Malawi vs Zambia: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Malawi
360,000
in 2024
Zambia
350,000
in 2024
Malawi rank
10th
Zambia rank
11th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 360,000 against 350,000 in Zambia, a difference of 10,000.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.
Globally, Malawi ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 11th 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.