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Situation and trends
HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed 44.1 million [37.6–53.4 million] lives so far.
In 2024, 630 000 [490 000–820 000] people died from HIV-related causes globally. There were approximately 40.8 million [37.0–45.6 million] people living with HIV (PLHIV) at the end of 2024 with 1.3 million [1.0–1.7 million] people becoming newly infected with HIV in 2024 globally.
The WHO African Region is the most affected region, with 26.3 million [23.9–29.3 million] people living with HIV in 2024. Also, the WHO African Region accounts for 50% of the global new HIV infections.
Summary findings
Prevalence of HIV among adults
0.7%
of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV in 2024
Number of new HIV infections
1.3 million
people were newly infected worldwide in 2024
People living with HIV
3.1%
of adults in the WHO African Region were living with HIV in 2024, accounting for two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide
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Global HIV Programme
The WHO Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes leads the development and implementation of the global health sector strategy on the elimination of HIV as a public health threat.