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Last update: Dec 2009

Orphan Estimates

Country	Children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes, 2007	Children who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS, 2007			Children whose mother has died due to any cause, 2007	Children whose father has died due to any cause, 2007	Children both of whose parents have died due to any cause, 2007
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Country		Estimate	Low estimate	High estimate	Children whose mother has died due to any cause, 2007	Children whose father has died due to any cause, 2007
Afghanistan	2,100,000	–	–	–	1,100,000	1,400,000	370,000
Albania	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Algeria	570,000	–	–	–	220,000	370,000	26,000
Andorra
Angola	1,200,000	50,000	20,000	260,000	600,000	840,000	210,000
Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Argentina	610,000	–	–	–	93,000	530,000	15,000
Armenia	50,000	–	–	–	8,400	43,000	1,900
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan	190,000	–	–	–	42,000	160,000	9,100
Bahamas	6,600	–	–	–	1,200	5,700	<500
Bahrain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bangladesh	5,000,000	–	–	–	2,000,000	3,400,000	380,000
Barbados	2,700	–	–	–	<500	2,300	<100
Belarus	190,000	–	–	–	21,000	170,000	6,800
Belgium
Belize	5,500	–	–	–	2,200	3,600	<500
Benin	340,000	29,000	22,000	40,000	140,000	220,000	26,000
Bhutan	22,000	–	–	–	8,200	15,000	1,800
Bolivia	300,000	–	–	–	110,000	220,000	20,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Botswana	130,000	95,000	81,000	110,000	85,000	81,000	37,000
Brazil	3,200,000	–	–	–	720,000	2,600,000	110,000
Brunei Darussalam	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bulgaria	95,000	–	–	–	11,000	87,000	2,700
Burkina Faso	690,000	100,000	62,000	130,000	300,000	480,000	83,000
Burundi	600,000	120,000	100,000	150,000	320,000	390,000	120,000
Cambodia	600,000	–	–	–	240,000	420,000	55,000
Cameroon	1,100,000	300,000	230,000	390,000	580,000	710,000	190,000
Canada
Cape Verde	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Central African Republic	280,000	72,000	58,000	86,000	140,000	190,000	51,000
Chad	540,000	85,000	42,000	270,000	250,000	350,000	61,000
Chile	160,000	–	–	–	25,000	140,000	2,700
China	17,000,000	–	–	–	4,000,000	14,000,000	560,000
Colombia	790,000	–	–	–	180,000	640,000	25,000
Comoros	27,000	<100	–	<200	11,000	18,000	1,900
Congo	210,000	69,000	57,000	84,000	100,000	140,000	31,000
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4,500,000	–	270,000	380,000	2,200,000	3,000,000	740,000
Cook Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Costa Rica	36,000	–	–	–	6,400	31,000	<500
Côte d'Ivoire	1,200,000	420,000	320,000	530,000	590,000	800,000	180,000
Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cuba	99,000	–	–	–	19,000	82,000	2,100
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti	42,000	5,200	1,900	9,600	21,000	27,000	5,800
Dominica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominican Republic	170,000	–	–	–	50,000	120,000	6,600
Ecuador	200,000	–	–	–	46,000	160,000	5,400
Egypt	1,400,000	–	–	–	390,000	1,100,000	56,000
El Salvador	130,000	–	–	–	33,000	110,000	4,600
Equatorial Guinea	32,000	4,800	3,800	6,100	15,000	22,000	5,200
Eritrea	280,000	18,000	12,000	32,000	120,000	190,000	34,000
Estonia
Ethiopia	5,000,000	650,000	540,000	780,000	2,400,000	3,200,000	630,000
Fiji	22,000	–	–	–	6,600	17,000	1,400
Finland
France
Gabon	67,000	18,000	11,000	28,000	31,000	44,000	8,400
Gambia	48,000	2,700	1,300	4,700	18,000	33,000	2,800
Georgia	72,000	–	–	–	11,000	65,000	2,700
Germany
Ghana	1,100,000	160,000	130,000	200,000	510,000	700,000	130,000
Greece
Grenada	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guatemala	360,000	–	–	–	96,000	280,000	16,000
Guinea	380,000	25,000	15,000	39,000	150,000	260,000	32,000
Guinea-Bissau	110,000	5,900	4,200	8,300	50,000	74,000	16,000
Guyana	23,000	–	–	–	8,100	17,000	2,200
Haiti	380,000	–	–	–	160,000	270,000	50,000
Holy See
Honduras	170,000	–	–	–	47,000	130,000	6,700
Hungary
Iceland
India	25,000,000	–	–	–	7,400,000	19,000,000	1,200,000
Indonesia	4,400,000	–	–	–	1,400,000	3,200,000	230,000
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1,300,000	–	–	–	420,000	910,000	58,000
Iraq	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica	53,000	–	–	–	16,000	40,000	2,100
Japan
Jordan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kazakhstan	470,000	–	–	–	90,000	410,000	31,000
Kenya	2,500,000	–	990,000	1,400,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	470,000
Kiribati	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	530,000	–	–	–	150,000	410,000	29,000
Korea, Republic of	360,000	–	–	–	32,000	330,000	3,900
Kuwait	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyrgyzstan	140,000	–	–	–	34,000	120,000	7,500
Lao People's Democratic Republic	210,000	–	–	–	90,000	140,000	17,000
Latvia
Lebanon	71,000	–	–	–	22,000	52,000	2,900
Lesotho	160,000	110,000	93,000	120,000	100,000	110,000	49,000
Liberia	270,000	15,000	10,000	87,000	130,000	180,000	45,000
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar	840,000	3,400	2,100	6,000	360,000	560,000	75,000
Malawi	1,100,000	550,000	470,000	640,000	540,000	740,000	230,000
Malaysia	410,000	–	–	–	110,000	310,000	13,000
Maldives	8,800	–	–	–	3,900	5,500	<1,000
Mali	550,000	44,000	27,000	56,000	220,000	380,000	48,000
Malta
Marshall Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mauritania	83,000	3,000	1,500	5,900	30,000	58,000	4,500
Mauritius	21,000	<500	–	<1,000	4,000	17,000	<1,000
Mexico	1,400,000	–	–	–	320,000	1,100,000	34,000
Micronesia (Federated States of)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Moldova	74,000	–	–	–	13,000	64,000	3,600
Monaco
Mongolia	64,000	–	–	–	19,000	49,000	4,000
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morocco	630,000	–	–	–	230,000	440,000	32,000
Mozambique	1,400,000	400,000	280,000	590,000	780,000	920,000	300,000
Myanmar	1,600,000	–	–	–	570,000	1,100,000	120,000
Namibia	110,000	66,000	50,000	85,000	63,000	65,000	17,000
Nauru	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nepal	990,000	–	–	–	440,000	640,000	95,000
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua	110,000	–	–	–	29,000	84,000	3,900
Niger	570,000	25,000	18,000	39,000	260,000	350,000	43,000
Nigeria	9,700,000	1,200,000	640,000	4,100,000	4,900,000	6,400,000	1,700,000
Niue	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oman	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pakistan	3,900,000	–	–	–	1,400,000	2,700,000	200,000
Palau	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Panama	48,000	–	–	–	10,000	39,000	1,200
Papua New Guinea	330,000	–	–	–	130,000	240,000	38,000
Paraguay	130,000	–	–	–	38,000	93,000	5,100
Peru	570,000	–	–	–	160,000	430,000	25,000
Philippines	1,800,000	–	–	–	600,000	1,300,000	81,000
Poland
Portugal
Qatar	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Romania	300,000	–	–	–	44,000	270,000	11,000
Russian Federation	4,000,000	–	–	–	460,000	3,700,000	220,000
Rwanda	860,000	220,000	190,000	250,000	540,000	600,000	290,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Lucia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samoa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Senegal	350,000	8,400	4,600	14,000	120,000	240,000	19,000
Serbia	130,000	–	–	–	21,000	110,000	4,100
Seychelles	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sierra Leone	350,000	16,000	6,400	26,000	160,000	250,000	53,000
Singapore	24,000	–	–	–	3,400	21,000	<500
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Somalia	590,000	8,800	4,900	16,000	300,000	390,000	100,000
South Africa	2,500,000	1,400,000	1,100,000	1,800,000	1,400,000	1,600,000	510,000
Spain
Sri Lanka	330,000	–	–	–	70,000	270,000	12,000
Sudan	1,800,000	–	–	–	840,000	1,200,000	210,000
Suriname	8,900	–	–	–	2,400	6,800	<500
Swaziland	96,000	56,000	48,000	65,000	74,000	58,000	37,000
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tajikistan	210,000	–	–	–	64,000	150,000	12,000
Tanzania, United Republic of	2,600,000	970,000	850,000	1,100,000	1,400,000	1,700,000	490,000
Thailand	1,300,000	–	–	–	300,000	1,000,000	58,000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Timor-Leste	48,000	–	–	–	19,000	32,000	3,800
Togo	260,000	68,000	50,000	91,000	110,000	170,000	23,000
Tonga	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trinidad and Tobago	20,000	–	–	–	5,800	16,000	<1,000
Tunisia	130,000	–	–	–	36,000	96,000	3,900
Turkey	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tuvalu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uganda	2,500,000	1,200,000	1,100,000	1,400,000	1,500,000	1,700,000	620,000
Ukraine	1,000,000	–	–	–	110,000	930,000	41,000
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay	46,000	–	–	–	6,200	41,000	1,000
Uzbekistan	690,000	–	–	–	170,000	550,000	32,000
Vanuatu	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Venezuela	430,000	–	–	–	96,000	350,000	12,000
Viet Nam	1,500,000	–	–	–	460,000	1,000,000	57,000
Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zambia	1,100,000	600,000	530,000	660,000	740,000	780,000	390,000
Zimbabwe	1,300,000	1,000,000	920,000	1,100,000	960,000	900,000	600,000

SUMMARY INDICATORS†
Africa	58,400,000 a	14,200,000 a	11,500,000 a	17,200,000 a	26,000,000 a	41,600,000 a	9,200,000 a
Sub-Saharan Africa	55,300,000 a	14,100,000 a	11,500,000 a	17,100,000 a	25,100,000 a	39,200,000 a	8,970,000 a
Eastern and Southern Africa	27,400,000 a	9,700,000 a	8,300,000 a	11,500,000 a	13,100,000 a	19,100,000 a	4,800,000 a
West and Central Africa	25,900,000 a	4,400,000 a	3,300,000 a	5,400,000 a	11,200,000 a	18,600,000 a	4,000,000 a
Middle East and North Africa	6,800,000 a	–	–	–	2,200,000 a	5,100,000 a	510,000 a
Asia	82,400,000 a	–	–	–	25,100,000 a	64,300,000 a	7,000,000 a
South Asia	50,000,000 a	–	–	–	17,200,000 a	37,200,000 a	4,400,500 a
East Asia and Pacific	31,300,000 a	–	–	–	7,700,000 a	25,400,000 a	1,900,000 a
Latin America and Caribbean	10,600,000 a	–	–	–	2,300,000 a	8,900,000 a	583,000 a
CEE/CIS	6,400,000 a	–	–	–	1,200,000 a	5,600,000 a	400,000 a
Developing countries	150,000,000 a	–	–	–	54,200,000 a	116,000,000 a	16,300,000 a
World	163,000,000 a	17,500,000 a	14,600,000 a	20,900,000 a	55,300,000 a	126,000,000 a	18,520,000 a
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 2007 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 2007 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 2007 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 2007 who have lost both parents to any cause. MAIN DATA SOURCES Children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes: UNAIDS unpublished estimates, 2008 and UNAIDS, AIDS epidemic update, 2009. Children who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: UNAIDS, Report on the global AIDS epidemic, 2008 and UNAIDS, AIDS epidemic update, 2009. *Children whose mother/father has died due to any cause:* UNAIDS unpublished estimates, 2008 and UNAIDS, AIDS epidemic update, 2009. Children both of whose parents have died due to any cause: UNAIDS unpublished estimates, 2008 and UNAIDS, AIDS epidemic update, 2009. 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. a Regional average estimates are for 2008 and are based on updates to the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update. Please note that the corresponding country data are not revised in the Update, and therefore refer to the year 2007. Revised country estimates will be forthcoming in 2010.