What is the difference in children orphaned due to aids deaths between Malawi and Zambia?

9,380 children, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Malawi vs Zambia: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths

Malawi

360,752 children

in 2024

Zambia

351,372 children

in 2024

Malawi rank

10th

Zambia rank

11th

Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 360,752 children against 351,372 children in Zambia, a difference of 9,380 children.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Malawi ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 11th of 139 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	231,729 children	206,388 children	25,341 children	Malawi
2000s	711,823 children	626,448 children	85,376 children	Malawi
2010s	720,758 children	616,954 children	103,804 children	Malawi
2020s	442,737 children	417,134 children	25,604 children	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children orphaned due to aids deaths, Malawi or Zambia?: Malawi, at 360,752 children against 351,372 children in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in children orphaned due to aids deaths between Malawi and Zambia?: 9,380 children, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for children orphaned due to aids deaths?: Malawi ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 11th 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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Indicator: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths
Unit: children
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 139 places, 4,809 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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.