Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV by country
Countries reporting
143
Highest
7.60 million
South Africa
Lowest
100
Maldives
Median
29,000
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,917
What the numbers show
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 7.60 million in South Africa; the lowest is 100 in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 29,000, and the mean is 230,451.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 76,000.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 468.8%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 30.3%).
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 7.60 million | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 2 | Mozambique | 2.50 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 4 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 5 | Kenya | 1.50 million | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 1.50 million | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 1.30 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 1.30 million | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 9 | Brazil | 1.20 million | 2025 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 10 | Malawi | 1.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 660,000 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 620,000 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 13 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 570,000 | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 14 | Indonesia | 560,000 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 540,000 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 430,000 | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 370,000 | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 18 | Botswana | 350,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 340,000 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 340,000 | 2025 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 310,000 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 270,000 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 23 | Lesotho | 260,000 | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 250,000 | 2025 | up 354.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 240,000 | 2025 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 26 | Rwanda | 230,000 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 27 | Namibia | 220,000 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Eswatini | 210,000 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 29 | France | 190,000 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 160,000 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 150,000 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 31 | Haiti | 150,000 | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 150,000 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 31 | Madagascar | 150,000 | 2025 | up 219.1% | volatile |
| 31 | South Sudan | 150,000 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 140,000 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 37 | Congo | 130,000 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea | 130,000 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 120,000 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 39 | Chad | 120,000 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 110,000 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 100,000 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 42 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 100,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 97,000 | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 96,000 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 46 | Mali | 95,000 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 93,000 | 2025 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 92,000 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 91,000 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 88,000 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 51 | Malaysia | 85,000 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 52 | Burundi | 82,000 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 76,000 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 54 | Benin | 68,000 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 55 | Canada | 66,000 | 2022 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 63,000 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 57 | Egypt | 61,000 | 2025 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 56,000 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 58 | Liberia | 56,000 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 60 | Portugal | 52,000 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 52,000 | 2025 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 62 | Gabon | 50,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Sudan | 50,000 | 2025 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 44,000 | 2025 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Cuba | 42,000 | 2025 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 66 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 40,000 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 35,000 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 35,000 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 69 | Panama | 33,000 | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 70 | Niger | 32,000 | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 31,000 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 29,000 | 2025 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | 28,000 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 74 | Morocco | 26,000 | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 74 | Netherlands | 26,000 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 24,000 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 76 | Paraguay | 24,000 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 23,000 | 2025 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23,000 | 2025 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 23,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 20,000 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 19,000 | 2025 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 19,000 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 82 | Romania | 19,000 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 85 | Switzerland | 18,000 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 17,000 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 86 | Republic of Moldova | 17,000 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 17,000 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 16,000 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 90 | Yemen | 15,000 | 2025 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 14,000 | 2025 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 14,000 | 2025 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 12,000 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 93 | Eritrea | 12,000 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 95 | Guyana | 11,000 | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11,000 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 10,000 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 10,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Ireland | 9,500 | 2025 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 100 | Georgia | 9,300 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 101 | Fiji | 9,100 | 2025 | up 468.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Sweden | 8,800 | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 8,700 | 2025 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 104 | Tunisia | 8,600 | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 105 | Armenia | 7,800 | 2025 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Singapore | 7,800 | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 7,500 | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 108 | Somalia | 7,100 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 109 | Djibouti | 6,900 | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 110 | Estonia | 6,600 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 111 | Denmark | 6,200 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 112 | Latvia | 6,000 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 5,800 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 5,300 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 4,400 | 2025 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 116 | New Zealand | 4,000 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 4,000 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 118 | Bahamas | 3,900 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 118 | Cape Verde | 3,900 | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 120 | Lithuania | 3,800 | 2025 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 121 | Oman | 3,600 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 122 | Belize | 3,400 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 123 | Lebanon | 3,100 | 2025 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 124 | Barbados | 2,300 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 125 | Timor-Leste | 2,200 | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 126 | Kuwait | 1,700 | 2025 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 1,700 | 2025 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 128 | Albania | 1,600 | 2025 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 1,400 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 130 | Bhutan | 1,200 | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 131 | Qatar | 1,000 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,000 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 131 | Slovenia | 1,000 | 2025 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 131 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,000 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 135 | Malta | 950 | 2025 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 860 | 2025 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 137 | Mongolia | 700 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 640 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 139 | Montenegro | 530 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Comoros | 500 | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Iceland | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 500 | 2025 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 143 | Maldives | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 41.00 million
- Mus 10,000
- Africa (WHO region) 26.30 million
- Sur 8,100
- Americas (WHO region) 4.30 million
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 3.60 million
- Europe (WHO region) 3.10 million
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 3.10 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 610,000