STATISTICAL TABLES

TABLE 1
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ORPHANS BY REGION, YEAR, TYPE AND CAUSE

Region

Year

Population
aged 017

% of children
who are
orphans

Children
orphaned during the year

Maternal
orphans

Paternal
orphans

Double
orphans

Children
Total number of orphaned by
Total number of orphans due to AIDS as % of all
orphans
AIDS
orphans

Sub-Saharan Africaica
1990

271,600,000

11

3,400,000

13,600,000

21,400,000

4,100,000

30,900,000

330,000

1995

309,900,000

11

4,200,000

16,000,000

24,000,000

4,900,000

35,000,000

2,300,000

2000

348,500,000

12

5,100,000

20,500,000

27,900,000

6,800,000

41,500,000

7,000,000

17

2005

387,000,000

12

5,500,000

25,500,000

31,900,000

9,100,000

48,300,000

12,000,000

25

2010

427,000,000

12

5,700,000

28,500,000

34,800,000

10,300,000

53,100,000

15,700,000

30

1990

1,095,200,000

9,100,000

30,800,000

60,900,000

6,400,000

85,200,000

1995

1,117,700,000

8,800,000

28,800,000

60,200,000

5,900,000

83,100,000

2000

1,145,100,000

8,400,000

25,800,000

57,700,000

4,800,000

78,600,000

2005

1,141,700,000

8,000,000

22,900,000

54,800,000

4,000,000

73,700,000

2010

1,129,000,000

7,700,000

20,300,000

52,000,000

3,400,000

68,900,000

Asia

Latin America and the Caribbean

1990

184,500,000

1,300,000

3,700,000

9,300,000

750,000

12,300,000

1995

189,800,000

1,300,000

3,500,000

9,400,000

690,000

12,200,000

2000

192,300,000

1,200,000

3,100,000

8,900,000

600,000

11,400,000

2005

193,800,000

1,200,000

2,800,000

8,500,000

500,000

10,700,000

2010

194,200,000

1,200,000

2,500,000

8,100,000

420,000

10,200,000

1990

1,551,200,000

13,800,000

48,000,000

91,600,000

11,300,000

128,400,000

1995

1,617,400,000

14,300,000

48,200,000

93,600,000

11,500,000

130,300,000

2000

1,686,000,000

14,800,000

49,400,000

94,500,000

12,300,000

131,600,000

2005

1,722,400,000

14,700,000

51,200,000

95,200,000

13,700,000

132,700,000

15,200,000

11

2010

1,750,200,000

14,600,000

51,300,000

95,000,000

14,100,000

132,200,000

20,200,000

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Total

Source: UNAIDS and UNICEF 2006.

Children are defined as maternal or paternal orphans regardless of the survival status of the other parent. Thus the estimates of maternal and paternal
orphans include double orphans. The total number of orphans = maternal orphans + paternal orphans - double orphans.

AFRICAS ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE GENERATIONS

CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS

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