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People living with HIV — Lower-middle-income countries

People living with HIV in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 14,495,660 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 49.8%.

2024 14.5M people +22.8% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 14.5M people2024
Period minimum 9.68M people2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

People living with HIV — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–20248M10M12M14M16M2000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 9,676,840 people2001: 9,908,680 people2002: 9,902,280 people2003: 9,971,690 people2004: 9,943,880 people2005: 9,895,790 people2006: 9,950,390 people2007: 10,025,300 people2008: 10,014,600 people2009: 10,066,840 people2010: 10,185,280 people2011: 10,471,930 people2012: 10,543,770 people2013: 10,676,510 people2014: 10,823,750 people2015: 10,968,510 people2016: 11,096,380 people2017: 11,348,270 people2018: 11,421,360 people2019: 11,579,270 people2020: 11,530,070 people2021: 11,582,570 people2022: 11,655,070 people2023: 11,804,730 people2024: 14,495,660 people
Change over the period: +4.82M (+49.8%) Average annual rate: 1.7 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 14.5M people
World computed 35.23M people
People living with HIV — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 14.5M +2.69M +22.8%
2023 11.8M +149,660 +1.28%
2022 11.66M +72,500 +0.63%
2021 11.58M +52,500 +0.46%
2020 11.53M −49,200 −0.42%
2019 11.58M +157,910 +1.38%
2018 11.42M +73,090 +0.64%
2017 11.35M +251,890 +2.27%
2016 11.1M +127,870 +1.17%
2015 10.97M +144,760 +1.34%
2014 10.82M +147,240 +1.38%
2013 10.68M +132,740 +1.26%
2012 10.54M +71,840 +0.69%
2011 10.47M +286,650 +2.81%
2010 10.19M +118,440 +1.18%
2009 10.07M +52,240 +0.52%
2008 10.01M −10,700 −0.11%
2007 10.03M +74,910 +0.75%
2006 9.95M +54,600 +0.55%
2005 9.9M −48,090 −0.48%
2004 9.94M −27,810 −0.28%
2003 9.97M +69,410 +0.7%
2002 9.9M −6,400 −0.06%
2001 9.91M +231,840 +2.4%
2000 9.68M — —

About the indicator

The estimated number of people of all ages living with HIV at the end of the year. The estimate is built by UNAIDS from sentinel surveillance data, population surveys and treatment registers, so this is not the number of people diagnosed but the calculated number of carriers: some of them do not know their status. Absolute numbers and the share of the population diverge widely — the countries largest by number of carriers and the countries with the highest prevalence barely overlap.

Important: An estimate, not a count. UNAIDS attaches an uncertainty interval to every value, sometimes a wide one; the central estimate is taken here.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Other indicators for lower-middle-income countries

Diseases HIV prevalence

The share of people aged 15–49 living with HIV.

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How many people are infected with HIV in a year — per 1,000 uninfected people aged 15–49.

Lower-middle-income countries by year Diseases HIV-related deaths

How many people died during the year of causes related to HIV.

Lower-middle-income countries by year Diseases Tuberculosis cases

How many people fall ill with tuberculosis in a year — the WHO estimate in absolute numbers.

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