Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Angola
Angola: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 285,617 children in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Angola, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Angola recorded 285,617 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Angola peaked at 285,617 children in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,287 children, in 1990.
Angola ranks 13th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Angola, year by year
| Year | children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,287 children | — |
| 1991 | 5,750 children | +34.1% |
| 1992 | 7,548 children | +31.3% |
| 1993 | 9,752 children | +29.2% |
| 1994 | 12,483 children | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 15,832 children | +26.8% |
| 1996 | 19,792 children | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 24,398 children | +23.3% |
| 1998 | 29,591 children | +21.3% |
| 1999 | 35,394 children | +19.6% |
| 2000 | 41,839 children | +18.2% |
| 2001 | 48,807 children | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 56,057 children | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 63,944 children | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 72,342 children | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 81,183 children | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 90,454 children | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 99,691 children | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 109,450 children | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 119,604 children | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 130,311 children | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 141,528 children | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 153,639 children | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 166,671 children | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 178,119 children | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 188,837 children | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 200,291 children | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 213,842 children | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 227,466 children | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 241,039 children | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 255,086 children | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 266,062 children | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 274,607 children | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 281,352 children | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 285,617 children | +1.5% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 285,617 children is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38,246 children, 7.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Angola's 285,617 children is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83,352 children, 3.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,483 children | 4,287 children | 35,394 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,337 children | 41,839 children | 119,604 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 184,174 children | 130,311 children | 241,039 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,545 children | 255,086 children | 285,617 children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Angola
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.99 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.163 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 20.43 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8877 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Angola?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Angola was 285,617 children in 2024, according to Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 285,617 children in 2024.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,287 children in 1990.
- How does Angola rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Angola ranks 13th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.