Sub-Saharan Africa HIV & AIDS statistics

Sub-Saharan Africa HIV & AIDS statistics
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An estimated 22.5 million people were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009, including 2.3 million children.
During 2009, an estimated 1.3 million Africans died from AIDS. Almost 90% of the 16.6 million children orphaned by AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa.
The estimated number of adults and children living with HIV and AIDS, the number of deaths from AIDS, and the number of living orphans in individual countries in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009 are shown below.
Country
People living with HIV/AIDS
Adult (15-49) prevalence %
Women with HIV/AIDS
Children with HIV/AIDS
AIDS deaths
Orphans due to AIDS
Angola
200,000
2.0
110,000
22,000
11,000
140,000
Benin
60,000
1.2
32,000
5,400
2,700
30,000
Botswana
320,000
24.8
170,000
16,000
5,800
93,000
Burkina Faso
110,000
1.2
56,000
17,000
7,100
140,000
Burundi
180,000
3.3
90,000
28,000
15,000
200,000
Cameroon
610,000
5.3
320,000
54,000
37,000
330,000
Central African Republic
130,000
4.7
67,000
17,000
11,000
140,000
Chad
210,000
3.4
110,000
23,000
11,000
120,000
Comoros
<500
0.1
<100
...
<100
<100
Congo
77,000
3.4
40,000
7,900
5,100
51,000
Côte d'Ivoire
450,000
3.4
220,000
63,000
36,000
440,000
Dem. Republic of Congo
(430,000-560,000)
(1.2-1.6)
(220,000-300,000)
(33,000-86,000)
(26,000-40,000)
(350,000-510,000)
Equatorial Guinea
20,000
5.0
11,000
1,600
<1,000
4,100
Eritrea
25,000
0.8
13,000
3,100
1,700
19,000
Gabon
46,000
5.2
25,000
3,200
2,400
18,000
Gambia
18,000
2.0
9,700
...
<1,000
2,800
Ghana
260,000
1.8
140,000
27,000
18,000
160,000
Guinea
79,000
1.3
41,000
9,000
4,700
59,000
Guinea-Bissau
22,000
2.5
12,000
2,100
1,200
9,700
Kenya
1,500,000
6.3
760,000
180,000
80,000
1,200,000
Lesotho
290,000
23.6
160,000
28,000
14,000
130,000
Liberia
37,000
1.5
19,000
6,100
3,600
52,000
Madagascar
24,000
0.2
7,300
...
1,700
11,000
Malawi
920,000
11.0
470,000
120,000
51,000
650,000
Mali
76,000
1.0
40,000
...
4,400
59,000
Mauritania
14,000
0.7
4,000
...
<1,000
3,600
Mauritius
8,800
1.0
2,500
...
<500
<1,000
Mozambique
1,400,000
11.5
760,000
130,000
74,000
670,000
Namibia
180,000
13.1
95,000
16,000
6,700
70,000
Niger
61,000
0.8
28,000
...
4,300
57,000
Nigeria
3,300,000
3.6
1,700,000
360,000
220,000
2,500,000
Rwanda
170,000
2.9
88,000
22,000
4,100
130,000
Senegal
59,000
0.9
32,000
...
2,600
19,000
Sierra Leone
49,000
1.6
28,000
2,900
2,800
15,000
South Africa
5,600,000
17.8
3,300,000
330,000
310,000
1,900,000
Swaziland
180,000
25.9
100,000
14,000
7,000
69,000
Togo
120,000
3.2
67,000
11,000
7,700
66,000
Uganda
1,200,000
6.5
610,000
150,000
64,000
1,200,000
United Rep. Of Tanzania
1,400,000
5.6
730,000
160,000
86,000
1,100,000
Zambia
980,000
13.5
490,000
120,000
45,000
690,000
Zimbabwe
1,200,000
14.3
620,000
150,000
83,000
1,000,000
Total sub-Saharan Africa
22,500,000
5.0
12,100,000
2,300,000
1,300,000
14,800,000
Notes
These estimates include all people with HIV infection, including those who have not developed symptoms of AIDS.
Adults in this page are defined as men and women aged over 15, unless specified otherwise.
Children are defined as people under the age of 15, whilst orphans are children aged under 18 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS.