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Last update: Jan 2011

Orphan Estimates

Country	Children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes, 2009	Children who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS, 2009			Children whose mother has died due to any cause, 2009	Children whose father has died due to any cause, 2009	Children both of whose parents have died due to any cause, 2009
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Country		Estimate	Low estimate	High estimate	Children whose mother has died due to any cause, 2009	Children whose father has died due to any cause, 2009
Albania	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Algeria	550,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andorra	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Angola	1,500,000	140,000	95,000	200,000	630,000	1,100,000	240,000
Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Argentina	630,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Armenia	46,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Australia	80,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Austria	28,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Azerbaijan	190,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bahamas	6,800	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bahrain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bangladesh	4,800,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Barbados	2,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Belarus	150,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Belgium	47,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Belize	6,400	–	–	–	–	–	–
Benin	310,000	30,000	18,000	53,000	110,000	220,000	28,000
Bhutan	21,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	320,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Botswana	130,000	93,000	71,000	120,000	76,000	86,000	28,000
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brunei Darussalam	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bulgaria	94,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Burkina Faso	770,000	140,000	100,000	170,000	320,000	550,000	100,000
Burundi	610,000	200,000	170,000	230,000	270,000	440,000	100,000
Cambodia	630,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameroon	1,200,000	330,000	270,000	420,000	560,000	870,000	190,000
Canada	45,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cape Verde	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Central African Republic	370,000	140,000	110,000	180,000	180,000	270,000	77,000
Chad	670,000	120,000	79,000	170,000	270,000	490,000	89,000
Chile	140,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Colombia	820,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comoros	22,000	<100	<100	<100	7,800	16,000	1,900
Congo	220,000	51,000	41,000	66,000	97,000	160,000	32,000
Cook Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Costa Rica	36,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Côte d'Ivoire	1,100,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Croatia	44,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cuba	86,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cyprus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Czech Republic	92,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	–	350,000	510,000	–	–	–
Denmark	51,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Djibouti	47,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominican Republic	190,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ecuador	210,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Egypt	1,700,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
El Salvador	150,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Equatorial Guinea	45,000	4,100	2,500	6,400	20,000	31,000	5,500
Eritrea	240,000	19,000	12,000	28,000	92,000	180,000	29,000
Estonia	19,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethiopia	–	–	540,000	830,000	–	–	–
Fiji	23,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Finland	45,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
France	<100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gabon	64,000	18,000	12,000	25,000	28,000	45,000	8,000
Gambia	72,000	2 800	1 400	6,500	26,000	53,000	6,600
Georgia	68,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Germany	380,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ghana	1,100,000	160,000	120,000	210,000	500,000	790,000	150,000
Greece	73,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Grenada	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guatemala	380,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guinea	440,000	59,000	34,000	120,000	160,000	330,000	47,000
Guinea-Bissau	110,000	9,700	7,700	12,000	46,000	81,000	16,000
Guyana	30,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Haiti	440,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Holy See	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Honduras	150,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hungary	130,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Iceland	1,800	–	–	–	–	–	–
India	31,000,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Indonesia	4,700,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1,200,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Iraq	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ireland	39,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Israel	7,600	–	–	–	–	–	–
Italy	<100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamaica	73,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Japan	<100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kazakhstan	420,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kenya	2,600,000	1,200,000	980,000	1,400,000	1,300,000	1,700,000	460,000
Kiribati	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kuwait	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyrgyzstan	140,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lao People's Democratic Republic	220,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Latvia	32,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lebanon	70,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lesotho	200,000	130,000	110,000	160,000	120,000	130,000	49,000
Liberia	340,000	52,000	34,000	76,000	150,000	250,000	60,000
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lithuania	52,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luxembourg	3,600	–	–	–	–	–	–
Madagascar	910,000	11,000	9,300	14,000	340,000	660,000	93,000
Malawi	1,000,000	650,000	540,000	780,000	510,000	690,000	180,000
Malaysia	450,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Maldives	7,300	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mali	690,000	59,000	36,000	93,000	280,000	500,000	93,000
Malta	2,600	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marshall Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mauritania	120,000	3,600	2,700	4,800	44,000	91,000	12,000
Mauritius	19,000	<1000	<500	<1000	3,300	16,000	<1000
Mexico	1,500,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Micronesia (Federated States of)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Monaco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mongolia	67,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morocco	650,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mozambique	2,100,000	670,000	–	–	980,000	1,500,000	390,000
Myanmar	1,600,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Namibia	120,000	70,000	50,000	96,000	60,000	76,000	19,000
Nauru	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nepal	650,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Netherlands	82,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
New Zealand	36,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nicaragua	120,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Niger	970,000	57,000	47,000	68,000	340,000	760,000	120,000
Nigeria	12,000,000	2,500,000	1,800,000	3,100,000	5,400,000	8,300,000	2,000,000
Niue	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Norway	35,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Occupied Palestinian Territory	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oman	41,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pakistan	4 200000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Palau	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Panama	53,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Papua New Guinea	260,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paraguay	150,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Peru	550,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Philippines	1 900000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Poland	440,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Portugal	58,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Qatar	14,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Republic of Korea	280,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Republic of Moldova	79,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Romania	290,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Russian Federation	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rwanda	690,000	130,000	98,000	180,000	320,000	490,000	110,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Lucia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samoa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
San Marino	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sao Tome and Principe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Senegal	520,000	19,000	15,000	25,000	190,000	380,000	50,000
Serbia	94,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Seychelles	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sierra Leone	320,000	15,000	9 200	26,000	120,000	230,000	37,000
Singapore	17,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Slovakia	54,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Slovenia	12,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Solomon Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Somalia	630,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
South Africa	3,400,000	1,900,000	1,600,000	2,400,000	1,800,000	2,300,000	670,000
Spain	<100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sri Lanka	340,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sudan	2,000,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Suriname	12,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Swaziland	100,000	69,000	55,000	86,000	56,000	66,000	21,000
Sweden	63,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Switzerland	<100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syrian Arab Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tajikistan	220,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thailand	1,400,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Timor-Leste	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Togo	240,000	66,000	47,000	89,000	92,000	180,000	25,000
Tonga	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinidad and Tobago	25,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tunisia	130,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Turkey	1,200,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tuvalu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uganda	2,700,000	1,200,000	1,000,000	1,400,000	1,300,000	1,900,000	470,000
Ukraine	810,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
United Kingdom	490,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
United Republic of Tanzania	3,000,000	1,300,000	1,100,000	1,500,000	1,400,000	2,100,000	520,000
United States	2,100,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uruguay	49,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uzbekistan	780,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vanuatu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Viet Nam	1,400,000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zambia	1,300,000	690,000	570,000	810,000	690,000	890,000	290,000
Zimbabwe	1,400,000	1,000,000	910,000	1 200000	840,000	880,000	370,000

SUMMARY INDICATORS†
Africa	59,000,000	14,900,000	12,900,000	17,100,000	26 400 000	42 000 000	9 300 000
Sub-Saharan Africa	56,100,000	14,900,000	12,900,000	17,100,000	25 500 000	39 600 000	9 100 000
Eastern and Southern Africa	27,600,000	10,100,000	8,900,000	11,500,000	13 300 000	19 200 000	4 900 000
West and Central Africa	26,400,000	4,700,000	3,600,000	5,700,000	11 500 000	19 000 000	4 100 000
Middle East and North Africa	6,400,000	86,000	63,000	110,000	2 100 000	4 800 000	470 000
Asia	71,400,000	1,100,000	890,000	1,100,000	21 800 000	54 900 000	5 300 000
South Asia	41,000,000	570,000	480,000	660,000	14 300 000	30 100 000	3 400 000
East Asia and Pacific	30,500,000	490,000	350,000	550,000	7 500 000	24 800 000	1 800 000
Latin America and Caribbean	9,800,000	440,000	380,000	500,000	2 100 000	8 200 000	510 000
CEE/CIS	7,300,000	75,000	61,000	93,000	1 300 000	6 300 000	410 000
Developing countries	145,000,000	16,400,000	14,300,000	18,700,000	51 400 000	109 000 000	15 400 000
World	153,000,000	16,600,000	14,400,000	18,800,000	52 300 000	119 000 000	17 800 000
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS Children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes: Estimated number of children (0–17 years old) as of 2009 who have lost one or both parents to any cause. Children who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: Estimated number of children (0–17 years old) as of 2009 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS. *Children whose mother/father has died due to any cause:* Estimated number of children (0–17 years old) as of 2009 who have lost their biological mother/father to any cause. Children both of whose parents have died due to any cause: Estimated number of children (0–17 years old) as of 2009 who have lost both parents to any cause. MAIN DATA SOURCES Children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2010 Children who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: UNAIDS, 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2010 *Children whose mother/father has died due to any cause:* UNAIDS estimates, 2010 Children both of whose parents have died due to any cause: UNAIDS estimates 2010 NOTES – Data not available. † Regional averages are calculated only for the population representing 50 per cent or more of the region's total population of interest.