Worldwide HIV & AIDS Statistics Summary

Global HIV/AIDS estimates, end of 2007

The latest statistics on the world epidemic of AIDS & HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2007, and refer to the end of 2007.

	Estimate	Range
People living with HIV/AIDS in 2007	33.2 million	30.6-36.1 million
Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2007	30.8 million	28.2-33.6 million
Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2007	15.4 million	13.9-16.6 million
Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2007	2.5 million	2.2-2.6 million
People newly infected with HIV in 2007	2.5 million	1.8-4.1 million
Adults newly infected with HIV in 2007	2.1 million	1.4-3.6 million
Children newly infected with HIV in 2007	0.42 million	0.35-0.54 million
AIDS deaths in 2007	2.1 million	1.9-2.4 million
Adult AIDS deaths in 2007	1.7 million	1.6-2.1 million
Child AIDS deaths in 2007	0.33 million	0.31-0.38 million

More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.

At the end of 2007, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 61% in sub-Saharan Africa.

Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.

In developing and transitional countries, 7.1 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.015 million (28%) are receiving the drugs.

Global trends

The number of people living with HIV has risen from around 8 million in 1990 to more than 33 million today, and is still growing. Around 69% of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Regional statistics for HIV & AIDS, end of 2007

Region	Adults & children living with HIV/AIDS	Adults & children newly infected	Adult prevalence*	Deaths of adults & children
Sub-Saharan Africa	22.5 million	1.7 million	5.0%	1.6 million
North Africa & Middle East	380,000	35,000	0.3%	25,000
South and South-East Asia	4 million	340,000	0.3%	270,000
East Asia	800,000	92,000	0.1%	32,000
Oceania	75,000	14,000	0.4%	1,200
Latin America	1.6 million	100,000	0.5%	58,000
Caribbean	230,000	17,000	1.0%	11,000
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	1.6 million	150,000	0.9%	55,000
Western & Central Europe	760,000	31,000	0.3%	12,000
North America	1.3 million	46,000	0.6%	21,000
Global Total	33.2 million	2.5 million	0.8%	2.1 million

* Proportion of adults aged 15-49 who were living with HIV/AIDS

During 2007 around two and a half million adults and children became infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS. By the end of the year, an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS. The year also saw more than two million deaths from AIDS, despite recent improvements in access to antiretroviral treatment.