Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Tanzania
Tanzania: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 932,484 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Tanzania, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children orphaned due to aids deaths in Tanzania is 932,484 children, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Tanzania peaked at 1.08 million children in 2012 and was at its lowest, 94,706 children, in 1990.
Tanzania ranks 3rd of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 325,412 children | 94,706 children | 608,024 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 906,127 children | 674,782 children | 1.05 million children | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million children | 1.05 million children | 1.08 million children | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million children | 932,484 children | 1.07 million children | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 1 Nigeria 1.32 million children compare
- 2 Mozambique 1.20 million children compare
- 4 Uganda 894,562 children compare
- 5 South Africa 625,113 children compare
- 6 Kenya 571,316 children compare
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- Summer temperature anomalies 0.3295 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.5126 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.5023 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.6747 °C (2025)
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- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Tanzania?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Tanzania was 932,484 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million children in 2012.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,706 children in 1990.
- How does Tanzania rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Tanzania ranks 3rd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.