Mozambique vs Nigeria: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Mozambique
1.20 million
in 2024
Nigeria
1.30 million
in 2024
Mozambique rank
2nd
Nigeria rank
1st

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.30 million against 1.20 million in Mozambique, a difference of 100,000.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Globally, Mozambique ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st 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.