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Table 1 HIV/AIDS prevalence and AIDS-related mortality in countries with 50 percent or greater Muslim population, 2001–20031

From: Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Harm Reduction in Muslim Countries

 

Country

Estimated number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS

Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS

  

Year

Year

  

2001

2003

2001

2003

1

Afghanistan

*

*

*

*

2

Albania

*

*

*

*

3

Algeria

*

<10 000

*

<500

4

Azerbaijan

<10 000

<10 000

<500

*

5

Bahrain

<10 000

<10 000

*

<500

6

Bangladesh

10 000 – <100 000

 

500 – <1 000

 

7

Brunei Darussalam

 

<10 000

 

<500

8

Burkina Faso

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

10 000 – <50 000

10 000 – <50 000

9

Chad

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

10 000 – <50 000

10 000 – <50 000

10

Cocos (Keeling Island)

*

*

*

*

11

Comoros

*

*

*

*

12

Djibouti

*

<10 000

*

500 – <1 000

13

Egypt

<10 000

10 000 – <100 000

*

500 – <1 000

14

Eritrea

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

<500

1 000 – <10 000

15

Ethiopia

>=2 M

1 M – <2 M

>=100 000

>=100 000

16

Gambia

<10 000

<10 000

<500

500 – <1 000

17

Gaza Strip

*

*

*

*

18

Guinea

*

100 000 – <500 000

*

1 000 – <10 000

19

Guinea-Bissau

10 000 – <100 000

*

1 000 – <10 000

 

20

Indonesia

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

1 000 – <10 000

1 000 – <10 000

21

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

<500

500 – <1 000

22

Iraq

<10 000

<10 000

*

*

23

Jordan

<10 000

<10 000

*

<500

24

Kazakhstan

<10 000

10 000 – <100 000

<500

<500

25

Kuwait

    

26

Kyrgyzstan

<10 000

<10 000

<500

<500

27

Lebanon

 

<10 000

 

<500

28

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

<10 000

10 000 – <100 000

*

*

29

Malaysia

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

1 000 – <10 000

1 000 – <10 000

30

Maldives

<10 000

*

*

*

31

Mali

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

10 000 – <50 000

10 000 – <50 000

32

Mauritania

*

<10 000

*

<500

33

Mayotte

*

*

*

*

34

Morocco

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

*

*

35

Niger

*

10 000 – <100 000

*

1 000 – <10 000

36

Nigeria

>=2 M

>=2 M

>=100 000

>=100 000

37

Oman

<10 000

<10 000

*

<500

38

Pakistan

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

1 000 – <10 000

1 000 – <10 000

39

Qatar

*

*

*

*

40

Saudi Arabia

*

*

*

*

41

Senegal

10 000 – <100 000

10 000 – <100 000

1 000 – <10 000

1 000 – <10 000

42

Sierra Leone

100 000 – <500 000

*

10 000 – <50 000

*

43

Somalia

10 000 – <100 000

*

*

*

44

Sudan

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

10 000 – <50 000

10 000 – <50 000

45

Syrian Arab Republic

*

<10 000

*

<500

46

Tajikistan

<10 000

<10 000

*

<500

47

Togo

100 000 – <500 000

100 000 – <500 000

10 000 – <50 000

10 000 – <50 000

48

Tunisia

*

<10 000

*

<500

49

Turkey

*

 

*

*

50

Turkmenistan

<10 000

<10 000

<500

*

51

United Arab Emirates

*

*

*

*

52

United Republic of Tanzania

1 M – <2 M

1 M – <2 M

>=100 000

>=100 000

53

Uzbekistan

<10 000

10 000 – <100 000

<500

<500

54

West Bank

*

*

*

*

55

Western Sahara

*

*

*

*

56

Yemen

*

*

*

*

  1. 1 Sources:
  2. a. For HIV/AIDS statistics: World Health Organization Global Health Atlas 2005, available at: http://globalatlas.who.int/globalatlas/
  3. b. For percentage of Muslim population: CIA World Fact Book 2005, available at: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
  4. * Data not available