Rank Table by:  Country Name    Number  View by:   Percent  Number

Rank Country Name  Number  Year Global 15,700,000 2008 1 South Africa 3,200,000 2007 2 Nigeria 1,400,000 2007 3 India 880,000 2007 4 Mozambique 810,000 2007 5 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 760,000 2007 6 Zimbabwe 680,000 2007 7 Zambia 560,000 2007 8 Ethiopia 530,000 2007 9 Malawi 490,000 2007 10 Uganda 480,000 2007 11 Cameroon 300,000 2007 12 Cote d'Ivoire 250,000 2007 12 Thailand 250,000 2007 13 Brazil 240,000 2007 13 Russian Federation 240,000 2007 14 United States of America 230,000 2007 15 China 200,000 2007 16 Ukraine 190,000 2007 17 Botswana 170,000 2007 17 Sudan 170,000 2007 18 Ghana 150,000 2007 18 Lesotho 150,000 2007 19 Angola 110,000 2007 19 Chad 110,000 2007 19 Namibia 110,000 2007 20 Myanmar 100,000 2007 20 Swaziland 100,000 2007 21 Central African Republic 91,000 2007 22 Rwanda 78,000 2007 23 Viet Nam 76,000 2007 24 Togo 69,000 2007 25 Burkina Faso 61,000 2007 26 Haiti 58,000 2007 27 Mexico 57,000 2007 28 Mali 56,000 2007 29 Indonesia 54,000 2007 30 Burundi 53,000 2007 31 Guatemala 52,000 2007 32 Guinea 48,000 2007 33 Colombia 47,000 2007 34 Congo 43,000 2007 35 Italy 41,000 2007 36 France 38,000 2007 36 Senegal 38,000 2007 37 Benin 37,000 2007 38 Argentina 32,000 2007 39 Dominican Republic 30,000 2007 39 Sierra Leone 30,000 2007 40 Spain 28,000 2007 41 Gabon 27,000 2007 41 Pakistan 27,000 2007 42 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24,000 2007 43 United Kingdom 22,000 2007 44 Eritrea 21,000 2007 44 Malaysia 21,000 2007 44 Papua New Guinea 21,000 2007 44 Peru 21,000 2007 45 Cambodia 20,000 2007 45 Canada 20,000 2007 46 Liberia 19,000 2007 47 Nepal 17,000 2007 47 Niger 17,000 2007 48 Germany 15,000 2007 49 El Salvador 9,700 2007 50 Portugal 9,400 2007 51 Switzerland 9,200 2007 52 Chile 8,700 2007 52 Djibouti 8,700 2007 52 Guinea-Bissau 8,700 2007 53 Trinidad and Tobago 7,700 2007 54 Jamaica 7,600 2007 55 Honduras 7,400 2007 56 Ecuador 7,100 2007 56 Guyana 7,100 2007 57 Romania 7,000 2007 58 Somalia 6,700 2007 59 Algeria 6,000 2007 60 Equatorial Guinea 5,900 2007 60 Morocco 5,900 2007 61 Paraguay 5,800 2007 62 Panama 5,500 2007 62 Poland 5,500 2007 63 Netherlands 4,900 2007 64 Uzbekistan 4,600 2007 65 Gambia 4,500 2007 66 Belgium 4,100 2007 67 Belarus 3,900 2007 67 Mauritania 3,900 2007 68 Mauritius 3,800 2007 69 Korea (Republic of) 3,600 2007 70 Madagascar 3,400 2007 71 Kazakhstan 3,300 2007 72 Greece 3,000 2007 73 Austria 2,900 2007 73 Israel 2,900 2007 73 Sweden 2,900 2007 74 Uruguay 2,800 2007 75 Costa Rica 2,700 2007 75 Latvia 2,700 2007 76 Egypt 2,600 2007 76 Moldova (Republic of) 2,600 2007 77 Estonia 2,400 2007 78 Japan 2,300 2007 79 Bolivia 2,200 2007 79 Philippines 2,200 2007 80 Nicaragua 2,100 2007 80 Tajikistan 2,100 2007 81 Bangladesh 2,000 2007 81 Belize 2,000 2007 82 Suriname 1,900 2007 83 Cuba 1,800 2007 83 Serbia 1,800 2007 84 Bahamas 1,600 2007 85 Ireland 1,500 2007 86 Sri Lanka 1,400 2007 87 Azerbaijan 1,300 2007 87 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 1,300 2007 88 Australia 1,200 2007 88 Singapore 1,200 2007 89 Denmark 1,100 2007 89 Kyrgyzstan 1,100 2007 90 Tunisia 1,000 2007 91 Afghanistan NA 2007 91 Albania NA 2007 91 American Samoa NA 2007 91 Andorra NA 2007 91 Anguilla NA 2007 91 Antigua and Barbuda NA 2007 91 Aruba NA 2007 91 Bahrain NA 2007 91 Bermuda NA 2007 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina NA 2007 91 Bouvet Island NA 2007 91 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 2007 91 British Virgin Islands NA 2007 91 Brunei Darussalam NA 2007 91 Bulgaria NA 2007 91 Cape Verde NA 2007 91 Cayman Islands NA 2007 91 Christmas Island NA 2007 91 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA 2007 91 Cook Islands NA 2007 91 Croatia NA 2007 91 Cyprus NA 2007 91 Dominica NA 2007 91 Faeroe Islands NA 2007 91 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA 2007 91 French Guiana NA 2007 91 French Polynesia NA 2007 91 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA 2007 91 Gibraltar NA 2007 91 Greenland NA 2007 91 Grenada NA 2007 91 Guadeloupe NA 2007 91 Guam NA 2007 91 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 2007 91 Iraq NA 2007 91 Johnston Atoll NA 2007 91 Jordan NA 2007 91 Kiribati NA 2007 91 Kuwait NA 2007 91 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NA 2007 91 Liechtenstein NA 2007 91 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) NA 2007 91 Marshall Islands NA 2007 91 Martinique NA 2007 91 Mayotte NA 2007 91 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA 2007 91 Midway NA 2007 91 Monaco NA 2007 91 Montenegro NA 2007 91 Montserrat NA 2007 91 Nauru NA 2007 91 Netherlands Antilles NA 2007 91 New Caledonia NA 2007 91 Niue NA 2007 91 Norfolk Island NA 2007 91 Northern Mariana Islands NA 2007 91 Oman NA 2007 91 Palau NA 2007 91 Pitcairn Island NA 2007 91 Puerto Rico NA 2007 91 Qatar NA 2007 91 Reunion NA 2007 91 Saint Helena NA 2007 91 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA 2007 91 Saint Lucia NA 2007 91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA 2007 91 Samoa NA 2007 91 San Marino NA 2007 91 Sao Tome and Principe NA 2007 91 Saudi Arabia NA 2007 91 Seychelles NA 2007 91 Slovakia NA 2007 91 Slovenia NA 2007 91 Solomon Islands NA 2007 91 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA 2007 91 Syrian Arab Republic NA 2007 91 Timor Leste NA 2007 91 Tokelau NA 2007 91 Tonga NA 2007 91 Turkey NA 2007 91 Turkmenistan NA 2007 91 Turks and Caicos Island NA 2007 91 Tuvalu NA 2007 91 United Arab Emirates NA 2007 91 Vanuatu NA 2007 91 Venezuela NA 2007 91 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA 2007 91 Wake Island NA 2007 91 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA 2007 91 West Bank and Gaza NA 2007 91 Western Sahara NA 2007 91 Yemen NA 2007 92 Kenya 800000-1100000 2007 93 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 210000-270000 2007 94 Armenia <1000 2007 94 Barbados <1000 2007 94 Finland <1000 2007 94 Georgia <1000 2007 94 Hungary <1000 2007 94 Lebanon <1000 2007 94 Lithuania <1000 2007 94 Norway <1000 2007 95 Czech Republic <500 2007 95 New Zealand <500 2007 96 Fiji <200 2007 96 Iceland <200 2007 96 Luxembourg <200 2007 96 Mongolia <200 2007 97 Bhutan <100 2007 97 Comoros <100 2007 97 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) <100 2007 97 Maldives <100 2007 97 Malta <100 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....