| Rank | Country | HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5,600,000 | |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3,300,000 | |
| 3 | India | 2,400,000 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 1,500,000 | |
| 5 | Mozambique | 1,400,000 | |
| 6 | Tanzania | 1,400,000 | |
| 7 | Uganda | 1,200,000 | |
| 8 | United States | 1,200,000 | |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 1,200,000 | |
| 10 | Zambia | 980,000 | |
| 11 | Russia | 980,000 | |
| 12 | Malawi | 920,000 | |
| 13 | China | 740,000 | |
| 14 | Cameroon | 610,000 | |
| 15 | Thailand | 530,000 | |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 450,000 | |
| 17 | Ukraine | 350,000 | |
| 18 | Botswana | 320,000 | |
| 19 | Indonesia | 310,000 | |
| 20 | Lesotho | 290,000 | |
| 21 | Vietnam | 280,000 | |
| 22 | Sudan | 260,000 | |
| 23 | Ghana | 260,000 | |
| 24 | Burma | 240,000 | |
| 25 | Mexico | 220,000 | |
| 26 | Chad | 210,000 | |
| 27 | Angola | 200,000 | |
| 28 | Burundi | 180,000 | |
| 29 | Namibia | 180,000 | |
| 30 | Swaziland | 180,000 | |
| 31 | Rwanda | 170,000 | |
| 32 | Colombia | 160,000 | |
| 33 | France | 150,000 | |
| 34 | Italy | 140,000 | |
| 35 | Spain | 130,000 | |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 130,000 | |
| 37 | Haiti | 120,000 | |
| 38 | Togo | 120,000 | |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 110,000 | |
| 40 | Argentina | 110,000 | |
| 41 | Malaysia | 100,000 | |
| 42 | Pakistan | 98,000 | |
| 43 | Iran | 92,000 | |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 85,000 | |
| 45 | Guinea | 79,000 | |
| 46 | Congo, Republic of the | 77,000 | |
| 47 | Mali | 76,000 | |
| 48 | Peru | 75,000 | |
| 49 | Canada | 68,000 | |
| 50 | Germany | 67,000 | |
| 51 | Nepal | 64,000 | |
| 52 | Cambodia | 63,000 | |
| 53 | Guatemala | 62,000 | |
| 54 | Niger | 61,000 | |
| 55 | Benin | 60,000 | |
| 56 | Senegal | 59,000 | |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 57,000 | |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 49,000 | |
| 59 | Gabon | 46,000 | |
| 60 | Portugal | 42,000 | |
| 61 | Chile | 40,000 | |
| 62 | Honduras | 39,000 | |
| 63 | Ecuador | 37,000 | |
| 64 | Liberia | 37,000 | |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 34,000 | |
| 66 | Somalia | 34,000 | |
| 67 | El Salvador | 34,000 | |
| 68 | Jamaica | 32,000 | |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 28,000 | |
| 70 | Poland | 27,000 | |
| 71 | Morocco | 26,000 | |
| 72 | Eritrea | 25,000 | |
| 73 | Madagascar | 24,000 | |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 22,000 | |
| 75 | Netherlands | 22,000 | |
| 76 | Panama | 20,000 | |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 20,000 | |
| 78 | Australia | 20,000 | |
| 79 | Algeria | 18,000 | |
| 80 | Gambia, The | 18,000 | |
| 81 | Switzerland | 18,000 | |
| 82 | Belarus | 17,000 | |
| 83 | Romania | 16,000 | |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,000 | |
| 85 | Austria | 15,000 | |
| 86 | Belgium | 14,000 | |
| 87 | Djibouti | 14,000 | |
| 88 | Mauritania | 14,000 | |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 13,000 | |
| 90 | Paraguay | 13,000 | |
| 91 | Moldova | 12,000 | |
| 92 | Bolivia | 12,000 | |
| 93 | Yemen | 12,000 | |
| 94 | Egypt | 11,000 | |
| 95 | Libya | 10,000 | |
| 96 | Estonia | 9,900 | |
| 97 | Uruguay | 9,900 | |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 9,800 | |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 9,800 | |
| 100 | Korea, South | 9,500 | |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 9,100 | |
| 102 | Mauritius | 8,800 | |
| 103 | Greece | 8,800 | |
| 104 | Philippines | 8,700 | |
| 105 | Latvia | 8,600 | |
| 106 | Laos | 8,500 | |
| 107 | Japan | 8,100 | |
| 108 | Sweden | 8,100 | |
| 109 | Israel | 7,500 | |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 7,397 | |
| 111 | Cuba | 7,100 | |
| 112 | Ireland | 6,900 | |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 6,900 | |
| 114 | Bahamas, The | 6,600 | |
| 115 | Serbia | 6,400 | |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 6,300 | |
| 117 | Guyana | 5,900 | |
| 118 | Denmark | 5,300 | |
| 119 | Belize | 4,800 | |
| 120 | Turkey | 4,600 | |
| 121 | Norway | 4,000 | |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 3,800 | |
| 123 | Suriname | 3,700 | |
| 124 | Lebanon | 3,600 | |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 3,600 | |
| 126 | Georgia | 3,500 | |
| 127 | Singapore | 3,400 | |
| 128 | Hungary | 3,000 | |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 2,800 | |
| 130 | Hong Kong | 2,600 | |
| 131 | Finland | 2,600 | |
| 132 | New Zealand | 2,500 | |
| 133 | Tunisia | 2,400 | |
| 134 | Barbados | 2,100 | |
| 135 | Czech Republic | 2,000 | |
| 136 | Armenia | 1,900 | |
| 137 | Lithuania | 1,200 | |
| 138 | Oman | 1,100 | |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 900 | |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 775 | |
| 141 | Jordan | 600 | |
| 142 | Bermuda | 163 | |
| 143 | Greenland | 100 | |
| 144 | Croatia | 0 | |
| 145 | Iceland | 0 | |
| 146 | Fiji | 0 | |
| 147 | Bahrain | 0 | |
| 148 | Bhutan | 0 | |
| 149 | Comoros | 0 | |
| 150 | Brunei | 0 | |
| 151 | Iraq | 0 | |
| 152 | Slovakia | 0 | |
| 153 | Maldives | 0 | |
| 154 | Malta | 0 | |
| 155 | Macedonia | 0 | |
| 156 | Mongolia | 0 | |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 0 | |
| 158 | Qatar | 0 | |
| 159 | Slovenia | 0 | |
| 160 | Syria | 0 | |
| 161 | Svalbard | 0 | |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 0 | |
Definition: This entry gives an estimate of all people (adults and children) alive at yearend with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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