Namibia vs Sierra Leone: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Namibia
55,000
in 2024
Sierra Leone
44,000
in 2024
Namibia rank
33rd
Sierra Leone rank
36th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Namibia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 55,000 against 44,000 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 11,000.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Globally, Namibia ranks 33rd and Sierra Leone ranks 36th 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.