Number of children orphaned from aids by country
Countries reporting
139
Highest
1.32 million
Nigeria
Lowest
10.77
Maldives
Median
7,161
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,809
What the numbers show
Number of children orphaned from aids is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 1.32 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 10.77 in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,161, and the mean is 82,309.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 4,179.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 84.3%).
Number of children orphaned from aids: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 1.32 million | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Mozambique | 1.20 million | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Tanzania | 932,484 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 4 | Uganda | 894,562 | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 625,113 | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Kenya | 571,316 | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 511,169 | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 505,492 | 2024 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 9 | Cameroon | 412,664 | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Malawi | 360,752 | 2024 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 351,372 | 2024 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 308,216 | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 285,617 | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 235,997 | 2024 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 15 | Ghana | 235,107 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 164,171 | 2024 | up 378.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 148,267 | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Chad | 118,237 | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Mali | 114,701 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 20 | South Sudan | 109,804 | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 106,221 | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 105,364 | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 99,195 | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 24 | Rwanda | 87,934 | 2024 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 25 | Congo | 87,531 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea | 86,173 | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Lesotho | 80,532 | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Vietnam | 80,319 | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Colombia | 72,532 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 66,037 | 2024 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 31 | Eswatini | 61,437 | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Togo | 55,882 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Namibia | 54,904 | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 52,872 | 2024 | down 56.2% | rising |
| 35 | Botswana | 52,189 | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 43,820 | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Venezuela | 42,878 | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Haiti | 39,762 | 2024 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 39,537 | 2024 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 38,336 | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 36,730 | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Niger | 35,935 | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Gabon | 33,032 | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 32,377 | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Senegal | 31,616 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 29,583 | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Nepal | 28,532 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 27,653 | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 27,532 | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 27,037 | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Gambia | 26,705 | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Cambodia | 26,479 | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Egypt | 23,735 | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 22,386 | 2024 | down 52.6% | rising |
| 55 | Philippines | 18,102 | 2024 | up 295.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Bolivia | 16,112 | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 12,802 | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 11,463 | 2024 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Yemen | 11,043 | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Eritrea | 10,918 | 2024 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 61 | Honduras | 10,916 | 2024 | down 54.1% | rising |
| 62 | Panama | 10,577 | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Somalia | 10,556 | 2022 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 9,841 | 2024 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 65 | Spain | 9,197 | 2024 | down 66.6% | rising |
| 66 | Djibouti | 8,890 | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Morocco | 8,652 | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Mauritania | 8,356 | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 7,491 | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 70 | El Salvador | 7,161 | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Paraguay | 7,134 | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Laos | 7,075 | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Italy | 6,404 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 74 | Moldova | 5,750 | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 5,159 | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,959 | 2024 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Canada | 4,744 | 2022 | down 69.4% | rising |
| 78 | Algeria | 3,578 | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Cuba | 3,577 | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 3,364 | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Suriname | 3,113 | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 2,957 | 2024 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 2,901 | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 84 | United Kingdom | 2,652 | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 2,331 | 2024 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 2,207 | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 2,143 | 2024 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 1,890 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Guyana | 1,887 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 90 | Belize | 1,810 | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Netherlands | 1,628 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 92 | Libya | 1,162 | 2024 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 1,123 | 2024 | up 272.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahamas | 1,092 | 2024 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 95 | Germany | 1,013 | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 96 | East Timor | 904.47 | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Iraq | 839.17 | 2024 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 837.98 | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 734.37 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 696.73 | 2024 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Barbados | 680.16 | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Australia | 673.31 | 2022 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Palestine | 673.01 | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 652.94 | 2024 | up 341.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 596.68 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 106 | Switzerland | 546.03 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 483.37 | 2024 | up 4,179.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Greece | 470.79 | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 109 | Mongolia | 404.87 | 2024 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Denmark | 400.58 | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 111 | Syria | 358.43 | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Estonia | 304.81 | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Jordan | 294.83 | 2024 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 255.85 | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 249.54 | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Singapore | 222.37 | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Ireland | 221.61 | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 118 | New Zealand | 192.84 | 2024 | down 42.5% | flat |
| 119 | Bhutan | 151.11 | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 120 | Belgium | 143 | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 141.63 | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Serbia | 136.97 | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 123 | Croatia | 126.59 | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 126.17 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 121.68 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 126 | Comoros | 82.9 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 74.91 | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 74.04 | 2024 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 73.47 | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 130 | Montenegro | 73.04 | 2024 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Norway | 70.7 | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Dominica | 66.52 | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 56.07 | 2024 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.52 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 135 | Malta | 31.06 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 136 | Qatar | 21.39 | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 16.69 | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 138 | Iceland | 14.45 | 2024 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 139 | Maldives | 10.77 | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |