demographic2022

People who inject drugs: Population size estimates (number)

Compare people who inject drugs: population size estimates (number) across 21 countries or territories using one fixed 2022 WHO reference slice.

Source: World Health Organization21 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
66,666.7count
Median: 18,000.0count
Countries Covered
21
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
446,000.0count
Lowest
Guinea
600.0count
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria446,000.0count
2India288,700.0count
3Democratic Republic of the Congo168,000.0count
4Myanmar116,000.0count
5Kazakhstan80,000.0count
By Region
Africa446,000.0count(1 countries)
Asia92,600.0count(5 countries)
Other36,323.1count(13 countries)
Europe16,000.0count(1 countries)
Oceania2,800.0count(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 21 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite count observation in the fixed 2022 slice.
  • Nigeria has the highest published value (446000 count).
  • Guinea has the lowest published value (600 count).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (600.0count)High (446,000.0count)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 66,666.7count)

Africa (1)
Asia (5)
Other (13)
Europe (1)
Oceania (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

People who inject drugs: Population size estimates (number)

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2022 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

People who inject drugs: Population size estimates (number)

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Nigeria446,000.0count
2India288,700.0count
3Democratic Republic of the Congo168,000.0count
4Myanmar116,000.0count
5Kazakhstan80,000.0count
6Malaysia60,000.0count
7Azerbaijan56,500.0count
8Georgia50,000.0count
9Nepal33,000.0count
10Indonesia27,000.0count
11Tajikistan18,000.0count
12Denmark16,000.0count
13Zambia12,000.0count
14Malawi8,400.0count
15Philippines7,300.0count
16Seychelles4,400.0count
17Cameroon3,500.0count
18New Zealand2,800.0count
19Senegal1,000.0count
20Benin800.0count
21Guinea600.0count
Showing 21 of 21 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (2022).

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