Country Data 2003
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
32,339
18,060
33.3
69
9,100
0.1
<500
N/A
Angola
14,078
6,092
N/A
40
240,000
3.9
21,000
110,000
Benin
  6,918
3,210
62.6
51
68,000
1.9
5,800
34,000
Botswana
  1,795
910
22.8
40
350,000
37.3
33,000
120,000
Burkina Faso
13,393
5,865
76.1
42
300,000
4.2
29,000
260,000
Burundi
  7,068
3,252
52
41
250,000
6.0
25,000
200,000
Cameroon
16,292
7,708
28.7
48
560,000
6.9
49,000
240,000
C. African Rep.
  3,912
1,784
53.3
43
260,000
13.5
23,000
110,000
Chad
  8,854
3,865
57.4
48
200,000
4.8
18,000
96,000
Congo
  3,818
1,673
19.3
53
90,000
4.9
9,700
97,000
Cote d'Ivoire
16,897
8,187
51.4
45
570,000
7.0
47,000
310,000
DR of Congo
54,417
24,222
38.6
44
1,100,000
4.2
100,000
770,000
Djibouti
712
331
35.4
50
9,100
2.9
690
5,000
Egypt
73,390
37,838
44.7
67
12,000
<0.1
700
N/A
Eq. Guinea
507
226
16.8
53
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Eritrea
  4,297
2,002
44.3
58
60,000
2.7
6,300
39,000
Ethiopia
72,420
32,621
60.9
48
1,500,000
4.4
120,000
720,000
Gabon
  1,351
651
N/A
59
48,000
8.1
3,000
14,000
Gambia
  1,462
696
63.4
57
6,800
1.2
600
2,000
Ghana
21,377
10,697
28.4
58
350,000
3.1
30,000
170,000
Guinea
  8,620
4,008
N/A
52
140,000
3.2
9,000
35,000
Guinea-Bissau
  1,538
663
61.6
47
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kenya
32,420
16,356
17.6
51
1,200,000
6.7
150,000
650,000
Lesotho
  1,800
861
16.6
36
320,000
28.9
29,000
100,000
Liberia
  3,487
1,575
46.5
42
100,000
5.9
7,200
36,000
Libya
  5,659
3,192
20.1
73
10,000
0.3
N/A
N/A
Madagascar
17,901
8,226
33.5
56
140,000
1.7
7,500
30,000
Malawi
12,337
5,356
39.9
40
900,000
14.2
84,000
500,000
Mali
13,409
5,794
74.4
45
140,000
1.9
12,000
75,000
Mauritania
  2,980
1,389
59.8
52
9,500
0.6
<500
2,000
Mauritius
  1,233
690
15.5
72
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Morocco
31,064
17,421
51.2
71
15,000
0.1
N/A
N/A
Mozambique
19,182
8,844
56
43
1,300,000
12.2
110,000
470,000
Namibia
  2,011
931
18
49
210,000
21.3
16,000
57,000
Niger
12,415
5,313
84
43
70,000
1.2
4,800
24,000
Nigeria
  127,117
58,559
36
49
3,600,000
5.4
310,000
1,800,000
Rwanda
  8,481
3,925
33.2
44
250,000
5.1
22,000
160,000
Senegal
10,339
4,980
62.6
56
44,000
0.8
3,500
17,000
Sierra Leone
  5,168
2,363
N/A
34
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Somalia
10,312
4,513
N/A
44
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
South Africa
45,214
24,403
14.8
51
5,300,000
21.5
370,000
1,100,000
Sudan
34,333
16,866
42.3
57
400,000
2.3
23,000
N/A
Swaziland
  1,083
503
20.4
39
220,000
38.8
17,000
65,000
Togo
  5,017
2,337
42.9
52
110,000
4.1
10,000
54,000
Tunisia
  9,937
5,711
29
72
1,000
<0.1
<200
N/A
Uganda
26,699
11,234
33
49
530,000
4.1
78,000
940,000
Tanzania
37,671
17,629
25
47
1,600,000
8.8
160,000
980,000
Zambia 
10,924
4,829
21.8
40
920,000
16.5
89,000
630,000
Zimbabwe
12,932
6,212
11.3
38
1,800,000
24.6
170,000
980,000
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