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.
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Key Insights
- •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
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 66,666.7count)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 446,000.0count |
| 2 | India | 288,700.0count |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 168,000.0count |
| 4 | Myanmar | 116,000.0count |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 80,000.0count |
| 6 | Malaysia | 60,000.0count |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 56,500.0count |
| 8 | Georgia | 50,000.0count |
| 9 | Nepal | 33,000.0count |
| 10 | Indonesia | 27,000.0count |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 18,000.0count |
| 12 | Denmark | 16,000.0count |
| 13 | Zambia | 12,000.0count |
| 14 | Malawi | 8,400.0count |
| 15 | Philippines | 7,300.0count |
| 16 | Seychelles | 4,400.0count |
| 17 | Cameroon | 3,500.0count |
| 18 | New Zealand | 2,800.0count |
| 19 | Senegal | 1,000.0count |
| 20 | Benin | 800.0count |
| 21 | Guinea | 600.0count |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2022).
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