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
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020072024

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

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.