Guinea vs Lesotho: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths
Guinea
86,173 children
in 2024
Lesotho
80,532 children
in 2024
Guinea rank
26th
Lesotho rank
27th
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths over time
- Guinea
- Lesotho
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 86,173 children against 80,532 children in Lesotho, a difference of 5,641 children.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 26th and Lesotho ranks 27th of 139 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,615 children | 16,534 children | 9,919 children | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 37,219 children | 105,360 children | 68,141 children | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 72,841 children | 121,147 children | 48,306 children | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 89,899 children | 92,148 children | 2,249 children | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children orphaned due to aids deaths, Guinea or Lesotho?
- Guinea, at 86,173 children against 80,532 children in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children orphaned due to aids deaths between Guinea and Lesotho?
- 5,641 children, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lesotho?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Guinea ranks 26th and Lesotho ranks 27th of 139 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – 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.