Global Health

Rank Table by:  Country Name    Number

Rank Country Name  Number  Year Global 33,400,000 2008 1 South Africa 5,700,000 2007 2 Nigeria 2,600,000 2007 3 India 2,400,000 2007 4 Mozambique 1,500,000 2007 5 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 1,400,000 2007 6 Zimbabwe 1,300,000 2007 7 United States of America 1,200,000 2007 8 Zambia 1,100,000 2007 9 Ethiopia 980,000 2007 10 Russian Federation 940,000 2007 10 Uganda 940,000 2007 11 Malawi 930,000 2007 12 Brazil 730,000 2007 13 China 700,000 2007 14 Thailand 610,000 2007 15 Cameroon 540,000 2007 16 Cote d'Ivoire 480,000 2007 17 Ukraine 440,000 2007 18 Sudan 320,000 2007 19 Botswana 300,000 2007 20 Viet Nam 290,000 2007 21 Indonesia 270,000 2007 21 Lesotho 270,000 2007 22 Ghana 260,000 2007 23 Myanmar 240,000 2007 24 Chad 200,000 2007 24 Mexico 200,000 2007 24 Namibia 200,000 2007 25 Angola 190,000 2007 25 Swaziland 190,000 2007 26 Colombia 170,000 2007 27 Central African Republic 160,000 2007 28 Italy 150,000 2007 28 Rwanda 150,000 2007 29 France 140,000 2007 29 Spain 140,000 2007 30 Burkina Faso 130,000 2007 30 Togo 130,000 2007 31 Argentina 120,000 2007 31 Haiti 120,000 2007 32 Burundi 110,000 2007 33 Mali 100,000 2007 34 Pakistan 96,000 2007 35 Guinea 87,000 2007 36 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 86,000 2007 37 Malaysia 80,000 2007 38 Congo 79,000 2007 39 United Kingdom 77,000 2007 40 Peru 76,000 2007 41 Cambodia 75,000 2007 42 Canada 73,000 2007 43 Nepal 70,000 2007 44 Senegal 67,000 2007 45 Benin 64,000 2007 46 Dominican Republic 62,000 2007 47 Niger 60,000 2007 48 Guatemala 59,000 2007 49 Sierra Leone 55,000 2007 50 Papua New Guinea 54,000 2007 51 Germany 53,000 2007 52 Gabon 49,000 2007 53 Eritrea 38,000 2007 54 El Salvador 35,000 2007 54 Liberia 35,000 2007 55 Portugal 34,000 2007 56 Chile 31,000 2007 57 Honduras 28,000 2007 58 Jamaica 27,000 2007 59 Ecuador 26,000 2007 60 Switzerland 25,000 2007 61 Somalia 24,000 2007 62 Algeria 21,000 2007 62 Morocco 21,000 2007 62 Paraguay 21,000 2007 63 Panama 20,000 2007 63 Poland 20,000 2007 64 Australia 18,000 2007 64 Netherlands 18,000 2007 65 Djibouti 16,000 2007 65 Guinea-Bissau 16,000 2007 65 Uzbekistan 16,000 2007 66 Belgium 15,000 2007 66 Romania 15,000 2007 67 Madagascar 14,000 2007 67 Mauritania 14,000 2007 67 Trinidad and Tobago 14,000 2007 68 Belarus 13,000 2007 68 Guyana 13,000 2007 68 Korea (Republic of) 13,000 2007 68 Mauritius 13,000 2007 69 Bangladesh 12,000 2007 69 Kazakhstan 12,000 2007 70 Equatorial Guinea 11,000 2007 70 Greece 11,000 2007 71 Latvia 10,000 2007 71 Tajikistan 10,000 2007 71 Uruguay 10,000 2007 72 Estonia 9,900 2007 73 Austria 9,800 2007 74 Costa Rica 9,700 2007 75 Japan 9,600 2007 76 Egypt 9,200 2007 77 Moldova (Republic of) 8,900 2007 78 Philippines 8,300 2007 79 Gambia 8,200 2007 80 Bolivia 8,100 2007 81 Azerbaijan 7,800 2007 82 Nicaragua 7,700 2007 83 Suriname 6,800 2007 84 Serbia 6,400 2007 85 Bahamas 6,200 2007 85 Cuba 6,200 2007 85 Sweden 6,200 2007 86 Ireland 5,500 2007 86 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 5,500 2007 87 Israel 5,100 2007 88 Denmark 4,800 2007 89 Kyrgyzstan 4,200 2007 89 Singapore 4,200 2007 90 Sri Lanka 3,800 2007 91 Tunisia 3,700 2007 92 Belize 3,600 2007 93 Hungary 3,300 2007 94 Lebanon 3,000 2007 94 Norway 3,000 2007 95 Georgia 2,700 2007 96 Armenia 2,400 2007 96 Finland 2,400 2007 97 Barbados 2,200 2007 97 Lithuania 2,200 2007 98 Czech Republic 1,500 2007 99 New Zealand 1,400 2007 100 Kenya 1500000-2000000 2007 101 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 400000-500000 2007 102 Turkey <2000 2007 103 Albania <1000 2007 103 Jordan <1000 2007 103 Kuwait <1000 2007 103 Luxembourg <1000 2007 103 Mongolia <1000 2007 104 Bhutan <500 2007 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina <500 2007 104 Croatia <500 2007 104 Fiji <500 2007 104 Iceland <500 2007 104 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) <500 2007 104 Malta <500 2007 104 Slovakia <500 2007 104 Slovenia <500 2007 104 Turkmenistan <500 2007 105 Comoros <200 2007 106 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) <100 2007 106 Maldives <100 2007 107 Afghanistan NA 2007 107 American Samoa NA 2007 107 Andorra NA 2007 107 Anguilla NA 2007 107 Antigua and Barbuda NA 2007 107 Aruba NA 2007 107 Bahrain NA 2007 107 Bermuda NA 2007 107 Bouvet Island NA 2007 107 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 2007 107 British Virgin Islands NA 2007 107 Brunei Darussalam NA 2007 107 Bulgaria NA 2007 107 Cape Verde NA 2007 107 Cayman Islands NA 2007 107 Christmas Island NA 2007 107 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA 2007 107 Cook Islands NA 2007 107 Cyprus NA 2007 107 Dominica NA 2007 107 Faeroe Islands NA 2007 107 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA 2007 107 French Guiana NA 2007 107 French Polynesia NA 2007 107 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA 2007 107 Gibraltar NA 2007 107 Greenland NA 2007 107 Grenada NA 2007 107 Guadeloupe NA 2007 107 Guam NA 2007 107 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 2007 107 Iraq NA 2007 107 Johnston Atoll NA 2007 107 Kiribati NA 2007 107 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NA 2007 107 Liechtenstein NA 2007 107 Marshall Islands NA 2007 107 Martinique NA 2007 107 Mayotte NA 2007 107 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA 2007 107 Midway NA 2007 107 Monaco NA 2007 107 Montenegro NA 2007 107 Montserrat NA 2007 107 Nauru NA 2007 107 Netherlands Antilles NA 2007 107 New Caledonia NA 2007 107 Niue NA 2007 107 Norfolk Island NA 2007 107 Northern Mariana Islands NA 2007 107 Oman NA 2007 107 Palau NA 2007 107 Pitcairn Island NA 2007 107 Puerto Rico NA 2007 107 Qatar NA 2007 107 Reunion NA 2007 107 Saint Helena NA 2007 107 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA 2007 107 Saint Lucia NA 2007 107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA 2007 107 Samoa NA 2007 107 San Marino NA 2007 107 Sao Tome and Principe NA 2007 107 Saudi Arabia NA 2007 107 Seychelles NA 2007 107 Solomon Islands NA 2007 107 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA 2007 107 Syrian Arab Republic NA 2007 107 Timor Leste NA 2007 107 Tokelau NA 2007 107 Tonga NA 2007 107 Turks and Caicos Island NA 2007 107 Tuvalu NA 2007 107 United Arab Emirates NA 2007 107 Vanuatu NA 2007 107 Venezuela NA 2007 107 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA 2007 107 Wake Island NA 2007 107 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA 2007 107 West Bank and Gaza NA 2007 107 Western Sahara NA 2007 107 Yemen NA 2007

Notes: Data are estimates. UNAIDS recently updated global and regional data to reflect 2008 estimates. Therefore, the global entry above is a 2008 estimate; country entries are 2007 estimates. For most countries, UNAIDS provides estimates as well as ranges around the estimates that define the boundaries within which the actual numbers lie. For some countries, UNAIDS provides only a range or an upper boundary to a range. These data were included above as appropriate.

HIV/AIDS estimates reflect improved and expanded HIV surveillance, country data collection, and methodologies as well as an increased understanding of the natural course of the epidemic. As a result, since 2007, there have been substantial revisions from previous published estimates. For more information on these revisions as well as other factors impacting HIV/AIDS estimates, see Sexually Transmitted Infections, ''Improved Data, Methods and Tools for the 2007 HIV and AIDS Estimates and Projections'', August 2008, available at: http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/84/Suppl_1/i1, and ''Understanding the Latest Estimates of the Global AIDS Epidemic'', available at: http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2009/20091117_QA_Methodology_Ba....

Definitions: HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV can be transmitted through infected blood, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk, and during pregnancy or delivery. HIV destroys certain white blood cells called CD4+ T cells. These cells are critical to the normal function of the human immune system, which defends the body against illness. When HIV weakens the immune system, a person is more susceptible to developing a variety of cancers and becoming infected with viruses, bacteria and parasites. The disease has four stages: primary or acute HIV infection, asymptomatic, symptomatic, and advanced HIV disease (AIDS).

AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A disease of the body's immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person who tests positive for HIV is considered to have progressed to AIDS when a laboratory test shows that his or her immune system is severely weakened by the virus or when he or she develops at least one of about 25 different opportunistic infections -- diseases that might not affect a person with a normal immune system but that take advantage of damaged immune systems. People who have not had one of these opportunistic infections, but whose immune system is severely damaged, are also considered to have progressed to an AIDS diagnosis.

Sources: Global total available at UNAIDS, 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, 2009: http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArc.... Country totals available at UNAIDS, 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008: http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/GlobalReport/2008/2....