Burundi vs Sierra Leone: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Burundi
53,000
in 2024
Sierra Leone
44,000
in 2024
Burundi rank
34th
Sierra Leone rank
36th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Burundi
  • Sierra Leone
050.0k100.0k150.0k199020072024

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 53,000 against 44,000 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 9,000.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.

Globally, Burundi ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 138 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Source
UNAIDS estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
139 places, 4,809 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.