Cameroon vs Kenya: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Cameroon
410,000
in 2024
Kenya
570,000
in 2024
Cameroon rank
9th
Kenya rank
6th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Cameroon
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 570,000 against 410,000 in Cameroon, a difference of 160,000.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Cameroon's.

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

Globally, Cameroon ranks 9th and Kenya ranks 6th 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.