Rank Table by:  Country Name    Number

Rank Country Name  Number  Year Global 31,300,000 2008 1 South Africa 5,400,000 2007 2 Nigeria 2,400,000 2007 3 India 2,300,000 2007 4 Mozambique 1,400,000 2007 5 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 1,300,000 2007 6 Zimbabwe 1,200,000 2007 7 United States of America 1,100,000 2007 8 Zambia 980,000 2007 9 Russian Federation 940,000 2007 10 Ethiopia 890,000 2007 11 Malawi 840,000 2007 12 Uganda 810,000 2007 13 Brazil 710,000 2007 14 China 690,000 2007 15 Thailand 600,000 2007 16 Cameroon 500,000 2007 17 Ukraine 430,000 2007 18 Cote d'Ivoire 420,000 2007 19 Sudan 290,000 2007 20 Botswana 280,000 2007 20 Viet Nam 280,000 2007 21 Indonesia 270,000 2007 22 Lesotho 260,000 2007 23 Ghana 250,000 2007 24 Myanmar 240,000 2007 25 Mexico 200,000 2007 26 Angola 180,000 2007 26 Chad 180,000 2007 26 Namibia 180,000 2007 27 Swaziland 170,000 2007 28 Colombia 160,000 2007 29 Italy 150,000 2007 30 Central African Republic 140,000 2007 30 France 140,000 2007 30 Spain 140,000 2007 31 Rwanda 130,000 2007 32 Argentina 120,000 2007 32 Burkina Faso 120,000 2007 32 Togo 120,000 2007 33 Haiti 110,000 2007 34 Pakistan 94,000 2007 35 Mali 93,000 2007 36 Burundi 90,000 2007 37 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 85,000 2007 38 Guinea 81,000 2007 39 Malaysia 79,000 2007 40 United Kingdom 77,000 2007 41 Peru 74,000 2007 42 Canada 73,000 2007 42 Congo 73,000 2007 43 Cambodia 70,000 2007 44 Nepal 68,000 2007 45 Senegal 64,000 2007 46 Benin 59,000 2007 46 Dominican Republic 59,000 2007 47 Niger 56,000 2007 48 Guatemala 53,000 2007 48 Papua New Guinea 53,000 2007 49 Germany 52,000 2007 50 Sierra Leone 51,000 2007 51 Gabon 46,000 2007 52 Eritrea 35,000 2007 53 El Salvador 34,000 2007 53 Portugal 34,000 2007 54 Liberia 32,000 2007 55 Chile 31,000 2007 56 Honduras 26,000 2007 56 Jamaica 26,000 2007 57 Ecuador 25,000 2007 57 Switzerland 25,000 2007 58 Somalia 24,000 2007 59 Algeria 21,000 2007 59 Morocco 21,000 2007 60 Paraguay 20,000 2007 61 Panama 19,000 2007 61 Poland 19,000 2007 62 Australia 18,000 2007 62 Netherlands 18,000 2007 63 Uzbekistan 16,000 2007 64 Belgium 15,000 2007 64 Djibouti 15,000 2007 64 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 2007 65 Mauritania 14,000 2007 65 Romania 14,000 2007 66 Belarus 13,000 2007 66 Korea (Republic of) 13,000 2007 66 Madagascar 13,000 2007 66 Mauritius 13,000 2007 66 Trinidad and Tobago 13,000 2007 67 Bangladesh 12,000 2007 67 Guyana 12,000 2007 67 Kazakhstan 12,000 2007 68 Greece 11,000 2007 69 Latvia 10,000 2007 69 Tajikistan 10,000 2007 69 Uruguay 10,000 2007 70 Estonia 9,900 2007 71 Austria 9,800 2007 71 Equatorial Guinea 9,800 2007 72 Costa Rica 9,600 2007 72 Japan 9,600 2007 73 Egypt 9,000 2007 74 Moldova (Republic of) 8,800 2007 75 Philippines 8,200 2007 76 Bolivia 7,900 2007 77 Azerbaijan 7,800 2007 78 Gambia 7,500 2007 78 Nicaragua 7,500 2007 79 Suriname 6,700 2007 80 Serbia 6,400 2007 81 Cuba 6,200 2007 81 Sweden 6,200 2007 82 Bahamas 6,100 2007 83 Ireland 5,500 2007 84 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 5,400 2007 85 Israel 4,900 2007 86 Denmark 4,800 2007 87 Kyrgyzstan 4,200 2007 88 Singapore 4,100 2007 89 Sri Lanka 3,700 2007 90 Tunisia 3,600 2007 91 Belize 3,400 2007 92 Hungary 3,300 2007 93 Lebanon 3,000 2007 93 Norway 3,000 2007 94 Georgia 2,700 2007 95 Armenia 2,400 2007 95 Finland 2,400 2007 96 Barbados 2,200 2007 96 Lithuania 2,200 2007 97 Czech Republic 1,500 2007 98 New Zealand 1,400 2007 99 Malta 200 2007 100 Kenya 1400000-1800000 2007 101 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 360000-450000 2007 102 Luxembourg <1000 2007 102 Mongolia <1000 2007 103 Bhutan <500 2007 103 Fiji <500 2007 103 Iceland <500 2007 103 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) <500 2007 103 Slovakia <500 2007 103 Slovenia <500 2007 103 Turkmenistan <500 2007 104 Comoros <200 2007 105 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) <100 2007 105 Maldives <100 2007 106 Afghanistan NA 2007 106 Albania NA 2007 106 American Samoa NA 2007 106 Andorra NA 2007 106 Anguilla NA 2007 106 Antigua and Barbuda NA 2007 106 Aruba NA 2007 106 Bahrain NA 2007 106 Bermuda NA 2007 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina NA 2007 106 Bouvet Island NA 2007 106 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 2007 106 British Virgin Islands NA 2007 106 Brunei Darussalam NA 2007 106 Bulgaria NA 2007 106 Cape Verde NA 2007 106 Cayman Islands NA 2007 106 Christmas Island NA 2007 106 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA 2007 106 Cook Islands NA 2007 106 Croatia NA 2007 106 Cyprus NA 2007 106 Dominica NA 2007 106 Faeroe Islands NA 2007 106 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA 2007 106 French Guiana NA 2007 106 French Polynesia NA 2007 106 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA 2007 106 Gibraltar NA 2007 106 Greenland NA 2007 106 Grenada NA 2007 106 Guadeloupe NA 2007 106 Guam NA 2007 106 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 2007 106 Iraq NA 2007 106 Johnston Atoll NA 2007 106 Jordan NA 2007 106 Kiribati NA 2007 106 Kuwait NA 2007 106 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NA 2007 106 Liechtenstein NA 2007 106 Marshall Islands NA 2007 106 Martinique NA 2007 106 Mayotte NA 2007 106 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA 2007 106 Midway NA 2007 106 Monaco NA 2007 106 Montenegro NA 2007 106 Montserrat NA 2007 106 Nauru NA 2007 106 Netherlands Antilles NA 2007 106 New Caledonia NA 2007 106 Niue NA 2007 106 Norfolk Island NA 2007 106 Northern Mariana Islands NA 2007 106 Oman NA 2007 106 Palau NA 2007 106 Pitcairn Island NA 2007 106 Puerto Rico NA 2007 106 Qatar NA 2007 106 Reunion NA 2007 106 Saint Helena NA 2007 106 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA 2007 106 Saint Lucia NA 2007 106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA 2007 106 Samoa NA 2007 106 San Marino NA 2007 106 Sao Tome and Principe NA 2007 106 Saudi Arabia NA 2007 106 Seychelles NA 2007 106 Solomon Islands NA 2007 106 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA 2007 106 Syrian Arab Republic NA 2007 106 Timor Leste NA 2007 106 Tokelau NA 2007 106 Tonga NA 2007 106 Turkey NA 2007 106 Turks and Caicos Island NA 2007 106 Tuvalu NA 2007 106 United Arab Emirates NA 2007 106 Vanuatu NA 2007 106 Venezuela NA 2007 106 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA 2007 106 Wake Island NA 2007 106 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA 2007 106 West Bank and Gaza NA 2007 106 Western Sahara NA 2007 106 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....