People living with HIV/AIDS, total by country
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.
What the numbers show
People living with HIV/AIDS, total is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 5.60 million in South Africa; the lowest is 500 in Comoros.
The median across all reporting countries is 110,000, and the mean is 467,057.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,200.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 520.7%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 33.3%).
People living with HIV/AIDS, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5.60 million | 2009 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3.30 million | 2009 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 3 | Kenya | 1.50 million | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Mozambique | 1.40 million | 2009 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.40 million | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Uganda | 1.20 million | 2009 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 1.20 million | 2009 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 980,000 | 2009 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 920,000 | 2009 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 610,000 | 2009 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 450,000 | 2009 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 320,000 | 2009 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 13 | Lesotho | 290,000 | 2009 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Ghana | 260,000 | 2009 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sudan | 260,000 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Chad | 210,000 | 2009 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 200,000 | 2009 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 18 | Burundi | 180,000 | 2009 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 18 | Eswatini | 180,000 | 2009 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Namibia | 180,000 | 2009 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Rwanda | 170,000 | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 130,000 | 2009 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 120,000 | 2009 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 110,000 | 2009 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 79,000 | 2009 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 26 | Congo | 77,000 | 2009 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mali | 76,000 | 2009 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 28 | Niger | 61,000 | 2009 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Benin | 60,000 | 2009 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 59,000 | 2009 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 49,000 | 2009 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Gabon | 46,000 | 2009 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 33 | Liberia | 37,000 | 2009 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 34 | Somalia | 34,000 | 2009 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 26,000 | 2009 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Eritrea | 25,000 | 2009 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 24,000 | 2009 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 22,000 | 2009 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 20,000 | 2009 | up 488.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Gambia | 18,000 | 2009 | up 520.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 18,000 | 2009 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Djibouti | 14,000 | 2009 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mauritania | 14,000 | 2009 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Egypt | 11,000 | 2009 | up 378.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritius | 8,800 | 2009 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Tunisia | 2,400 | 2009 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Comoros | 500 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 21.95 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 21.86 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21.88 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 16.28 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 12.98 million
- North Africa 71,400
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.