Sierra Leone vs Somalia: People living with HIV/AIDS, total

Sierra Leone
49,000
in 2009
Somalia
34,000
in 2009
Sierra Leone rank
31st
Somalia rank
34th

People living with HIV/AIDS, total over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k199019992009

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 49,000 against 34,000 in Somalia, a difference of 15,000.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Somalia ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 31st and Somalia ranks 34th of 47 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Somalia Difference Ahead
1990s 5,660 4,470 1,190 Sierra Leone
2000s 37,000 19,420 17,580 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people living with hiv/aids, total, Sierra Leone or Somalia?
Sierra Leone, at 49,000 against 34,000 in Somalia as of 2009.
What is the difference in people living with hiv/aids, total between Sierra Leone and Somalia?
15,000, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Somalia?
20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2009.
How do Sierra Leone and Somalia rank globally for people living with hiv/aids, total?
Sierra Leone ranks 31st and Somalia ranks 34th of 47 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sierra Leone vs Somalia: People living with HIV/AIDS, total. Statizoid, drawing on UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-living-with-hiv-aids-total/sierra-leone/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-living-with-hiv-aids-total/sierra-leone/somalia-fed-rep/">Sierra Leone vs Somalia: People living with HIV/AIDS, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
People living with HIV/AIDS, total
Source
UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 1,057 data points, 1990–2009
Last refreshed

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.