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Facts and Figures


Young people are most at risk of getting HIV and AIDS. Some figures:

  • Of the 6,800 people newly infected with HIV every day, more than half are under 25 years old.
  • About 1,200 of those who become infected on a daily basis are under the age of 15.
  • Every thirteen seconds a new infection takes place.
  • 6,800 people die every day of AIDS related causes.
  • Thousands of children lose their parents to AIDS.
  • Only a small proportion of those in need of AIDS inhibitors actually get them.
  • 25 million people have already died of AIDS.
    According to the United Nations, this figure will be 280 million in 2050 if we do not act now.
  • In 2007 2.1 million people died of an AIDS-related illness.
  • 2.5 million new infections in 2006 with 1.7 million of these in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • More than two thirds of people living with HIV live in countries of the Global South.

      • AIDS affects mostly young people.
      Most of them do not grow older than 35 years of age.

      But there also is some good news!

      • The number of people living with HIV and AIDS is decreasing in some countries. In other countries the number of people has stabilised.

      Information on the figures: Each year UNAIDS, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, releases new country and regional estimates on HIV/AIDS figures. These figures are published once a year in the UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update Report.