A hydrogen iodide manufacturing method which includes a step of producing
aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide and sulfuric acid by causing
iodine-containing aqueous solution and sulfur dioxide to react with each
other in a pressurized condition. The pressurized condition may be of not
lower than 0.1 MPa in gauge pressure. The method may further include: a
separation step of adding iodine to the aqueous solution of hydrogen
iodide and separating an upper phase containing sulfuric acid relatively
to a large extent and a lower phase containing hydrogen iodide relatively
to a large extent; and a step of producing hydrogen iodide by adding
sulfur dioxide to the upper phase in a pressurized condition and
extracting the produced hydrogen iodide to the lower phase.