World HIV/AIDS Statistics

People newly infected with HIV in 2000: Total- 5.3 million Adults- 4.7 million Women- 2.3 million Children under 15- 600,000 Number of people living with HIV/AIDS: Total- 36.1 million Adults- 33.0 million Women- 16.9 million Children under 15- 1.3 million AIDS deaths in 2000: Total- 3 million Adults- 2.5 million Women- 1.4 million Children under 15- 500.000
Total Number of AIDS deaths since the beginning of the epidemic: Total- 21.8 million Adults- 17.5 million Children under 15- 4.3 million Total Number of AIDS orphans since the beginning of the epidemic: 13.2 million EstimatedNumber of people infected with HIV everday: 16 thousand (6,500 of these are between 15-24 years old) An estimated 9 out of 10 HIV-positive women in developing countries DO NOT KNOW they are infected. (AAWH,1998) Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for only one-tenth of the world’s population but continues to dwarf the rest of the world on the AIDS balance sheet, accounting for 77.98% of the global total of HIV-positive people. (UNAIDS/WHO 12/99)