Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Lithuania
Lithuania: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS was 700 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Lithuania, 1990–2024
Source: UNAIDS estimates.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 700 for children orphaned by hiv/aids in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned by hiv/aids in Lithuania peaked at 700 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 100, in 1990.
That places Lithuania 100th out of 138 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 220 | 100 | 500 | 10 |
| 2000s | 500 | 500 | 500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 531 | 500 | 580 | 10 |
| 2020s | 642 | 570 | 700 | 5 |
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More health data for Lithuania
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 14,867 (2025)
- Population, female 1.52 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 32.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 13,487 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 14,198 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 13,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 14,204 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 14,411 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 15,074 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 54.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned by hiv/aids in Lithuania?
- Children orphaned by hiv/aids in Lithuania was 700 in 2024, according to UNAIDS estimates.
- What is the highest children orphaned by hiv/aids recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 700 in 2024.
- What is the lowest children orphaned by hiv/aids recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 in 1990.
- How does Lithuania rank for children orphaned by hiv/aids?
- Lithuania ranks 100th out of 138 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned by hiv/aids rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS estimates, published as part of Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.