Country Data 1999
Country
Population (000's)
Population Aged 15-49 (000's)
Total Adult Literacy Rate (%)
Life Expectancy at Birth
Est. number of Adults and Children living with HIV/AIDS
Adult Rate (%
Est. number of deaths due to AIDS
Est. number of Children orphaned by AIDS
Algeria
30,774
16,115
62
69
11,000
0.07
 N/A 
 N/A 
Angola
12,479
5,367
47
47
160,000
2.78
     15,000
62,519
Benin
5,937
2,681
37
53
70,000
2.45
       5,600
16,741
Botswana
1,597
786
90
47
290,000
35.80
     24,000
54,943
Burkina Faso
11,616
5,110
19
45
350,000
6.40
     43,000
211,503
Burundi
6,565
2,998
35
43
360,000
11.32
     39,000
150,086
Cameroon
14,693
6,713
63
55
540,000
7.73
     52,000
181,344
C. African Rep.
3,550
1,640
60
45
240,000
13.84
     23,000
69,780
Chad
7,458
3,283
48
47
92,000
2.69
     10,000
42,213
Congo
2,864
1,270
75
49
86,000
6.43
       8,600
35,103
Cote d'Ivoire
14,526
6,807
40
47
760,000
10.76
     72,000
287,269
DR of Congo
50,335
21,513
77
51
   1,100,000
5.07
     95,000
464,322
Djibouti
629
295
46
51
37,000
11.75
 3,100
5,901
Egypt
67,226
34,411
51
67
8,100
N/A
 N/A 
 N/A 
Eq. Guinea
442
99
79
50
1,100
0.51
120
  533
Eritrea
3,719
1,704
N/A
51
49,000
2.87
 N/A 
 N/A 
Ethiopia
61,095
27,201
36
43
   3,000,000
10.63
  280,000
    903,372
Gabon
1,197
528
63
52
23,000
4.13
2,000
 6,022
Gambia
1,268
613
39
47
13,000
1.95
1,400
1,076
Ghana
19,678
9,150
65
60
340,000
3.60
33,000
119,410
Guinea
7,360
3,418
36
47
55,000
1.54
5,600
21,037
Guinea-Bissau
1,187
531
55
45
14,000
2.50
1,300
4,194
Kenya
29,549
14,261
78
52
2,100,000
13.95
  180,000
    546,965
Lesotho
2,108
1,000
71
56
240,000
23.57
16,000
29,469
Liberia
2,930
1,378
38
48
39,000
2.80
4,500
20,337
Libya
5,471
2,770
N/A
70
1,400
0.05
 N/A 
 N/A 
Madagascar
15,497
7,197
81
58
11,000
0.15
870
2,111
Malawi
10,640
4,694
56
39
800,000
15.96
70,000
275,539
Mali
10,960
4,773
31
54
100,000
2.03
9,900
32,171
Mauritania
2,598
1,210
38
54
6,600
0.52
610
1,599
Mauritius
1,150
661
83
72
500
0.08
 N/A 
 N/A 
Morocco
27,867
15,284
44
67
5,000
0.03
 N/A 
 N/A 
Mozambique
19,286
8,632
40
44
1,200,000
13.22
98,000
248,177
Namibia
1,695
795
N/A
51
160,000
19.54
18,000
53,023
Niger
10,400
4,509
14
49
64,000
1.35
6,500
21,740
Nigeria
108,945
50,555
57
50
2,700,000
5.06
  250,000
971,472
Rwanda
7,235
3,338
61
41
400,000
11.21
     40,000
172,398
Senegal
9,240
4,262
33
64
79,000
1.77
       7,800
29,023
Sierra Leone
4,717
2,164
31
38
68,000
2.99
       8,200
36,456
Somalia
9,672
4,255
N/A
42
N/A
 N/A 
 N/A 
South Africa
39,900
20,982
82
54
4,200,000
19.94
  250,000
370,952
Sudan
28,883
14,199
46
55
140,000
0.99
 N/A 
 N/A 
Swaziland
980
468
77
60
130,000
25.25
       7,100
10,705
Togo
4,512
2,008
52
49
130,000
5.98
     14,000
62,857
Tunisia
9,460
5,170
67
70
2,200
0.04
 N/A 
N/A 
Uganda
21,143
9,206
62
40
820,000
8.30
  110,000
997,426
Tanzania
32,793
14,991
68
48
1,300,000
8.09
  140,000
666,697
Zambia 
8,976
4,102
78
40
870,000
19.95
     99,000
447,114
Zimbabwe
11,529
5,768
85
44
1,500,000
25.06
  160,000
623,883
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