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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2012 Jul 31;26(0 1):10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283558526. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283558526

Table 2. Impact of continued ART scale-up on absolute number of HIV infections and proportion of all HIV-infected patients aged 50+ in sub-Saharan Africa.

HIV infections in population aged 15-49 HIV infections in population aged 50+


Absolute number (× 1000) Absolute number (× 1000) As proportion of all infections



2011 2025 2040 2011 2025 2040 2011 2025 2040
Sub-Saharan Africa 19 325 20 244 23 358 3 119 5 307 9 059 13% 20% 27%
Central Africa 1 308 1 450 1 774 211 349 547 14% 19% 23%
  Angola 150 205 339 21 40 82 12% 16% 20%
  Cameroon 450 431 303 75 135 200 14% 24% 40%
  Central African Rep. 110 82 46 21 31 37 16% 27% 44%
  Chad 83 86 115 14 22 26 14% 20% 19%
  Dem. Rep. Congo 378 500 792 55 86 141 13% 15% 15%
  The Congo 54 65 97 9 16 33 14% 20% 25%
  Equatorial Guinea 21 38 51 3 6 11 11% 14% 18%
  Gabon 49 44 31 8 13 17 14% 23% 35%
Eastern Africa 6 147 6 956 9 138 955 1 769 3 067 13% 20% 24%
  Burundi 115 95 133 22 26 38 16% 22% 22%
  Djibouti 10 8 8 2 2 3 14% 22% 27%
  Eritrea 21 19 20 3 7 11 14% 26% 34%
  Ethiopia 817 1 234 2 016 135 263 583 14% 18% 22%
  Kenya 1 101 728 341 172 319 357 13% 30% 51%
  Madagascar 26 50 78 7 18 40 20% 27% 34%
  Mozambique 1 533 1 888 2 366 215 397 752 12% 17% 24%
  Rwanda 140 90 83 30 56 62 19% 38% 43%
  Somalia 31 54 80 5 11 21 14% 17% 21%
  Sudan 339 631 1 054 44 140 318 12% 18% 23%
  Tanzania 1 126 846 458 189 342 426 14% 29% 48%
  Uganda 751 1 314 2 501 84 188 456 10% 13% 15%
Southern Africa 8 443 8 211 8 196 1 356 2 202 3 706 13% 19% 29%
  Botswana 286 310 425 43 91 175 15% 23% 29%
  Lesotho 298 375 450 34 55 105 10% 13% 19%
  Malawi 773 909 1 602 112 209 429 13% 19% 21%
  Namibia 185 132 76 26 35 47 12% 21% 38%
  South Africa 5 120 4 902 3 733 822 1 293 2 065 14% 21% 36%
  Swaziland 147 201 289 20 43 84 12% 18% 22%
  Zambia 692 763 1 326 89 185 361 11% 20% 21%
  Zimbabwe 798 618 295 158 291 440 16% 32% 60%
Western Africa 3 428 3 626 4 249 594 987 1 739 15% 21% 29%
  Benin 47 36 35 10 16 22 17% 31% 38%
  Burkina Faso 74 61 62 14 22 27 16% 26% 30%
  Côte D'Ivoire 370 288 176 77 122 170 17% 30% 49%
  The Gambia 15 26 38 1 3 7 9% 12% 15%
  Ghana 225 256 257 38 82 153 15% 24% 37%
  Guinea 66 70 88 11 22 35 14% 24% 28%
  Guinea-Bissau 11 13 16 2 4 7 15% 24% 29%
  Liberia 24 18 17 5 7 11 16% 28% 39%
  Mali 77 57 56 13 20 27 14% 26% 33%
  Mauritania 12 12 11 2 5 8 15% 28% 41%
  Niger 48 46 53 9 20 31 17% 30% 37%
  Nigeria 2 299 2 542 3 188 373 620 1 158 14% 20% 27%
  Senegal 54 76 100 7 18 35 12% 19% 26%
  Sierra Leone 38 62 82 5 101 18 11% 14% 18%
  Togo 47 62 69 7 15 31 13% 20% 31%