List of countries by number of prostitutes
Any figures for the number of prostitutes in a country is only ever an estimate. The numbers for a country can vary considerably dependent on the source. Some may suffer from poor methodology. In other case, the results may be influenced by the views (for or against prostitution) of the organisation producing the figures.. For consistency, the figures are taken from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 2016 Country Factsheets where available.
Country | Number of prostitutes | Population[1] | Prevalence (prostitutes per 10,000 population) |
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Afghanistan | 13,000[note 1] | 34,656,032 | 4 |
Albania | 5,000 - 30,000[2] | 2,926,348 | 17 - 103 |
Algeria | No data | 40,606,052 | - |
Angola | 33,000[note 2] | 28,813,463 | 12 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 755[note 3] | 100,963 | 75 |
Argentina | 75,000[note 4] | 43,847,430 | 18 |
Armenia | 5,600[note 5] | 2,924,816 | 17 |
Australia | 21,000[note 4] | 24,125,848 | 9 |
Austria | 30,000[3] | 8,712,137 | 34 |
Azerbaijan | 25,000[note 6] | 9,725,376 | 26 |
Bahamas | 3035[note 4] | 391,232 | 78 |
Bahrain | 13,500[4] | 1,425,171 | 95 |
Bangladesh | 140,000[note 7] | 162,951,560 | 9 |
Belarus | 22,000[note 8] | 9,480,042 | 23 |
Belgium | 10,479[5] | 11,358,379 | 9 |
Benin | 15,000[note 3] | 10,872,298 | 14 |
Bhutan | 400 - 500[6] | 797,765 | 5 - 6 |
Bolivia | 31,000[note 4] | 10,887,882 | 29 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,000[note 9] | 3,516,816 | 11 |
Botswana | 4,200[note 10] | 2,250,260 | 19 |
Brazil | 550,000[note 11] | 207,652,865 | 26 |
Bulgaria | 10,000[note 4] | 7,131,494 | 14 |
Burkina Faso | 31,000[note 3] | 18,646,433 | 17 |
Burundi | 51,000[note 4] | 10,524,117 | 49 |
Cambodia | 34,000[note 12] | 15,762,370 | 22 |
Cameroon | 110,000[note 13] | 23,439,189 | 47 |
Canada | No data | 36,289,822 | - |
Cape Verde | 1,400[note 14] | 539,560 | 26 |
Central African Republic | 782[note 15] | 4,594,621 | 2 |
Chad | 1200[note 4] | 14,452,543 | 1 |
Chile | No data | 17,909,754 | - |
China | 2,800,000 - 4,500,000[7] | 1,403,500,365 | 14 - 32 |
Colombia | 7,200[note 16] | 48,653,419 | 2 |
Comoros | 200[note 4] | 795,601 | 3 |
Congo | No data | 5,125,821 | - |
Costa Rica | 15,000[8] | 4,857,274 | 31 |
Croatia | 21,066 | 4,213,265 | 50[9] |
Cuba | 89,000[note 17] | 11,475,982 | 78 |
Cyprus | No data | 1,170,125 | - |
Czech Republic | 13,000[note 4] | 10,610,947 | 12 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,900,000[note 18] | 78,736,153 | 368 |
Denmark | 6,000[10] | 5,711,870 | 11 |
Djibouti | 2,900[note 4] | 942,333 | 31 |
Dominican Republic | 60,000 - 100,000[11] | 10,648,791 | 56 - 94 |
East Timor | 1,700[note 4] | 1,268,671 | 13 |
Ecuador | 34,000[note 19] | 16,385,068 | 21 |
Egypt | 23,000[note 20] | 95,688,681 | 2 |
El Salvador | 20,000[note 4] | 6,344,722 | 32 |
Equatorial Guinea | 5,800[note 4] | 1,221,490 | 41 |
Eritrea | 1,600[note 4] | 4,954,645 | 3 |
Estonia | 1,000[note 21] | 1,312,442 | 7 |
Ethiopia | 19,000[note 22] | 102,403,196 | 2 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 290[note 23] | 104,937 | 29 |
Fiji | 857[note 20] | 898,760 | 10 |
Finland | 4,000[10] | 5,503,132 | 7 |
France | 20,000-30,000[12] | 64,720,690 | 3 - 5 |
Gabon | 368[note 24] | 1,979,786 | 2 |
Gambia | 3,100[note 4] | 2,038,501 | 15 |
Georgia | 6,500[note 20] | 3,925,405 | 17 |
Germany | 300,000[10] | 81,914,672 | 37 |
Ghana | 52,000[note 4] | 28,206,728 | 18 |
Greece | 10,500 –15,000[10] | 11,183,716 | 9 - 13 |
Guatemala | 26,000[note 25] | 16,582,469 | 16 |
Guinea | 8,400[note 26] | 12,395,924 | 7 |
Guinea-Bissau | 3,100[note 4] | 1,815,698 | 17 |
Guyana | 5,300[note 5] | 773,303 | 69 |
Haiti | 70,000[note 27] | 10,847,334 | 65 |
Honduras | 23,000[note 28] | 9,112,867 | 25 |
Hungary | 20,000 - 25,000[13] | 9,753,281 | 21 - 26 |
India | 660,000[note 29] | 1,324,171,354 | 5 |
Indonesia | 230,000[note 30] | 261,115,456 | 9 |
Iran | 91,500[14] | 80,277,428 | 11 |
Iraq | No data | 37,202,572 | - |
Ireland | 1,000[note 31] | 4,726,078 | 2 |
Israel | 12,000[15] | 8,191,828 | 15 |
Italy | 60,000[10] | 59,429,938 | 10 |
Ivory Coast | 9,200[note 32] | 23,695,919 | 4 |
Jamaica | 19,000[note 20] | 2,881,355 | 66 |
Japan | No data | 127,748,513 | - |
Jordan | No data | 9,455,802 | - |
Kazakhstan | 19,000[note 4] | 17,987,736 | 11 |
Kenya | 130,000[note 33] | 48,461,567 | 27 |
Kiribati | 114[note 34] | 114,395 | 10 |
Kuwait | No data | 4,052,584 | - |
Kyrgyzstan | 7,100[note 4] | 5,955,734 | 12 |
Laos | 13,000[note 5] | 6,758,353 | 19 |
Latvia | 29,558 | 1,970,530 | 150[9] |
Lebanon | 4,200[note 4] | 6,006,668 | 7 |
Lesotho | 6,300[note 35] | 2,203,821 | 29 |
Liberia | 1,800[note 4] | 4,613,823 | 2 |
Libya | No data | 6,293,253 | - |
Lithuania | 1,000 – 3,000[16] | 2,908,249 | 3 - 10 |
Luxembourg | 300[10] | 575,747 | 5 |
Macedonia | 3,600[note 4] | 2,081,206 | 17 |
Madagascar | 170,000[note 36] | 24,894,551 | 68 |
Malawi | 9,300[note 4] | 18,091,575 | 5 |
Malaysia | 21,000[note 20] | 31,187,265 | 7 |
Maldives | 1,139[17] | 427,756 | 27 |
Mali | 36,000[note 37] | 17,994,837 | 20 |
Marshall Islands | 250[note 38] | 53,066 | 47 |
Mauritania | 315[note 39] | 4,301,018 | 1 |
Mauritius | 6,200[note 4] | 1,262,132 | 49 |
Mexico | 240,000[note 40] | 127,540,423 | 19 |
Moldova | 12,000[note 41] | 4,059,608 | 30 |
Mongolia | 1,300[note 42] | 3,027,398 | 4 |
Morocco | 75,000[note 5] | 35,276,786 | 21 |
Mozambique | 14,000[note 43] | 28,829,476 | 5 |
Myanmar | 66,000[note 13] | 52,885,223 | 13 |
Namibia | 8,100[note 44] | 2,479,713 | 33 |
Nepal | 67,000[note 5] | 28,982,771 | 23 |
Netherlands | 25,000[note 4] | 16,987,330 | 15 |
New Zealand | 5,932[18] | 4,660,833 | 13 |
Nicaragua | 18,000[note 4] | 6,149,928 | 29 |
Niger | 47,000[note 5] | 20,672,987 | 23 |
Nigeria | 100,000[note 45] | 185,989,640 | 5 |
North Korea | 25,000[19] | 25,368,620 | 10 |
Norway | 3,000[10] | 5,254,694 | 6 |
Oman | No data | 4,424,762 | - |
Pakistan | 230,000[note 46] | 193,203,476 | 12 |
Palestine | No data | 4,790,705 | - |
Panama | 5,200[note 47] | 4,034,119 | 13 |
Papua New Guinea | No data | 8,084,991 | - |
Paraguay | 3,400[note 20] | 6,725,308 | 5 |
Peru | 67,000[note 5] | 31,773,839 | 21 |
Philippines | 150,000[note 13] | 103,320,222 | 15 |
Poland | 19,000[8] | 38,224,410 | 5 |
Portugal | 28,000[20] | 10,371,627 | 27 |
Qatar | No data | 2,569,804 | - |
Romania | 15,8225 | 19,778,083 | 80[9] |
Russia | 1,000,000 - 3,000,000[21] | 143,964,513 | 70 - 208 |
Rwanda | 12,000[note 48] | 11,917,508 | 10 |
Samoa | 400[note 49] | 195,125 | 21 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 89[note 50] | 199,910 | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | No data | 32,275,687 | - |
Senegal | 21,000[note 5] | 15,411,614 | 14 |
Serbia | 3,900[note 51] | 8,820,083 | 4 |
Seychelles | 586[note 52] | 94,228 | 62 |
Sierra Leone | 240,000[note 33] | 7,396,190 | 325 |
Singapore | No data | 5,622,455 | - |
Slovakia | 21,777 | 5,444,218 | 40[9] |
Slovenia | 29,090 | 2,077,862 | 140[9] |
Somalia | 11,000[note 53] | 14,317,996 | 7 |
South Africa | 24,000[note 54] | 56,015,473 | 4 |
South Korea | 500,000 - 1,000,000[22] | 50,791,919 | 98 - 197 |
South Sudan | 5,000[note 4] | 12,230,730 | 4 |
Spain | 70,000[note 55] | 46,347,576 | 15 |
Sri Lanka | 14,000[note 33] | 20,798,492 | 7 |
Sudan | 210,000[note 4] | 39,578,828 | 53 |
Suriname | 2,200[note 4] | 558,368 | 39 |
Swaziland | 4,000[note 56] | 1,343,098 | 30 |
Sweden | 2,500[10] | 9,837,533 | 3 |
Switzerland | 20,000[note 57] | 8,401,739 | 24 |
Syria | 25,000[note 4] | 18,430,453 | 14 |
Taiwan | 100,000[23] | 23,556,706 | 43 |
Tajikistan | 14,000[note 4] | 8,734,951 | 16 |
Tanzania | 160,000[note 4] | 55,572,201 | 29 |
Thailand | 150,000[note 58] | 68,863,514 | 22 |
Togo | 10,000[note 20] | 7,606,374 | 13 |
Tonga | 1,000[note 5] | 107,122 | 93 |
Tunisia | 25,000[note 59] | 11,403,248 | 22 |
Turkey | 100,000[24] | 79,512,426 | 13 |
Turkmenistan | 5,663 | 5,662,544 | 10[9] |
Tuvalu | 10[note 60] | 11,097 | 9 |
Uganda | No data | 41,487,965 | - |
Ukraine | 80,000[note 13] | 44,438,625 | 18 |
United Arab Emirates | 30,000[8] | 9,269,612 | 32 |
United Kingdom | 72,800[25] | 65,788,574 | 11 |
United States | 1,000,000[26] | 322,179,605 | 31 |
Uruguay | 8,200[note 5] | 3,444,006 | 24 |
Uzbekistan | 22,000[note 48] | 31,446,795 | 7 |
Vanuatu | 2,000[note 61] | 270,402 | 74 |
Venezuela | 473,523 | 31,568,179 | 150[9] |
Vietnam | 72,000[note 62] | 94,569,072 | 7 |
Yemen | 54,000[note 4] | 27,584,213 | 20 |
Zambia | 9,300[note 63] | 16,591,390 | 6 |
Zimbabwe | 12,383[27] | 16,150,362 | 8 |
Notes on UNAIDS figures[edit]
- Source: "Sex Workers: Size Estimates". UNAIDS. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ↑ 2015 extrapolation from 2012 IBBS
- ↑ Source: PLACE Survey 2013; Luanda
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Source: GAM 2016; 2014 est.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 Source not started
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Source: GAM 2016
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2011 est.
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2015 est.
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2016 est.
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2012 est.
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2012 est.; Gaborone Francistown and Kasane,
- ↑ Source: Household survey 2013
- ↑ Source: Programme data 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Year of estimation: 2015
- ↑ Coverage: Praia; Mindelo Santa Cruz, Assomada, Sal
- ↑ Source: Enquête séro-comportementale auprès des professionnelles de sexe
- ↑ Coverage: Bogotá Medellín, Barranquilla, Cali, Bucaramanga
- ↑ Source: Encuesta de Indicadores de Prevención del vih/sida 2015
- ↑ Coverage: Kinshasa Nord-Kivu, Sud-kivu, Bas-Congo, Katanga et Province Orientale
- ↑ Coverage: Guayas Pichincha, Esmeraldas, El Oro, Santo Domingo, Manabí, Loja, Morona Santiago, Imbabura, Sucumbíos, Chimborazo
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 Year of estimation: 2014
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; Tallinn
- ↑ Coverage: For all major cities in the country in all regions
- ↑ Source: Karen McMillan Rachel Nicholls, Patrick Rawstorne, Michelle O'Connor, Heather Worth, Scott McGill. Pacific Multi-Country Mapping and Behavioural Study: HIV and STI Risk Vulnerability among Key Populations, The Federated States of Micronesia, 2016
- ↑ Source: Enquête Fonds Mondial: étude cartographique chez les PS dans 5 régions du Gabon
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2010; Quetzaltenango Mazatenango, Escuintla, Guatemala, Coban
- ↑ Source: 2012: Enquête de surveillance comportementale et biologique auprès des groupes à risque de l'infection par le VIH)#
- ↑ Coverage: Ouest/Sud/Artibonite/Nord/Nord-Est
- ↑ Year of Estimation: 2016; 10 ciudades de Honduras
- ↑ Source: Programme data 2016
- ↑ Source: HIV key population size estimation 2016
- ↑ Source: Kelleher P et al. Globalisation Sex Trafficking and Prostitution: The Experiences of Migrant Women in Ireland. Immigrant Council of Ireland, 2009
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2014 est. ; Ville d'Abidjan
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Year of estimation: 2013
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; capital city
- ↑ Coverage: Maseru Leribe
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2014; 37 villes des 22 Régions de Madagascar
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2015; Mali (excluant 3 régions du nord : Tombouctou Gao et Kidal)
- ↑ Year of Estimation: 2016; Majuro Atoll Only
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2014;Nouakchott Nouadhibou et Rosso
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; Número de sitios : 32
- ↑ Source: Based on Integrated Bio-Behavioural Study (IBBS) done in the Republic of Moldova in 2012 among SWs
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; Ulaanbaatar
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2012; Maputo Beira and Nampula
- ↑ Female sex workers; Year of estimation: 2014 in four cities
- ↑ Souce: Study on characterization of MARPS Typology in Seven Nigeria states and FCT conducted by Society for family health Nigeria 2015
- ↑ Source: 2016 Key Population Size Estimation
- ↑ Source: Informe
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Year of estimation: 2012
- ↑ Apia Urban Area; Source: UNDP and UNSW Pacific Multi-country Behavioural Mapping Study 2016
- ↑ Coverage: For the capital city
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2011
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2015
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; Mogadishu Hargeisa, Bosasso
- ↑ Coverage: Johannesburg Cape Town and Durban
- ↑ Source: Basada en resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Sexual realizada en España en 2009
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2015; Mbabane/Manzini Corridor Lavumisa, Piggs Peak and Nhlangano
- ↑ Source: GAM 2016; 2007 est.
- ↑ Source: The annual survey of sex establishment and workers from Bureau of AIDS TB and STIs (BATS) ; Survey of sex workers in Bangkok from three sources and different methods to calculate the parameter of underestimation, 2015
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2011; 5 sites
- ↑ Source: Pacific Multi-Country Mapping and Behavioural Study: HIV and STI Risk Vulnerability among Key Populations Tuvalu 2016
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2016; South Pacific Region
- ↑ Source: Ministry of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), 2013
- ↑ Year of estimation: 2015; Lusaka
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