2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic
Global surveillance of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections is a joint effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in 1996, is the main coordination and implementation mechanism through which UNAIDS and WHO compile the best information available and help improve the quality of data needed for informed decision-making and planning at national, regional and global levels. The estimates contained in this table are a product of the Working Group, and they are derived in close collaboration with national AIDS programmes and many other partners.
| 1. Estimated number of people living with HIV | ||||||
| Adults and children, end 2003 | Adults and children, end 2001 | Adults (15–49), end 2003 | ||||
| Country | Estimate | [low estimate - high estimate] |
Estimate | [low estimate - high estimate] |
Estimate | [low estimate - high estimate] |
| Global Total | 37,800,000 | [34,600,000 - 42,300,000] | 34,900,000 | [32,000,000 - 39,000,000] | 35,700,000 | [32,700,000 - 39,800,000] |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 25,000,000 | [23,100,000 - 27,900,000] | 23,800,000 | [22,000,000 - 26,600,000] | 23,100,000 | [21,400,000 - 25,700,000] |
| Angola | 240,000 | [97,000 - 600,000] | 220,000 | [86,000 - 550,000] | 220,000 | [88,000 - 540,000] |
| Benin | 68,000 | [38,000 - 120,000] | 65,000 | [36,000 - 110,000] | 62,000 | [35,000 - 110,000] |
| Botswana * | 350,000 | [330,000 - 380,000] | 350,000 | [330,000 - 380,000] | 330,000 | [310,000 - 340,000] |
| Burkina Faso * | 300,000 | [190,000 - 470,000] | 280,000 | [180,000 - 440,000] | 270,000 | [170,000 - 420,000] |
| Burundi | 250,000 | [170,000 - 370,000] | 240,000 | [160,000 - 360,000] | 220,000 | [150,000 - 320,000] |
| Cameroon * | 560,000 | [390,000 - 810,000] | 530,000 | [370,000 - 770,000] | 520,000 | [360,000 - 740,000] |
| Central African Republic | 260,000 | [160,000 - 410,000] | 250,000 | [150,000 - 400,000] | 240,000 | [150,000 - 380,000] |
| Chad | 200,000 | [130,000 - 300,000] | 190,000 | [120,000 - 290,000] | 180,000 | [120,000 - 270,000] |
| Comoros | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Congo | 90,000 | [39,000 - 200,000] | 90,000 | [39,000 - 200,000] | 80,000 | [34,000 - 180,000] |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 570,000 | [390,000 - 820,000] | 510,000 | [350,000 - 740,000] | 530,000 | [370,000 - 750,000] |
| Dem. Republic of Congo ** | 1,100,000 | [450,000 - 2,600,000] | 1,100,000 | [430,000 - 2,500,000] | 1,000,000 | [410,000 - 2,400,000] |
| Djibouti | 9,100 | [2,300 - 24,000] | 8,100 | [2,400 - 23,000] | 8,400 | [2,100 - 21,000] |
| Equatorial Guinea | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Eritrea | 60,000 | [21,000 - 170,000] | 61,000 | [22,000 - 160,000] | 55,000 | [19,000 - 150,000] |
| Ethiopia | 1,500,000 | [950,000 - 2,300,000] | 1,300,000 | [820,000 - 2,000,000] | 1,400,000 | [890,000 - 2,100,000] |
| Gabon | 48,000 | [24,000 - 91,000] | 39,000 | [19,000 - 78,000] | 45,000 | [23,000 - 86,000] |
| Gambia | 6,800 | [1,800 - 24,000] | 6,700 | [1,800 - 24,000] | 6,300 | [1,700 - 23,000] |
| Ghana * | 350,000 | [210,000 - 560,000] | 330,000 | [200,000 - 540,000] | 320,000 | [200,000 - 520,000] |
| Guinea * | 140,000 | [51,000 - 360,000] | 110,000 | [40,000 - 310,000] | 130,000 | [48,000 - 330,000] |
| Guinea-Bissau | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Kenya | 1,200,000 | [820,000 - 1,700,000] | 1,300,000 | [890,000 - 1,800,000] | 1,100,000 | [760,000 - 1,600,000] |
| Lesotho * | 320,000 | [290,000 - 360,000] | 320,000 | [290,000 - 360,000] | 300,000 | [270,000 - 330,000] |
| Liberia | 100,000 | [47,000 - 220,000] | 86,000 | [37,000 - 190,000] | 96,000 | [44,000 - 200,000] |
| Madagascar | 140,000 | [68,000 - 250,000] | 100,000 | [50,000 - 180,000] | 130,000 | [66,000 - 220,000] |
| Malawi * | 900,000 | [700,000 - 1,100,000] | 850,000 | [660,000 - 1,100,000] | 810,000 | [650,000 - 1,000,000] |
| Mali | 140,000 | [44,000 - 420,000] | 130,000 | [40,000 - 390,000] | 120,000 | [40,000 - 380,000] |
| Mauritania | 9,500 | [4,500 - 17,000] | 6,300 | [3,000 - 11,000] | 8,900 | [4,400 - 15,000] |
| Mauritius | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Mozambique | 1,300,000 | [980,000 - 1,700,000] | 1,200,000 | [930,000 - 1,600,000] | 1,200,000 | [910,000 - 1,500,000] |
| Namibia | 210,000 | [180,000 - 250,000] | 200,000 | [170,000 - 230,000] | 200,000 | [170,000 - 230,000] |
| Niger | 70,000 | [36,000 - 130,000] | 56,000 | [28,000 - 110,000] | 64,000 | [34,000 - 120,000] |
| Nigeria | 3,600,000 | [2,400,000 - 5,400,000] | 3,400,000 | [2,200,000 - 5,000,000] | 3,300,000 | [2,200,000 - 4,900,000] |
| Rwanda * | 250,000 | [170,000 - 380,000] | 240,000 | [160,000 - 360,000] | 230,000 | [150,000 - 350,000] |
| Senegal * | 44,000 | [22,000 - 89,000] | 40,000 | [20,000 - 81,000] | 41,000 | [21,000 - 83,000] |
| Sierra Leone | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Somalia | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| South Africa * | 5,300,000 | [4,500,000 - 6,200,000] | 5,000,000 | [4,200,000 - 5,900,000] | 5,100,000 | [4,300,000 - 5,900,000] |
| Swaziland ** | 220,000 | [210,000 - 230,000] | 210,000 | [190,000 - 220,000] | 200,000 | [190,000 - 210,000] |
| Togo | 110,000 | [67,000 - 170,000] | 100,000 | [65,000 - 160,000] | 96,000 | [61,000 - 150,000] |
| Uganda * | 530,000 | [350,000 - 880,000] | 620,000 | [420,000 - 980,000] | 450,000 | [300,000 - 730,000] |
| United Rep. of Tanzania * | 1,600,000 | [1,200,000 - 2,300,000] | 1,600,000 | [1,100,000 - 2,200,000] | 1,500,000 | [1,100,000 - 2,000,000] |
| Zambia | 920,000 | [730,000 - 1,100,000] | 890,000 | [710,000 - 1,100,000] | 830,000 | [680,000 - 1,000,000] |
| Zimbabwe | 1,800,000 | [1,500,000 - 2,000,000] | 1,700,000 | [1,500,000 - 2,000,000] | 1,600,000 | [1,400,000 - 1,900,000] |
| East Asia | 900,000 | [450,000 - 1,500,000] | 680,000 | [340,000 - 1,100,000] | 900,000 | [450,000 - 1,500,000] |
| China | 840,000 | [430,000 - 1,500,000] | 660,000 | [320,000 - 1,100,000] | 830,000 | [430,000 - 1,400,000] |
| Hong Kong SAR | 2,600 | [1,300 - 4,400] | 2,700 | [1,300 - 4,400] | 2,600 | [1,300 - 4,300] |
| Dem. Peo. Rep. of Korea | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Japan | 12,000 | [5,700 - 19,000] | 12,000 | [5,800 - 20,000] | 12,000 | [5,700 - 19,000] |
| Mongolia | <500 | [<1,000] | <200 | [<400] | <500 | [<1,000] |
| Republic of Korea | 8,300 | [2,700 - 16,000] | 5,600 | [1,800 - 11,000] | 8,300 | [2,700 - 16,000] |
| Oceania | 32,000 | [21,000 - 46,000] | 24,000 | [16,000 - 35,000] | 31,000 | [21,000 - 45,000] |
| Australia | 14,000 | [6,800 - 22,000] | 12,000 | [6,000 - 20,000] | 14,000 | [6,600 - 22,000] |
| Fiji | 600 | [200 - 1,300] | <500 | [<1,000] | 600 | [200 - 1,200] |
| New Zealand | 1,400 | [480 - 2,800] | 1,200 | [420 - 2,400] | 1,400 | [500 - 2,800] |
| Papua New Guinea | 16,000 | [7,800 - 28,000] | 10,000 | [4,900 - 17,000] | 16,000 | [7,700 - 26,000] |
