People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Cameroon
Cameroon: People living with HIV/AIDS, total was 610,000 in 2009. ▲ Rising
People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Cameroon, 1990–2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 610,000 for people living with hiv/aids, total in 2009. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people living with hiv/aids, total in Cameroon peaked at 610,000 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 33,000, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 10th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 33,000 | — |
| 1991 | 57,000 | +72.7% |
| 1992 | 96,000 | +68.4% |
| 1993 | 150,000 | +56.2% |
| 1994 | 220,000 | +46.7% |
| 1995 | 290,000 | +31.8% |
| 1996 | 340,000 | +17.2% |
| 1997 | 380,000 | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 410,000 | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 440,000 | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 460,000 | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 480,000 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 490,000 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 510,000 | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 530,000 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 540,000 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 560,000 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 570,000 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 590,000 | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 610,000 | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 241,600 | 33,000 | 440,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 534,000 | 460,000 | 610,000 | 10 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7821 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 786.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 12,841 (2100)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0282 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5017 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people living with hiv/aids, total in Cameroon?
- People living with hiv/aids, total in Cameroon was 610,000 in 2009, according to UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
- What is the highest people living with hiv/aids, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 610,000 in 2009.
- What is the lowest people living with hiv/aids, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,000 in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for people living with hiv/aids, total?
- Cameroon ranks 10th out of 47 countries with data for 2009.
- Is people living with hiv/aids, total rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as part of People living with HIV/AIDS, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.