Figure 2. Estimated number of people living with HIV, and adult HIV prevalence, [share of the adult population with HIV] globally and in sub–Saharan Africa, 1985–2005¹

Figure 2 extracted from 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic (UNAIDS, 2006), chapter 2

¹ Even though HIV prevalence rates have stabilized in sub–Saharan Africa, the actual number of people infected continues to grow because of population growth. Applying the same prevalence rate to a growing population will result in increasing numbers of people living with HIV.

Source: UNAIDS  Report on the global AIDS epidemic: Executive summary, (2006), p.7