HIV adult prevalence rate explained

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, varies in prevalence from nation to nation. Listed here are the prevalence rates among adults in various countries, based on data from various sources, largely the CIA World Factbook.[1] [2] [3]

As of 2022, around 39 million people, or 0.7% of the population, were estimated to be infected with HIV globally. Prevalence was higher among sex workers, gay and bisexual men, people who inject drugs, transgender people, and prisoners.[4]

The HIV pandemic is most severe in Southern Africa. Over 10% of all people infected with HIV/AIDS reside within the region. Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 15% in Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, while an additional six countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%.

In absolute numbers, South Africa (9.2 million), followed Tanzania (2.55 million) and Mozambique (2.48 million) and Nigeria (2.45million) had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the start of 2024.[5] While South Africa's large population of HIV-positive people is attributable to its high disease prevalence (17.3%, one of the highest in the world), Nigeria's is lower at 1.3%.[1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS.[6]

HIV/AIDS prevalence estimates table

This data was sourced from the CIA's world factbook[7] and UNAIDS AIDS info website[8] unless referenced otherwise. A horizontal dash "-" indicates the data was not published. Adult prevalence describes ages between 15 and 49.

Country/RegionAdult prevalence
of HIV/AIDS
Number of people
with HIV/AIDS
Annual deaths
from HIV/AIDS
Year of estimate
28.30%240,0003,0002024
24.10%403,0005,3802024
22.60%398,5005,2402024
22.10%1,660,00025,6002024
14%9,230,00077,0002024
13.20%219,3303,8802024
12.5%1,550,00020,0002023
12.65%2,485,00059,1002024
11.40%1,642,57015,2702024
7.66%74,1652,4002024
5.45%2,550,00033,0002024
5.10%1,710,00024,0002023
5%1,590,00023,3002023
5.20%220,4406,6002024
4%530,00014,6002023
3.90%59,0001,5002023
4%126,2004,4002024
3.65%42,0002,2002023
3.77%110,8406,7002024
3.10%4,400-2023
2.90%230,0002,8002016
2.70%430,00013,0002016
2.40%190,0009,1002016
2.40%31,0001,5402023
2.20%180,0003,0002023
2.20%2,450,00056,5002024
1.90%4,900-2018
2.10%355,00015,0002024
2.00%361,89722,0002024
1.80%6,000-2018
1.65%32,0001,0002019
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [9] 1.60%860-2023
Russian Federation[10] 1.50%1,400,000[11] 24,0002023
1.50%50,0002,3002023
1.50%78,0002,6002019
1.40%110,0003,1002016
1.40%8,700-2019
1.30%5,800-2019
1.50%9,100-2024
1.20%85,0001,8002016
1.20%120,0003,2002016
1.20%140,0005,8002016
1.20%11,000-2016
1.31%800,00025,0002024
1.40%760,00025,0002024
1.10%260,0009,1002023
1.50%1,250,00018,4002024
1.00%67,0002,4002016
1.00%67,0002,2002024
0.90%46,0001,1002016
0.80%2,800-2016
1.30%42,000-2024
1.20%281,0008,4002024
0.80%95,0003,1002016
0.70%370,00019,0002016
1.00%25,000-2024
0.85%8,000-2024
1.10%172,0003,7002024
0.70%160,0004,7002024
1.10%23,800-2024
0.60%15,000-2016
0.60%24,000-2016
1.10%46,000-2024
0.50%11,000-2016
2.00%155,000-2024
0.50%46,0001,6002016
1.10%27,850-2024
1.60%62,000-2024
0.40%48,0003,4002016
0.30%110,0007,4002024
0.50%660,00047,0002024
0.40%21,000-2016
1.10%35,000-2024
0.40%13,000-2016
0.60%145,0005,2502024
0.65%150,0003,1002024
1.00%24,000-2016
2.30%54,0005,1002024
0.42%1,427,155-2024[12]
0.40%24,000-2023
0.90%231,791-2024
0.75%371,8205,1202024
0.30%33,000-2016
0.30%70,0002,2002016
0.30%200,000-2024
0.30%11,000-2016
0.70%188,000-2024
0.30%14,000-2016
0.70%271,0005,2002024
0.20%3,300-2016
0.20%2,300,00075,0002024[13]
0.40%52,000-2024
0.20%8,500-2016
0.45%11,000-2024
0.20%31,0001,6002016
0.92%46,0003,5002024
0.25%80,000-2023
0.25%100,000-2023
0.21%75,000-2023[14]
0.50%59,900-2024
0.20%8,900-2016
0.20%56,0003,0002016
0.20%11,000-2016
0.20%17,000-2019
0.17%116,000[15] -2024
0.16%1 265[16] -2018
0.55%18,000-2024[17]
0.13%70-2018[18]
Norway[19] 0.45%19,0503052024
0.11%6,500-2018[20]
0.10%1,700-2016
0.10%28,880-2023
0.10%468[21] -2019
[22] 0.10%31,620-2016
0.10%9,200-2016
---2016
0.10%66,0004,0002016
-436[23] -2023
0.10%130,0005,5002016
0.08%30,0921,4712022
-12,0001,0002016
-11,000-2016
-9,900-2016
-7,500-2016
-4,000-2016
-3,500-2016
-2,900-2016
0.04%2,700-2016
0.14%2,700-2023
0.09%1,250,000-2018[24]
0.088%453[25] -2019
0.063%3,750[26] -2016
0.051%[27] 3,122[28] -2019
0.12%401-2023
0.029%13,000-2016
0.024%8,200-2016
0.009%350-2018
0.004%83-2013[29]
Turkmenistan-720-2021
Grenada-5 300-2023
Antigua and Barbuda-84-2022
Turks and Caicos Islands-1 000-2023
Samoa-1 100-2023
Dominica-240-2023
Iraq0.24%4 700-2021
United Arab Emirates0.20%23,00010,0002024
-30-2022
Finland0.40%6,0001,5002021
-2-2023
Kiribati-45-2023
Saint Kitts and Nevis-100-2023
Mauritius0.16%6,671[30] -2022
Singapore0.19%9,231-2021
Hong Kong0.16%11,737-2023
Palau-310-2023
Tonga-400-2023
Japan0.02%21,739 -2022
Puerto Rico-526-2023
Brunei Darussalam-40-2024
Comoros-188-2023
Niue-35-2023
Seychelles-86-2023
Kuwait-400-2023
Iceland-2,000-2022
Anguilla-500-2024
French Polynesia-290-2023
0.029%[31] 15,196[32] -2023
New Zealand-3,033 [33] -2023
Austria-3,000-2023
Cyprus-1,200-2023
Tuvalu5.2%702-2022
Libya1.02%1,700-2024
Christmas Island-13-2024
Hungary0.11%10,000-2023
Romania-1,660-2024
Reunion-118-2024
-15,600-2023
Uzbekistan-244-2024
Slovakia-2,000-2023
Belgium-4,000-2024
Greece-1,100-2024
Vanuatu-325-2023
Mongolia-2,500-2024
-48-2024
American Samoa-110-2023
Nauru-270-2024
Marshall Islands-19-2024
[34]

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Notes and References

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  4. Web site: Global HIV & AIDS statistics — fact sheet . 2024-06-06 . www.unaids.org .
  5. News: The Hindu – India has 3rd-highest number of HIV-infected people: UN. The Hindu. 2014-07-17.
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  8. Web site: AIDSinfo | UNAIDS. aidsinfo.unaids.org.
  9. Web site: Men still leading in HIV/AIDS cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines . 24 February 2023 .
  10. Web site: 2021 . ВИЧ-инфекция в Российской Федерации на 31.12.2021 . HIV infection in the Russian Federation as of December 31, 2021 . 2022-11-27 . Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for AIDS Prevention and Control.
  11. Web site: 2023 . HIV in Russia Is a Human Rights Problem . The Wilson Centre.
  12. Web site: Statistics Overview | Statistics Center | HIV/AIDS | CDC. 2018-12-31.
  13. Web site: India. www.unaids.org.
  14. Web site: The epidemiology of HIV in Canada. www.catie.ca. 2019-10-08. 2020-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406002443/https://www.catie.ca/en/fact-sheets/epidemiology/epidemiology-hiv-canada. dead.
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  24. the estimated PLWH (People Living with HIV/AIDS) infected population in China has risen to >1.25 million at the end of 2018. Web site: The Enigma of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic in China . Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020-06-22.
  25. Web site: Over 400 people in Malta have HIV. Times of Malta. 4 April 2019 .
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  27. Calculated based on data from https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/121768532/1300642007.pdf/c80aeca5-b529-46c1-a58c-fc78e8024284?version=1.1
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  29. Web site: Less than 100 people in Kosovo have HIV.
  30. Web site: The Situation of HIV/AIDS in Mauritius – YUVA . 17 May 2018 .
  31. Web site: KOSIS . 2024-02-04 . kosis.kr.
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