Kenya vs Tanzania: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Kenya
570,000
in 2024
Tanzania
930,000
in 2024
Kenya rank
6th
Tanzania rank
3rd
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Kenya
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 930,000 against 570,000 in Kenya, a difference of 360,000.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tanzania ahead.
Globally, Kenya ranks 6th and Tanzania ranks 3rd 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.