People living with HIV — all countries

People living with HIV — Southern Africa

People living with HIV in Southern Africa in 2024 — 8,860,000 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 101.8%.

2024 8.86M people +1.03% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.86M people2024
Period minimum 4.39M people2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

People living with HIV — Southern Africa, 2000–20244M6M8M10M2000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 4,390,000 people2001: 4,730,000 people2002: 5,050,000 people2003: 5,280,000 people2004: 5,490,000 people2005: 5,710,000 people2006: 5,810,000 people2007: 6,050,000 people2008: 6,260,000 people2009: 6,480,000 people2010: 6,700,000 people2011: 6,920,000 people2012: 7,150,000 people2013: 7,360,000 people2014: 7,580,000 people2015: 7,780,000 people2016: 8,000,000 people2017: 8,090,000 people2018: 8,300,000 people2019: 8,410,000 people2020: 8,500,000 people2021: 8,590,000 people2022: 8,670,000 people2023: 8,770,000 people2024: 8,860,000 people
Change over the period: +4.47M (+101.82%) Average annual rate: 2.97 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 8.86M people
World computed 35.23M people
People living with HIV — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8.86M +90,000 +1.03%
2023 8.77M +100,000 +1.15%
2022 8.67M +80,000 +0.93%
2021 8.59M +90,000 +1.06%
2020 8.5M +90,000 +1.07%
2019 8.41M +110,000 +1.33%
2018 8.3M +210,000 +2.6%
2017 8.09M +90,000 +1.13%
2016 8M +220,000 +2.83%
2015 7.78M +200,000 +2.64%
2014 7.58M +220,000 +2.99%
2013 7.36M +210,000 +2.94%
2012 7.15M +230,000 +3.32%
2011 6.92M +220,000 +3.28%
2010 6.7M +220,000 +3.4%
2009 6.48M +220,000 +3.51%
2008 6.26M +210,000 +3.47%
2007 6.05M +240,000 +4.13%
2006 5.81M +100,000 +1.75%
2005 5.71M +220,000 +4.01%
2004 5.49M +210,000 +3.98%
2003 5.28M +230,000 +4.55%
2002 5.05M +320,000 +6.77%
2001 4.73M +340,000 +7.74%
2000 4.39M

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.