Angola vs Malawi: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths
Angola
285,617 children
in 2024
Malawi
360,752 children
in 2024
Angola rank
13th
Malawi rank
10th
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths over time
- Angola
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 360,752 children against 285,617 children in Angola, a difference of 75,135 children.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Angola's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Angola ranks 13th and Malawi ranks 10th of 139 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,483 children | 231,729 children | 215,246 children | Malawi |
| 2000s | 78,337 children | 711,823 children | 633,486 children | Malawi |
| 2010s | 184,174 children | 720,758 children | 536,584 children | Malawi |
| 2020s | 272,545 children | 442,737 children | 170,192 children | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children orphaned due to aids deaths, Angola or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 360,752 children against 285,617 children in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children orphaned due to aids deaths between Angola and Malawi?
- 75,135 children, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Malawi?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Malawi rank globally for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Angola ranks 13th and Malawi ranks 10th of 139 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children, aged 17 and under, who have been orphaned by the death of one or both parents from AIDS at any point in their lives. This is the central estimate.