Cameroon vs Zambia: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Cameroon
410,000
in 2024
Zambia
350,000
in 2024
Cameroon rank
9th
Zambia rank
11th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Cameroon
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 410,000 against 350,000 in Zambia, a difference of 60,000.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 9th and Zambia ranks 11th 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.