HIV & AIDS Statistics from Around the World

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A collection of information on worldwide HIV and AIDS statistics organised by continent, region and in some cases by country.

An HIV/AIDS epidemic is defined by the HIV prevalence in the general population. HIV prevalence is the percentage of the population living with HIV.

There is either a generalised or concentrated epidemic. In a generalised epidemic, HIV prevalence is 1% or more in the general population.

In a concentrated or low level epidemics, HIV prevalence is below 1% in the general population but exceeds 5% in specific at-risk populations like injecting drug users or sex workers, or HIV prevalence is not recorded at a significant level in any group).¹

In order to understand the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it is necessary to look at certain figures. Researchers and epidemiologists usually compile the number of people living with HIV (the HIV prevalence), the number of new infections (the HIV incidence), and the number of people who have died of AIDS among other categories.

The Worldwide HIV & AIDS Statistics Topics linked to left of this page contain more information on HIV and AIDS statistics in regions like Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe as well as information for certain countries such as the United State of America, Australia, India, South Africa, and the UK.