World Health Organization · Health
People who inject drugs: Population size estimates
People who inject drugs: Population size estimates (number). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator PWID_PSE_NUM.
- Coverage
- 95 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2024
- Series
- 95
- Unit
- count
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-08
- Indicator
- who-pwid-pse-num
- Interva ID
- who-pwid-pse-num
Recency
current
data to 2024; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
100%Latest observation is 2024; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 1 year(s) behind (current).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
50%62 of 95 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 50% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 95 of the 251 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 2 observations; the earliest begins in 2011.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-15.
By country
People who inject drugs: Population size estimates for each of the 95 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2012–2019
- Albania 2011–2011
- Algeria 2024–2024
- Argentina 2013–2013
- Armenia 2011–2021
- Australia 2011–2016
- Azerbaijan 2011–2022
- Bangladesh 2011–2023
- Belarus 2013–2020
- Belgium 2013–2014
- Benin 2022–2022
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012–2012
- Brazil 2013–2013
- Bulgaria 2012–2014
- Burkina Faso 2017–2017
- Cabo Verde 2013–2015
- Cambodia 2012–2024
- Cameroon 2018–2023
- Canada 2011–2021
- Chad 2018–2024
- Colombia 2013–2023
- Congo 2017–2017
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2013–2022
- Côte d'Ivoire 2014–2019
- Czechia 2013–2021
- Denmark 2013–2022
- Dominican Republic 2011–2013
- Egypt 2014–2024
- Estonia 2011–2015
- Eswatini 2020–2020
- Finland 2011–2012
- France 2013–2013
- Georgia 2012–2022
- Greece 2012–2014
- Guinea 2017–2024
- Hungary 2011–2011
- India 2012–2022
- Indonesia 2012–2022
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2018–2018
- Ireland 2014–2014
- Israel 2018–2018
- Japan 2013–2013
- Kazakhstan 2013–2024
- Kenya 2013–2024
- Kuwait 2018–2018
- Kyrgyzstan 2011–2013
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2011–2024
- Lebanon 2014–2014
- Liberia 2011–2017
- Lithuania 2011–2012
- Madagascar 2012–2018
- Malawi 2022–2022
- Malaysia 2011–2022
- Mali 2015–2023
- Malta 2012–2012
- Mauritius 2013–2020
- Mexico 2011–2016
- Moldova, Republic of 2014–2024
- Montenegro 2013–2021
- Morocco 2013–2017
- Mozambique 2014–2014
- Myanmar 2011–2024
- Nepal 2012–2024
- Netherlands 2012–2012
- New Zealand 2018–2022
- Nigeria 2013–2022
- North Macedonia 2011–2018
- Pakistan 2011–2016
- Philippines 2013–2024
- Portugal 2018–2018
- Romania 2013–2015
- Rwanda 2024–2024
- Senegal 2011–2022
- Serbia 2011–2023
- Seychelles 2011–2024
- Sierra Leone 2013–2021
- Singapore 2019–2019
- South Africa 2020–2020
- South Sudan 2017–2017
- Spain 2011–2013
- Sri Lanka 2013–2018
- Sweden 2011–2016
- Switzerland 2015–2015
- Tajikistan 2011–2022
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2014–2023
- Thailand 2011–2024
- Timor-Leste 2014–2014
- Togo 2014–2017
- Tunisia 2011–2011
- Uganda 2012–2023
- Ukraine 2012–2018
- Uruguay 2011–2017
- Uzbekistan 2012–2015
- Viet Nam 2013–2019
- Zambia 2016–2023
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2024 | 5000 | count |
| Cambodia | 2024 | 1300 | count |
| Chad | 2024 | 1700 | count |
| Egypt | 2024 | 272 | count |
| Guinea | 2024 | 600 | count |
| Kazakhstan | 2024 | 74 | count |
| Kenya | 2024 | 30 | count |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2024 | 1900 | count |
| Moldova, Republic of | 2024 | 21 | count |
| Myanmar | 2024 | 117 | count |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Health Organization declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
DATASOURCE_GAM
254 observation(s)
declared by who in DataSourceDim
Read from
World Health Organization
Global Health Observatory — PWID_PSE_NUM
declared by who in IndicatorCode
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-08. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Health Organization (2026). People who inject drugs: Population size estimates. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-pwid-pse-num (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
@misc{interva-who-pwid-pse-num,
title = {People who inject drugs: Population size estimates},
author = {World Health Organization},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/who-pwid-pse-num}},
note = {Interva dataset who-pwid-pse-num; catalog snapshot 2026-11-08},
urldate = {2026-11-15}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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