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HIV estimates and prevalence

Country	Estimated adult HIV prevalence rate (15-49 years), 2007	Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV, 2007 (thousands)			Estimated number of women (15+)living with HIV, 2007 (thousands)	Estimated number of children (aged 0-14)living with HIV, 2007 (thousands)	HIV prevalence among young people (aged 15-24), 2007
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Country	Estimated adult HIV prevalence rate (15-49 years), 2007	Estimate	Low estimate	High estimate			Male	Female
Afghanistan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Albania	–	–	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Algeria	0.1	21	11	43	6.0	–	0.1	0.1
Andorra	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Angola	2.1	190	150	240	110	17	0.2	0.3
Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Argentina	0.5	120	90	150	32	–	0.6	0.3
Armenia	0.1	2.4	1.8	3.5	<1.0	–	0.2	0.1
Australia	0.2	18	11	36	1.2	–	0.2	<0.1
Austria	0.2	9.8	7.6	13	2.9	–	0.2	0.1
Azerbaijan	0.2	7.8	4.7	16	1.3	–	0.3	0.1
Bahamas	3.0	6.2	4.0	8.7	1.6	–	3.2	1.5
Bahrain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bangladesh	–	12	7.7	19	2.0	–	–	–
Barbados	1.2	2.2	1.5	3.2	<1.0	–	1.3	0.6
Belarus	0.2	13	10	19	3.9	–	0.3	0.1
Belgium	0.2	15	8.9	29	4.1	–	0.2	0.1
Belize	2.1	3.6	2.2	5.3	2.0	<0.2	0.5	1.5
Benin	1.2	64	58	73	37	5.4	0.3	0.9
Bhutan	0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	<0.1	–	0.1	<0.1
Bolivia	0.2	8.1	6.5	11	2.2	–	0.2	0.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Botswana	23.9	300	280	310	170	15	5.1	15.3
Brazil	0.6	730	600	890	240	–	1.0	0.6
Brunei Darussalam	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bulgaria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Burkina Faso	1.6	130	110	160	61	10	0.5	0.9
Burundi	2.0	110	78	130	53	15	0.4	1.3
Cambodia	0.8	75	67	84	20	4.4	0.8	0.3
Cameroon	5.1	540	430	640	300	45	1.2	4.3
Canada	0.4	73	43	110	20	–	0.4	0.2
Cape Verde	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Central African Republic	6.3	160	150	170	91	14	1.1	5.5
Chad	3.5	200	130	240	110	19	2.0	2.8
Chile	0.3	31	23	39	8.7	–	0.3	0.2
China	0.1	700	450	1000	200	–	0.1	0.1
Colombia	0.6	170	110	230	47	–	0.7	0.3
Comoros	<0.1	<0.2	–	<1.0	<0.1	–	0.1	<0.1
Congo	3.5	79	65	94	43	6.6	0.8	2.3
Cook Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Costa Rica	0.4	9.7	6.1	15	2.7	–	0.4	0.2
Côte d'Ivoire	3.9	480	400	550	250	52	0.8	2.4
Croatia	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Cuba	0.1	6.2	3.6	12	1.8	–	0.1	0.1
Cyprus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Czech Republic	–	1.5	<1.0	2.8	<0.5	–	<0.1	–
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	–	–	–	<0.1	–	–	–	–
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	–	400	500	–	–	–	–
Denmark	0.2	4.8	3.7	6.9	1.1	–	0.2	0.1
Djibouti	3.1	16	12	19	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.1
Dominica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominican Republic	1.1	62	52	71	30	2.7	0.3	0.6
Ecuador	0.3	26	15	40	7.1	–	0.4	0.2
Egypt	–	9.2	7.2	13	2.6	–	–	–
El Salvador	0.8	35	24	72	9.7	–	0.9	0.5
Equatorial Guinea	3.4	11	8.2	14	5.9	<1.0	0.8	2.5
Eritrea	1.3	38	25	58	21	3.1	0.3	0.9
Estonia	1.3	9.9	5.4	19	2.4	–	1.6	0.7
Ethiopia	2.1	980	880	1100	530	92	0.5	1.5
Fiji	0.1	–	–	<0.5	–	–	0.1	–
Finland	0.1	2.4	1.4	4.4	<1.0	–	0.1	<0.1
France	0.4	140	78	240	38	–	0.4	0.2
Gabon	5.9	49	37	68	27	2.3	1.3	3.9
Gambia	0.9	8.2	3.7	13	4.5	–	0.2	0.6
Georgia	0.1	2.7	1.5	6.1	<1.0	–	0.1	0.1
Germany	0.1	53	31	97	15	–	0.1	0.1
Ghana	1.9	260	230	290	150	17	0.4	1.3
Greece	0.2	11	6.1	19	3.0	–	0.2	0.1
Grenada	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guatemala	0.8	59	41	84	52	–	–	1.5
Guinea	1.6	87	73	110	48	6.3	0.4	1.2
Guinea–Bissau	1.8	16	11	23	8.7	1.5	0.4	1.2
Guyana	2.5	13	7.6	18	7.1	–	0.5	1.7
Haiti	2.2	120	100	140	58	6.8	0.6	1.4
Holy See	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Honduras	0.7	28	18	44	7.4	1.6	0.7	0.4
Hungary	0.1	3.3	2.0	5.9	<1.0	–	0.1	<0.1
Iceland	0.2	<0.5	–	<1.0	<0.2	–	0.2	0.1
India	0.3	2400	1800	3200	880	–	0.3	0.3
Indonesia	0.2	270	190	400	54	–	0.3	0.1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.2	86	68	110	24	–	0.2	0.1
Iraq	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ireland	0.2	5.5	4.1	7.7	1.5	–	0.2	0.1
Israel	0.1	5.1	2.5	12	2.9	–	<0.1	0.1
Italy	0.4	150	110	210	41	–	0.4	0.2
Jamaica	1.6	27	19	36	7.6	–	1.7	0.9
Japan	–	9.6	7.9	10	2.3	–	–	–
Jordan	–	<1.0	–	<2.0	–	–	–	–
Kazakhstan	0.1	12	7.0	29	3.3	–	0.2	0.1
Kenya	–	–	1500	2000	–	–	–	–
Kiribati	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kuwait	–	<1.0	–	<2.0	–	–	–	–
Kyrgyzstan	0.1	4.2	2.3	7.7	1.1	–	0.2	0.1
Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.2	5.5	3.3	13	1.3	–	0.2	0.1
Latvia	0.8	10	7.4	15	2.7	–	0.9	0.5
Lebanon	0.1	3.0	1.7	7.2	<1.0	–	0.1	0.1
Lesotho	23.2	270	260	290	150	12	5.9	14.9
Liberia	1.7	35	29	41	19	3.1	0.4	1.3
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lithuania	0.1	2.2	1.2	4.6	<1.0	–	0.1	0.1
Luxembourg	0.2	–	–	<1.0	<0.2	–	0.2	0.1
Madagascar	0.1	14	9.1	23	3.4	<0.5	0.2	0.1
Malawi	11.9	930	860	1000	490	91	2.4	8.4
Malaysia	0.5	80	52	120	21	–	0.6	0.3
Maldives	–	–	–	<0.1	–	–	–	–
Mali	1.5	100	88	120	56	9.4	0.4	1.1
Malta	0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	0.1	0.1
Marshall Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mauritania	0.8	14	8.3	26	3.9	<0.5	0.9	0.5
Mauritius	1.7	13	7.5	28	3.8	<0.1	1.8	1.0
Mexico	0.3	200	150	310	57	–	0.3	0.2
Micronesia (Federated States of)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Monaco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mongolia	0.1	<1.0	–	1.5	<0.2	–	0.1	–
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morocco	0.1	21	15	31	5.9	–	0.1	0.1
Mozambique	12.5	1500	1300	1700	810	100	2.9	8.5
Myanmar	0.7	240	160	370	100	–	0.7	0.6
Namibia	15.3	200	160	230	110	14	3.4	10.3
Nauru	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nepal	0.5	70	50	99	17	–	0.5	0.3
Netherlands	0.2	18	10	32	4.9	–	0.2	0.1
New Zealand	0.1	1.4	<1.0	2.6	<0.5	–	0.1	–
Nicaragua	0.2	7.7	5.3	15	2.1	–	0.3	0.1
Niger	0.8	60	44	85	17	3.2	0.9	0.5
Nigeria	3.1	2600	2000	3200	1400	220	0.8	2.3
Niue	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Norway	0.1	3.0	1.7	5.0	<1.0	–	0.1	0.1
Occupied Palestinian Territory	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oman	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pakistan	0.1	96	69	150	27	–	0.1	0.1
Palau	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Panama	1.0	20	16	26	5.5	–	1.1	0.6
Papua New Guinea	1.5	54	53	55	21	1.1	0.6	0.7
Paraguay	0.6	21	12	38	5.8	–	0.7	0.3
Peru	0.5	76	57	97	21	–	0.5	0.3
Philippines	–	8.3	6.0	11	2.2	–	–	–
Poland	0.1	20	11	34	5.5	–	0.1	0.1
Portugal	0.5	34	20	63	9.4	–	0.5	0.3
Qatar	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Republic of Korea	<0.1	13	7.5	42	3.6	–	<0.1	<0.1
Republic of Moldova	0.4	8.9	6.0	15	2.6	–	0.4	0.2
Romania	0.1	15	12	16	7.0	–	0.2	0.2
Russian Federation	1.1	940	630	1300	240	–	1.3	0.6
Rwanda	2.8	150	130	170	78	19	0.5	1.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Lucia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samoa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
San Marino	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sao Tome and Principe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Senegal	1.0	67	47	96	38	3.1	0.3	0.8
Serbia	0.1	6.4	3.9	12	1.8	–	0.1	0.1
Seychelles	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sierra Leone	1.7	55	42	76	30	4.0	0.4	1.3
Singapore	0.2	4.2	2.6	7.3	1.2	–	0.2	0.1
Slovakia	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Slovenia	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Solomon Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Somalia	0.5	24	13	45	6.7	<1.0	0.6	0.3
South Africa	18.1	5700	4900	6600	3200	280	4.0	12.7
Spain	0.5	140	80	230	28	–	0.6	0.2
Sri Lanka	–	3.8	2.8	5.1	1.4	–	<0.1	–
Sudan	1.4	320	220	440	170	25	0.3	1.0
Suriname	2.4	6.8	4.2	12	1.9	<0.2	2.7	1.4
Swaziland	26.1	190	180	200	100	15	5.8	22.6
Sweden	0.1	6.2	3.5	11	2.9	–	0.1	0.1
Switzerland	0.6	25	14	43	9.2	–	0.4	0.5
Syrian Arab Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tajikistan	0.3	10	5.0	23	2.1	–	0.4	0.1
Thailand	1.4	610	410	880	250	14	1.2	1.2
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Timor–Leste	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Togo	3.3	130	110	150	69	10	0.8	2.4
Tonga	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinidad and Tobago	1.5	14	9.5	19	7.7	–	0.3	1.0
Tunisia	0.1	3.7	2.7	5.4	1.0	–	0.1	<0.1
Turkey	–	<2.0	–	<5.0	–	–	–	–
Turkmenistan	<0.1	<0.5	–	<1.0	–	–	–	–
Tuvalu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uganda	5.4	940	870	1000	480	130	1.3	3.9
Ukraine	1.6	440	340	540	190	–	1.5	1.5
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
United Kingdom	0.2	77	37	160	22	–	0.3	0.1
United Republic of Tanzania	6.2	1400	1300	1500	760	140	0.5	0.9
United States	0.6	1200	690	1900	230	–	0.7	0.3
Uruguay	0.6	10	5.9	19	2.8	–	0.6	0.3
Uzbekistan	0.1	16	8.1	45	4.6	–	0.1	0.1
Vanuatu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Viet Nam	0.5	290	180	470	76	–	0.6	0.3
Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zambia	15.2	1100	1000	1200	560	95	3.6	11.3
Zimbabwe	15.3	1300	1200	1400	680	120	2.9	7.7


SUMMARY INDICATORS
Africa	2.9 h	22700 h	21100 h	24500 h	12200 h	1800 h	1.1 h	2.5 h
Sub-Saharan Africa	5.2 h	22400 h	20800 h	24100 h	12000 h	1800 h	1.1 h	2.6 h
Eastern and Southern Africa	7.7 h	16400 h	15300 h	17600 h	8800 h	1300 h	1.8 h	4.2 h
West and Central Africa	2.7 h	5900 h	5400 h	6500 h	3200 h	520 h	1 h	2.3 h
Middle East and North Africa	0.2 h	380 h	330 h	420 h	200 h	18 h	0.2 h	0.4 h
Asia	0.2 h	4700 h	3800 h	5500 h	1600 h	160 h	0.1 h	0.1 h
South Asia	0.2 h	2200 h	1900 h	2600 h	620 h	99 h	0.1 h	0.1 h
East Asia and Pacific	0.2 h	2400 h	1500 h	3000 h	810 h	61 h	0.1 h	<0.1 h
Latin America and Caribbean	0.6 h	2200 h	2000 h	2500 h	710 h	42 h	0.4 h	0.3 h
CEE/CIS	0.7 h	1500 h	1300 h	1700 h	640 h	20 h	0.2 h	0.2 h
Industrialized countries	0.4 h	2300 h	1900 h	2700 h	490 h	0.5 h	0.2 h	0.1 h
Developing countries	0.9 h	29700 h	27700 h	31700 h	14400 h	2000 h	0.3 h	0.6 h
Least developed countries	2.1 h	9600 h	8800 h	10300 h	5000 h	970 h	0.64 h	1.37 h
World	0.8 h	33400 h	31100 h	35800 h	15700 h	2100 h	0.26 h	0.49 h
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS Estimated adult HIV prevalence rate: Percentage of adults (aged 15–49) living with HIV as of 2007. *Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV:* Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV as of 2007. Estimated number of women (aged 15+) living with HIV: Estimated number of women (aged 15+) living with HIV as of 2007. *Estimated number of children (aged 0-14) living with HIV:* Estimated number of children (aged 0-14) living with HIV as of 2007. *HIV prevalence among young men and women:* Percentage of young men and women (aged 15–24) living with HIV as of 2007. MAIN DATA SOURCES *Estimated adult HIV prevalence rate:* Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008. *Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV:* UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008. *Estimated number of women (aged 15+) living with HIV:* UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008. *Estimated number of children (aged 0-14) living with HIV:* UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008. *HIV prevalence among young men and women:* UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008. NOTES – Data not available. h - Regional data on HIV and orphans for 2008 are derived from the forthcoming 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, which will be released in late 2009 by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). Please note that the corresponding country data are not revised in the Update, and therefore refer to the year 2007. These country data also correspond to the figures published in The State of the World\’s Children 2009, pages 130– 133.