Kenya vs Nigeria: People living with HIV/AIDS, total
Kenya
1.30 million low estimate
in 2009
Nigeria
2.90 million low estimate
in 2009
Kenya rank
3rd
Nigeria rank
2nd
People living with HIV/AIDS, total over time
- Kenya
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 2.90 million low estimate against 1.30 million low estimate in Kenya, a difference of 1.60 million low estimate.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 48 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 988,000 low estimate | 951,000 low estimate | 37,000 low estimate | Kenya |
| 2000s | 1.32 million low estimate | 2.55 million low estimate | 1.23 million low estimate | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people living with hiv/aids, total, Kenya or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 2.90 million low estimate against 1.30 million low estimate in Kenya as of 2009.
- What is the difference in people living with hiv/aids, total between Kenya and Nigeria?
- 1.60 million low estimate, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2009.
- How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for people living with hiv/aids, total?
- Kenya ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 48 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as People living with HIV/AIDS, total (low estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated total number of people with HIV/AIDS is the number of people living with HIV. Depending on the reliability of the data available, there may be more or less uncertainty surrounding each estimate.