Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS is the estimated number of children who have lost their mother or both parents to AIDS before age 15 since the epidemic began. Some of the orphaned children included in this cumulative total are no longer alive; others are no longer under age 15.
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Nigeria2,500,000
2South Africa1,900,000
3Tanzania1,300,000
4Uganda1,200,000
5Kenya1,200,000
6Zimbabwe1,000,000
7Zambia690,000
8Mozambique670,000
9Malawi650,000
10Ivory Coast440,000
11Cameroon330,000
12Burundi200,000
13Ghana160,000
14Central African Republic140,000
15Burkina Faso140,000
16Angola140,000
17Lesotho130,000
18Rwanda130,000
19Chad120,000
20Botswana93,000
21Haiti93,000
22Namibia70,000
23Swaziland69,000
24Togo66,000
25Mali59,000
26Guinea59,000
27Niger57,000
28Liberia52,000
29Republic of the Congo51,000
30Benin30,000
31Eritrea19,000
32Senegal19,000
33Gabon18,000
34Sierra Leone15,000
35Madagascar11,000
36Guinea-Bissau9,700
37Equatorial Guinea4,100
38Mauritania3,600
39Gambia2,800
40Mauritius1,000
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