At the end of 2007 over 25 Million had died of AIDS .
Estimates of the number of deaths in 2007 was 2.1 Million.
According to estimates from the UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic, 30-36 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2007. 22 Million of those infected are in sub-saharan Africa.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections peaked at 3.4 million in 1998 and there were 2.5 million new infections in 2007.

The % of HIV infections which are women ranges from 20% in N. America to 55% in Africa.

36% of the adult population in Swaziland and Botswana are infected and up to 25% of the population of Zimbabwe are infected.
There were from 2.8 - 3.5 M deaths worldwide and 15,000 US deaths in 2004. The US deaths are down from 49,351 in 1995.

Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, which reduced AIDS-related deaths in the richer countries. US deaths droped from 49,351 in 1995 to 15,000 in 2004.


Source: Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

See Also:
Stats at: avert.org/, Deaths by country at nationmaster.com
A Brief History of AIDS/HIV
Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)


last updated 24 Nov 2007