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An estimated 25 million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2003, and an estimated twelve million children have been orphaned by AIDS.
In 2003, 2.2 million people died from AIDS.
The statistics for adults & children living with HIV/AIDS, the statistics of the estimated number of deaths from AIDS, and the number of orphans in individual countries in Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2003 are shown below.
| Country |
Adults |
Adult
Rate % |
Women |
Children |
AIDS Deaths
Among Adults
& Children |
Orphans
due to AIDS |
| Angola |
220,000 |
3.9 |
130,000 |
23,000 |
21,000 |
110,000 |
| Benin |
62,000 |
1.9 |
35,000 |
5,700 |
5.800 |
34,000 |
| Botswana |
330,000 |
37.3 |
190,000 |
25,000 |
33,000 |
120,000 |
| Burkina Faso |
270,000 |
4.2 |
150,000 |
31,000 |
29,000 |
260,000 |
| Burundi |
220,000 |
6.0 |
130,000 |
27,000 |
25,000 |
200,000 |
| Cameroon |
520,000 |
6.9 |
290,000 |
43,000 |
49,000 |
240,000 |
| Central African Republic |
240,000 |
13.5 |
130,000 |
21,000 |
23,000 |
110,000 |
| Chad |
180,000 |
4.8 |
100,000 |
18,000 |
18,000 |
96,000 |
| Congo |
80,000 |
4.9 |
45,000 |
10,000 |
9,700 |
97,000 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
530,000 |
7.0 |
300,000 |
40,000 |
47,000 |
310000 |
| Dem. Republic of Congo |
1,000,000 |
4.2 |
570,000 |
110,000 |
100,000 |
770000 |
| Djibouti |
8,400 |
2.9 |
4,700 |
680 |
690 |
5,000 |
| Eritrea |
55,000 |
2.7 |
31,000 |
5,600 |
6,300 |
39,000 |
| Ethiopia |
1,400,000 |
4.4 |
770,000 |
120,000 |
120,000 |
720,000 |
| Gabon |
45,000 |
8.1 |
26,000 |
2,500 |
3,000 |
14,000 |
| Gambia |
6,300 |
1.2 |
3,600 |
500 |
600 |
2,000 |
| Ghana |
320,000 |
3.1 |
180,000 |
24,000 |
30,000 |
170,000 |
| Guinea |
130,000 |
3.2 |
72,000 |
9,200 |
9,000 |
35,000 |
| Kenya |
1,100,000 |
6.7 |
720,000 |
100,000 |
150,000 |
650.000 |
| Lesotho |
300,000 |
28.9 |
170,000 |
22,000 |
29,000 |
100,000 |
| Liberia |
96,000 |
5.9 |
54,000 |
8,000 |
7,200 |
36,000 |
| Madagascar |
130,000 |
1.7 |
76,000 |
8,600 |
7,500 |
30,000 |
| Malawi |
810,000 |
14.2 |
460,000 |
83,000 |
84,000 |
500,000 |
| Mali |
120,000 |
1.9 |
71,000 |
13,000 |
12,000 |
75,000 |
| Mauritania |
8,900 |
0.6 |
5,100 |
|
<500 |
2,000 |
| Mozambique |
1,200,000 |
12.2 |
670,000 |
99,000 |
110,000 |
470,000 |
| Namibia |
200,000 |
21.3 |
110,000 |
15,000 |
16,000 |
57,000 |
| Niger |
64,000 |
1.2 |
36,000 |
5,900 |
4,800 |
24,000 |
| Nigeria |
3,300,000 |
5.4 |
1,900,000 |
290,000 |
310,000 |
1,800,000 |
| Rwanda |
230,000 |
5.1 |
130,000 |
22,000 |
22,000 |
160,000 |
| Senegal |
4,000 |
0.8 |
23,000 |
3,100 |
3,500 |
17,000 |
| South Africa |
5,100,000 |
21.5 |
2,900,000 |
230,000 |
370,000 |
1,100,000 |
| Swaziland |
200,000 |
38.8 |
110,000 |
16,000 |
17,000 |
65,000 |
| Togo |
96,000 |
4.1 |
54,000 |
9,300 |
10,000 |
54,000 |
| Uganda |
450,000 |
4.1 |
270,000 |
84,000 |
78,000 |
940,000 |
| United Rep. Of Tanzania |
1,500,000 |
8.8 |
840,000 |
140,000 |
160,000 |
980,000 |
| Zambia |
830,000 |
16.5 |
470,000 |
85,000 |
89,000 |
630,000 |
| Zimbabwe |
1,600,000 |
24.6 |
930,000 |
120,000 |
170,000 |
980,000 |
| Total Sub-Saharan Africa |
23,100,000 |
7.5 |
13,100,000 |
1,900,000 |
2.2 million |
12,100,000 |
Notes
These statistics are estimates at the end of 2003 published by UNAIDS in their 'Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, July 2004'. The estimates include all people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, alive at the end of 2003. If a country is not included in the table it is because there are no reliable statistics for the country.
Adults in this report are defined as men and women aged 15-49. This age range captures those in their most sexually active years. While the risk of HIV infection continues beyond the age of 50, the vast majority of people with substantial risk behaviour are likely to have become infected by this age. Since population structures differ greatly from one country to another, especially for children and the upper adult ages, the restriction of 'adults' to 15-49 has the advantage of making different populations more comparable.
Children in this report are defined as under the age of 15 at the end of 2003, whilst orphans are children aged under 17 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS.
AVERT.org has further information about HIV and AIDS in Africa, more HIV and AIDS statistics pages and a guide to understanding the statistics.
Last updated December 23, 2004
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