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
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k199020072024

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

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.