Colombia vs Lesotho: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Colombia
73,000
in 2023
Lesotho
81,000
in 2024
Colombia rank
29th
Lesotho rank
27th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Colombia
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 81,000 against 73,000 in Colombia, a difference of 8,000.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Globally, Colombia ranks 29th and Lesotho ranks 27th of 138 countries.
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About this data
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.