Country | Author, year [citation] | Year(s) of data collection | Estimation methodology | Sample type | Reported size estimate | |||||
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Time frame | N | Range | %* | Range* | ||||||
FSWs | Egypt | Bahaa, 2010 [31] | 2004–2008 | Convenience sample (self-report) | Women seeking VCT testing | NR | NR | NR | 0.4 | NR |
Jacobsen, 2014 [32] | 2014 | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | FSWs in urban locations | Current | 22,986 | 6460–26,792 | 0.24 | NR | ||
Djibouti | WHO, 2011 [33] | 2009 | NR | FSWs | NR | 1000 | NR | NR | NR | |
WHO, 2011 [33] | 2011 | Capture-recapture | FSWs | Current | 2218 | NR | NR | NR | ||
Iran | WHO, 2011 [33] | 2010 | Network scale-up | General pop | Current | 80,000 | NR | NR | NR | |
Sharifi, 2017 [34] | 2015 | Multiplier unique object | FSWs | Current | 19,800 | 10,900–38,100 | 0.31 | 0.17–0.58 | ||
Sharifi, 2017 [34] | 2015 | Network scale-up | General pop | Current | 98,500 | 87,000–109,400 | 1.54 | 1.36–1.71 | ||
Sharifi, 2017 [34] | 2015 | Wisdom of the crowds | FSWs | Current | 152,200 | 93,400–21,4300 | 2.38 | 1.46–3.35 | ||
Lebanon | Kahhaleh, 2009 [35] | 1996 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | General pop (15–49 years) | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 0.54 | NR | |
Kahhaleh, 2009 [35] | 2004 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | General pop (15–49 years) | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 0.53 | NR | ||
Morocco | WHO, 2011 [33] | 2010 | NR | FSWs | Current | 67,000 | NR | NR | NR | |
Bennani, 2013 [36] | 2011 | Multiplier unique object | FSWs | Past 6 M | 85,000 | NR | NR | NR | ||
MOH, 2013 [37] | 2013 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young women (15–24 years) | Lifetime | NR | NR | 6.9 | NR | ||
MOH, 2013 [37] | 2013 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young women (15–24 years) | Current | NR | NR | 2.4 | NR | ||
Pakistan | NACP, 2005 [38] (round I) | 2005 | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs | Current | 35,050 | 30,300–39,800 | 0.78 | NR | |
Emmanuel, 2010 [39] (round II) | 2006 | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs | Current | 167,501 | NR | 0.44 | NR | ||
2011–2012 | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs | Current | 89,178 | 78,778–99,592 | 0.72 | NR | |||
NACP, 2017 [42] (round V) | 2016–2017 | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs | Current | 64,829 | 57,734–70,428 | NR | NR | ||
Sudan | AFROCENTER Group, 2005 [43] | 2005 | Self-report (convenience sample) | Young women | NR | NR | NR | 0.4 | NR | |
Syria | WHO, 2011 [33] | 2011 | NR | FSWs | Current | 50,000 | NR | NR | NR | |
Tunisia | WHO, 2011 [33] | 2005 | NR | FSWs | Current | NR | 1000–5000 | NR | NR | |
WHO, 2011 [33] | 2009 | NR | FSWs | Current | 10,000 | NR | NR | NR | ||
WHO, 2011 [33] | 2011 | NR | FSWs | Current | 25,500 | NR | NR | NR | ||
Yemen | MOH, 2010 [44] | NR | Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping) | FSWs | Current | 58,934 | NR | NR | 1.16–2.10 | |
Clients of FSWs | Afghanistan | Todd, 2007 [45] | 2005–2006 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | TB patients receiving treatment | Lifetime | NR | NR | 3.57 | NR |
Todd, 2012 [46] | 2010–2011 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Army recruits | Lifetime | NR | NR | 12.5 | NR | ||
Egypt | Bahaa, 2010 [31] | 2004–2008 | Convenience sample (self-report) | Men seeking VCT testing | NR | NR | NR | 0.9 | NR | |
Lebanon | Kahhaleh, 2009 [35] | 1996 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | General pop (15–49 years) | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 9.7 | NR | |
Adib, 2002 [47] | 1999 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Military conscripts | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 13.84 | NR | ||
Kahhaleh, 2009 [35] | 2004 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | General pop (15–49 years) | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 5.65 | NR | ||
Morocco | MOH, 2007 [48] | 2007 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young men (15–24 years) | Lifetime | NR | NR | 35.3 | NR | |
MOH, 2007 [48] | 2007 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young men (15–24 years) | Current | NR | NR | 2 | NR | ||
MOH, 2013 [37] | 2013 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young men (15–24 years) | Lifetime | NR | NR | 10.5 | NR | ||
MOH, 2013 [37] | 2013 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Young men (15–24 years) | Current | NR | NR | 0.3 | NR | ||
Pakistan | Mir, 2013 [49] | 2007 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Urban men (16–45 years) | Lifetime | NR | NR | 11.9 | NR | |
Mir, 2013 [49] | 2007 | Pop-based survey (self-report) | Urban men (16–45 years) | Past 12 M | NR | NR | 5.8 | NR | ||
Sudan | NACP, 2004 [50] | 2004 | Convenience sample (self-report) | Military personnel | NR | NR | NR | 0.3 | NR | |
AFROCENTER Group, 2005 [43] | 2005 | Convenience sample (self-report) | Young men | NR | NR | NR | 0.5 | NR |