Statistics

The following figures detail the reality of HIV/AIDS:

Total population living with HIV/AIDS in the world in 2007: 33 million
Adults: 30.8 million
Children under the age of 15: 2 million

People newly infected with HIV in 2007: 2 million
Adults: 2.7 million
Children under the age of 15: 0.37 million

AIDS-related deaths in 2007: 2 million
Adults: 2.5 million
Children under the age of 15: 0.27 million

• Every day around the world 14,000 people are infected with HIV. 95% of them reside in developing countries.

• By 2010, it is expected that 45 million people will have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS.

• 4.1 million people in sub-Saharan Africa need access to the antiretroviral drugs that slow the effects of AIDS. Currently, only 50,000 people have access to this treatment.

• In 2007 there were 2.7 million new HIV infections and 2 million HIV-related deaths.

• An estimated 2.0 million people died due to AIDS in 2007.

• 35% of HIV infections and 38% of AIDS deaths in 2007 occurred in southern African communities.

• Women account for half of all people living with HIV worldwide.

• Young people aged 15–24 account for an estimated 45% of new HIV infections worldwide.

• An estimated 370,000 children younger than the age of 15 became infected with HIV in 2007.

• Globally, the number of children younger than 15 years of age living with HIV increased from 1.6 million in 2001 to 2.0 million in 2007 with almost 90% living in sub-Saharan Africa.

All statistics are recorded from www.unicef.ca and www.unaids.org.

Learn more about HIV/AIDS by visiting:
The World Health Organization and United Nations AIDS websites.