Nigeria vs Tanzania: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Nigeria
1.30 million
in 2024
Tanzania
930,000
in 2024
Nigeria rank
1st
Tanzania rank
3rd
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.30 million against 930,000 in Tanzania, a difference of 370,000.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times Tanzania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tanzania ahead.
Globally, Nigeria ranks 1st and Tanzania ranks 3rd 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.