Global Health

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

Rank Country Name  Number  Year Global 15,600,000 2008 1 South Africa 2,200,000 2007 2 India 1,420,000 2007 3 Nigeria 1,000,000 2007 4 United States of America 870,000 2007 5 Russian Federation 700,000 2007 6 Mozambique 590,000 2007 7 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 540,000 2007 8 Zimbabwe 520,000 2007 9 China 490,000 2007 10 Brazil 470,000 2007 11 Zambia 420,000 2007 12 Ethiopia 360,000 2007 13 Malawi 350,000 2007 13 Thailand 350,000 2007 14 Uganda 330,000 2007 15 Ukraine 240,000 2007 16 Indonesia 216,000 2007 17 Viet Nam 204,000 2007 18 Cameroon 200,000 2007 19 Cote d'Ivoire 170,000 2007 20 Mexico 143,000 2007 21 Myanmar 140,000 2007 22 Sudan 120,000 2007 23 Colombia 113,000 2007 24 Spain 112,000 2007 25 Botswana 110,000 2007 25 Lesotho 110,000 2007 26 Italy 109,000 2007 27 France 102,000 2007 28 Ghana 100,000 2007 29 Argentina 88,000 2007 30 Angola 70,000 2007 30 Chad 70,000 2007 30 Namibia 70,000 2007 30 Swaziland 70,000 2007 31 Pakistan 67,000 2007 32 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 61,000 2007 33 Burkina Faso 59,000 2007 34 Malaysia 58,000 2007 35 United Kingdom 55,000 2007 36 Canada 53,000 2007 36 Peru 53,000 2007 37 Haiti 52,000 2007 37 Rwanda 52,000 2007 38 Nepal 51,000 2007 38 Togo 51,000 2007 39 Cambodia 50,000 2007 40 Central African Republic 49,000 2007 41 Niger 39,000 2007 42 Burundi 37,000 2007 42 Germany 37,000 2007 42 Mali 37,000 2007 43 Guinea 33,000 2007 44 Papua New Guinea 32,000 2007 45 Congo 30,000 2007 46 Dominican Republic 29,000 2007 47 Senegal 26,000 2007 48 Portugal 24,600 2007 49 El Salvador 24,300 2007 50 Chile 22,300 2007 51 Benin 22,000 2007 52 Sierra Leone 21,000 2007 53 Gabon 19,000 2007 54 Honduras 18,600 2007 55 Jamaica 18,400 2007 56 Ecuador 17,900 2007 57 Somalia 17,300 2007 58 Australia 16,800 2007 59 Switzerland 15,800 2007 60 Morocco 15,100 2007 61 Algeria 15,000 2007 62 Paraguay 14,200 2007 63 Eritrea 14,000 2007 64 Panama 13,500 2007 64 Poland 13,500 2007 65 Netherlands 13,100 2007 66 Liberia 13,000 2007 67 Uzbekistan 11,400 2007 68 Belgium 10,900 2007 69 Mauritania 10,100 2007 70 Bangladesh 10,000 2007 71 Madagascar 9,600 2007 72 Korea (Republic of) 9,400 2007 73 Mauritius 9,200 2007 74 Belarus 9,100 2007 75 Kazakhstan 8,700 2007 76 Greece 8,000 2007 77 Tajikistan 7,900 2007 78 Estonia 7,500 2007 79 Japan 7,300 2007 79 Latvia 7,300 2007 80 Uruguay 7,200 2007 81 Romania 7,000 2007 82 Austria 6,900 2007 82 Costa Rica 6,900 2007 83 Azerbaijan 6,500 2007 84 Egypt 6,400 2007 85 Djibouti 6,300 2007 85 Guinea-Bissau 6,300 2007 86 Moldova (Republic of) 6,200 2007 87 Philippines 6,000 2007 88 Bolivia 5,700 2007 89 Nicaragua 5,400 2007 90 Trinidad and Tobago 5,300 2007 91 Guyana 4,900 2007 92 Suriname 4,800 2007 93 Serbia 4,600 2007 94 Bahamas 4,500 2007 95 Cuba 4,400 2007 96 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 4,100 2007 97 Ireland 4,000 2007 98 Equatorial Guinea 3,900 2007 99 Denmark 3,700 2007 100 Sweden 3,300 2007 101 Kyrgyzstan 3,100 2007 102 Gambia 3,000 2007 103 Singapore 2,900 2007 104 Tunisia 2,600 2007 105 Sri Lanka 2,300 2007 106 Israel 2,000 2007 107 Belize 1,400 2007 108 Guatemala 1,000 2007 109 Afghanistan NA 2007 109 Albania NA 2007 109 American Samoa NA 2007 109 Andorra NA 2007 109 Anguilla NA 2007 109 Antigua and Barbuda NA 2007 109 Armenia NA 2007 109 Aruba NA 2007 109 Bahrain NA 2007 109 Barbados NA 2007 109 Bermuda NA 2007 109 Bhutan NA 2007 109 Bosnia and Herzegovina NA 2007 109 Bouvet Island NA 2007 109 British Indian Ocean Territory NA 2007 109 British Virgin Islands NA 2007 109 Brunei Darussalam NA 2007 109 Bulgaria NA 2007 109 Cape Verde NA 2007 109 Cayman Islands NA 2007 109 Christmas Island NA 2007 109 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA 2007 109 Comoros NA 2007 109 Congo (Dem. Republic of) NA 2007 109 Cook Islands NA 2007 109 Croatia NA 2007 109 Cyprus NA 2007 109 Czech Republic NA 2007 109 Dominica NA 2007 109 Faeroe Islands NA 2007 109 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA 2007 109 Fiji NA 2007 109 Finland NA 2007 109 French Guiana NA 2007 109 French Polynesia NA 2007 109 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA 2007 109 Georgia NA 2007 109 Gibraltar NA 2007 109 Greenland NA 2007 109 Grenada NA 2007 109 Guadeloupe NA 2007 109 Guam NA 2007 109 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA 2007 109 Hungary NA 2007 109 Iceland NA 2007 109 Iraq NA 2007 109 Johnston Atoll NA 2007 109 Jordan NA 2007 109 Kenya NA 2007 109 Kiribati NA 2007 109 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) NA 2007 109 Kuwait NA 2007 109 Lebanon NA 2007 109 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NA 2007 109 Liechtenstein NA 2007 109 Lithuania NA 2007 109 Luxembourg NA 2007 109 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) NA 2007 109 Maldives NA 2007 109 Malta NA 2007 109 Marshall Islands NA 2007 109 Martinique NA 2007 109 Mayotte NA 2007 109 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA 2007 109 Midway NA 2007 109 Monaco NA 2007 109 Mongolia NA 2007 109 Montenegro NA 2007 109 Montserrat NA 2007 109 Nauru NA 2007 109 Netherlands Antilles NA 2007 109 New Caledonia NA 2007 109 New Zealand NA 2007 109 Niue NA 2007 109 Norfolk Island NA 2007 109 Northern Mariana Islands NA 2007 109 Norway NA 2007 109 Oman NA 2007 109 Palau NA 2007 109 Pitcairn Island NA 2007 109 Puerto Rico NA 2007 109 Qatar NA 2007 109 Reunion NA 2007 109 Saint Helena NA 2007 109 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA 2007 109 Saint Lucia NA 2007 109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA 2007 109 Samoa NA 2007 109 San Marino NA 2007 109 Sao Tome and Principe NA 2007 109 Saudi Arabia NA 2007 109 Seychelles NA 2007 109 Slovakia NA 2007 109 Slovenia NA 2007 109 Solomon Islands NA 2007 109 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA 2007 109 Syrian Arab Republic NA 2007 109 Timor Leste NA 2007 109 Tokelau NA 2007 109 Tonga NA 2007 109 Turkey NA 2007 109 Turkmenistan NA 2007 109 Turks and Caicos Island NA 2007 109 Tuvalu NA 2007 109 United Arab Emirates NA 2007 109 Vanuatu NA 2007 109 Venezuela NA 2007 109 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA 2007 109 Wake Island NA 2007 109 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA 2007 109 West Bank and Gaza NA 2007 109 Western Sahara NA 2007 109 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.

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....

Estimates for men were derived from UNAIDS estimates of HIV/AIDS prevalence among adults (aged 15 and over) and women (aged 15 and over). Percentages represent men as a share of adults living with HIV/AIDS (aged 15 and over). NA indicates that the number or percentage could not be calculated.

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....