Fast facts on HIV
[Source: WHO/UNAIDS 2010]
33.3 million
33.3 million [31.4 - 35.3 million] people were living with HIV worldwide in 2009.
2.6 million
2.6 million [2.3 - 2.8 million] people were newly infected with HIV worldwide in 2009.
2.5 million
2.5 million [1.6 - 3.4 million] children were living with HIV worldwide at the end of 2009.
1.8 million
1.8 million [1.6 - 2.1 million] people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide in 2009.
1.37 million
1.37 million new cases of tuberculosis worldwide among HIV-infected people in 2008.
5.25 million
5.25 million HIV-positive people had access to ART in low- and middle-income countries in 2009.
36%
36% [33–39%] of people living with HIV and with a CD4 cell count of ≤350 cells/mm3 in low- and middle-income countries received antiretroviral therapy in 2009. (Under the previous WHO criterion for treatment initiation at a CD4 cell count of ≤200 cells/mm3, global coverage would be 52% [47–58%]).
53%
53% [40 - 79%] of pregnant women living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries received antiretrovirals for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in 2009.
26%
26% of pregnant women were tested for HIV in low- and middle-income countries in 2009.
68%
68% of all people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.
2.3 million
2.3 million [1.4 - 3.1 million] children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009.
3.9 million
3.9 million people in sub-Saharan Africa received antiretroviral therapy in 2009.
30 million
Over 30 million people were living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries in 2009.
1000+
Over 1000 children were newly infected with HIV per day worldwide in 2009.