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Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 20% in Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, while an additional five countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%. In absolute numbers, South Africa (9.2 million), followed Tanzania (7.49 million) and Mozambique (2.48 million) and Nigeria (2.45million) had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the ...
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East Asia has an estimates 3.5 million people living with HIV, with prevalence low in the 15-49 age range. HIV/AIDS has remained somewhat stable with an approximated 3.5 million cases since 2005. Thailand is the only east Asian country with an over 1% HIV prevalence, which has declined from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.1% in 2015.
The World Bank and United Nations source their data on HIV prevalence from Statistics South Africa. According to Statistics South Africa's [7] mid-year population estimates for 2018, [8] the total HIV prevalence rate for the country is 13.1%. The HIV prevalence rate for all adults aged 15 to 49 is 19.0%. [8]
In 2009, there were an estimated 33.3 million people worldwide infected with HIV. [1] HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in South America vary from 0.20% in Bolivia to 1.50% in Trinidad and Tobago . [ 2 ]
In 2017, a total of 219 people were diagnosed with HIV and 20 with AIDS. Since testing began in Estonia, a total of 9,878 cases of HIV and 536 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed. [18] As per data available, 1.3 percent of adults are HIV positive — the highest percentage among all the countries in the European Union. [19]
People living with HIV/AIDS , in absolute numbers for the year of 2008. Large numbers of people live with HIV even in countries with relatively low HIV prevalence levels due to their large populations. Estimated per capita prevalence of HIV among young adults (15–49) by country as of 2011 [2]
HIV/AIDS has been a public health concern for Latin America due to a remaining prevalence of the disease. [1] In 2018 an estimated 2.2 million people had HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean, making the HIV prevalence rate approximately 0.4% in Latin America. [1]