TOP 100

Rank	Country	HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
1	South Africa	7,500,000
2	Mozambique	2,200,000
3	India	2,100,000
4	Nigeria	1,800,000
5	Tanzania	1,700,000
6	Kenya	1,500,000
7	Uganda	1,500,000
8	Zimbabwe	1,400,000
9	Zambia	1,200,000
10	Malawi	1,100,000
11	Russia	1,000,000
12	Brazil	920,000
13	Ethiopia	670,000
14	Indonesia	640,000
15	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	520,000
16	Cameroon	510,000
17	Thailand	480,000
18	Botswana	380,000
19	Lesotho	340,000
20	Ghana	340,000
21	Angola	340,000
22	Ukraine	250,000
23	Burma	240,000
24	Mexico	230,000
25	Rwanda	230,000
26	Vietnam	230,000
27	Namibia	210,000
28	Colombia	200,000
29	Swaziland	200,000
30	France	190,000
31	South Sudan	190,000
32	Pakistan	190,000
33	Romania	190,000
34	Haiti	160,000
35	Spain	150,000
36	Mali	140,000
37	Argentina	140,000
38	Italy	130,000
39	Chad	120,000
40	Togo	120,000
41	Guinea	110,000
42	Venezuela	110,000
43	Central African Republic	100,000
44	Congo, Republic of the	100,000
45	Burkina Faso	100,000
46	Philippines	97,000
47	Malaysia	88,000
48	Germany	87,000
49	Peru	87,000
50	Burundi	85,000
51	Sierra Leone	78,000
52	Benin	75,000
53	Cambodia	73,000
54	Dominican Republic	72,000
55	Equatorial Guinea	65,000
56	Iran	59,000
57	Papua New Guinea	52,000
58	Gabon	51,000
59	Uzbekistan	50,000
60	Ecuador	47,000
61	Liberia	47,000
62	Sudan	46,000
63	Portugal	41,000
64	Senegal	41,000
65	Guinea-Bissau	40,000
66	Madagascar	39,000
67	Guatemala	36,000
68	Kazakhstan	33,000
69	Niger	33,000
70	Cuba	32,000
71	Jamaica	32,000
72	Japan	30,000
73	Nepal	30,000
74	Australia	29,000
75	Belarus	28,000
76	Gambia, The	28,000
77	El Salvador	27,000
78	Egypt	26,000
79	Panama	26,000
80	Honduras	25,000
81	Netherlands	24,000
82	Algeria	22,000
83	Paraguay	22,000
84	Morocco	21,000
85	Bolivia	19,000
86	Switzerland	17,000
87	Moldova	15,000
88	Eritrea	14,000
89	Greece	14,000
90	Costa Rica	14,000
91	Bangladesh	14,000
92	Tajikistan	14,000
93	Uruguay	14,000
94	Laos	13,000
95	Afghanistan	11,000
96	Mauritius	11,000
97	Somalia	11,000
98	Sweden	11,000
99	Trinidad and Tobago	11,000
100	Yemen	11,000

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, 2020

See also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS map

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