105173-A variant (OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.20-1.36, P < 10(-5)) when all studies were pooled into the meta-analysis. In the subgroup analysis by ethnicity, significantly increased risks were found for rs8034191 and rs105173 polymorphisms among Caucasians and African American, while no significant associations were observed for the two polymorphisms in East Asians. In addition, we found that rs8034191 and rs105173 confer risk, for both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma when stratified by histological types of LC. Furthermore, our results on stratified analysis according to smoking status showed an increased LC risk in ever-smokers, while no associations were detected among never-smokers for the two polymorphisms. In conclusion, this meta-analysis demonstrated that the two common variations (rs8034191 and rs1051730) at 15q25 are a risk factor associated with increased LC susceptibility, but these associations vary in different ethnic populations.