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English: Global map of male circumcision prevalence at country level, as of December 2006.
Português: Mapa global da prevalência da circuncisão masculina a nível nacional, de Dezembro de 2006.
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The World Health Organization report of 14 December 2007. Male circumcision: global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability. This report is the result of collaborative work between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Based on:

  • 13. Demographic and health surveys. MEASURE DHS, 2006 (http://www.measuredhs.com, accessed 21 September 2006).
  • 53. Drain PK et al. Male circumcision, religion and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries. BMC Infect Dis, 2006, 6(1):172.
  • 54. Williams BG et al. The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Med, 2006, 3(7):262.
  • 55. International religious freedom report for 2004. U.S. Department of State (https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/index.htm, accessed 21 September 2006).
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Table 1

Estimation of number of males aged 15 years or older circumcised for non-religious reasons, by country.

Country Male population aged 15 years or older
Number (millions) Not Muslim or Jewish
Percent of population
(55)
Number (millions) Percent circumcised (13, 53, 54) Number circumcised (millions)
Angola 3.44 99.00% 3.4 90.00% 3.1
Australia 8.05 98.50% 7.9 59.00% 4.7
Canada 11.79 96.90% 11.4 30.00% 3.4
Dem. Rep. of Congo 16.23 90.00% 14.6 90.00% 13.1
Ethiopia 20.92 55.00% 11.5 92.00% 10.6
Ghana 5.61 84.40% 4.7 85.00% 4
Indonesia 84.98 12.00% 10.2 25.00% 2.5
Kenya 9.99 93.00% 9.3 83.00% 7.7
Madagascar 4.24 90.00% 3.8 98.00% 3.7
Mexico 80 99.0% 79.2 28.00% 22.4
Nigeria 35.23 50.00% 17.6 90.00% 15.9
Philippines 28.75 95.00% 27.3 90.00% 24.6
Republic of Korea 19.71 100.00% 19.7 60.00% 11.8
South Africa 14.87 98.50% 14.6 35.00% 5.1
Uganda 6.94 85.00% 5.9 14.00% 0.8
United Kingdom 24.22 97.30% 23.6 6.00% 1.4
United Republic of Tanzania 9.84 65.00% 6.4 58.00% 3.7
United States of America 115.56 98.00% 113.2 75.00% 84.9

Table 2

Proportion of males aged 15 years or older circumcised globally.

Prevalence of circumcision Number circumcised (millions) Proportion of those circumcised globally
Religious circumcision
Muslim men 100% 455 68.80%
Jewish men 100% 5.3 0.80%
Non-religious circumcision
United States of America 75% 84.9 12.80%
Other countriesa 61% 116.3 17.60%
Global total 30% 661.5 100%

a Includes countries listed in Table 1. If 5% of men in other countries are assumed to be circumcised for non-religious reasons, the global prevalence of circumcision is 33%.

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