Table 1. African countries undergoing the AIDS epidemic. Directions from C African Rep. Areas in thousands and populations in millions. Gross domestic product per capita (GDP) in US $. HIV from Dec 1977 to 2001 census.

No.	Country	Where	Pop	Km²	GDP	HIV%97	HIV%01
1	Angola	SW	10.1	1247	1700	2.12	5.50
2	Benin	W	7.0	113	1100	2.06	3.60
3	Botswana	S	1.6	600	8500	25.10	38.80
4	Burkina Faso	W	13.2	274	1100	7.17	6.50
5	Burundi	SE	6.1	28	500	8.30	8.30
6	Cameroon	E	3.5	475	1000	4.89	11.80
7	Central African Rep	C	3.5	623	1200	10.77	12.9
8	Chad	N	8.4	1284	1000	2.72	3.6
9	Comoros	SE	0.6	2	700	0.14	0.12
10	Côte d’Ivoire	E	17.0	322	1400	10.06	9.70
11	Dem Rep Congo	S	56.6	2345	600	4.35	4.90
12	Djibouti	E	0.5	23	1300	10.30	11.70
13	Equ Guinea	SW	0.5	28	2700	1.21	3.40
14	Eritrea	E	4.1	121	700	3.17	2.80
15	Ethiopia	E	64.1	1127	700	9.31	6.40
16	Gabon	SW	1.2	268	6500	4.25	9.00
17	Gambia	W	1.5	11	1800	2.24	1.60
18	Ghana	W	20.5	239	200	2.38	3.00
19	Guinea	W	9.0	246	2100	2.09	1.54
20	Guinea-Bissau	W	1.4	36	700	2.25	2.80
21	Kenya	SE	30.3	583	1100	11.64	15.00
22	Lesotho	S	2.1	30	2700	8.35	31.00
23	Liberia	W	3.2	111	1000	3.65	9.00
24	Madagascar	SE	15.5	587	800	0.12	3.00
25	Malawi	SE	10.4	119	900	14.92	15.00
26	Mali	NW	11.6	1240	900	1.67	1.70
27	Mauritania	NW	2.9	121	1700	0.52	1.80
28	Mauritius	SE	1.2	2	10100	0.06	0.06
29	Mozambique	SE	19.1	802	1100	14.17	13.00
30	Namibia	SW	1.8	835	6900	19.94	22.60
31	Niger	W	10.1	1284	800	1.45	4.00
32	Nigeria	NW	33.9	924	900	4.12	5.80
33	Rep Congo	SW	3.0	342	900	7.78	7.20
34	Rwanda	SE	7.2	28	1200	12.75	8.90
35	Senegal	NW	10.0	196	1500	1.77	0.50
36	Sierra Leone	W	5.2	72	500	3.17	7.00
37	Somalia	E	7.3	638	600	0.25	1.00
38	South Africa	S	42.8	1220	1000	12.91	20.10
39	Swaziland	S	1.1	17	4800	18.50	33.40
40	Tanzania	SE	35.3	945	600	9.42	7.80
41	Togo	W	5.4	236	1400	8.52	6.00
42	Uganda	SE	25.6	239	1200	9.51	5.00
43	Zambia	SE	9.5	753	800	19.07	21.50
44	Zimbabwe	SE	12.6	391	2100	25.84	33.71