Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes by country
Countries reporting
139
Highest
13.70 million
Nigeria
Lowest
880
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
160,000
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
2,324
What the numbers show
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 13.70 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 880 in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The median across all reporting countries is 160,000, and the mean is 651,206.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,568.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 42.2%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 36.4%).
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 13.70 million | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 6.09 million | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 3 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.03 million | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3.00 million | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 5 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.95 million | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 2.75 million | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 2.46 million | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 2.41 million | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 2.20 million | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 2.12 million | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 2.10 million | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 2.03 million | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan | 1.74 million | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.66 million | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 1.60 million | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 1.56 million | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 1.46 million | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 1.46 million | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 19 | Myanmar | 1.29 million | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 20 | Chad | 1.25 million | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 1.17 million | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 1.13 million | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 24 | Yemen | 1.03 million | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 1.00 million | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 980,000 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 980,000 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 970,000 | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 960,000 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 940,000 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 940,000 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 30 | Somalia | 940,000 | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 830,000 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 34 | Burundi | 640,000 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 640,000 | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 640,000 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 37 | Nepal | 620,000 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 600,000 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 39 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 590,000 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 540,000 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 41 | Syrian Arab Republic | 520,000 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 500,000 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 500,000 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 42 | Rwanda | 500,000 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 45 | Germany | 490,000 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 45 | Peru | 490,000 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 430,000 | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 47 | Malaysia | 430,000 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 410,000 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 50 | Cambodia | 380,000 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 51 | Haiti | 370,000 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 360,000 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 350,000 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 54 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 340,000 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 330,000 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 56 | Italy | 290,000 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 290,000 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 58 | Congo | 260,000 | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 260,000 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 60 | Canada | 240,000 | 2022 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 60 | Spain | 240,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 240,000 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 63 | Liberia | 230,000 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 220,000 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 210,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 210,000 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 200,000 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 180,000 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 170,000 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 70 | Lesotho | 160,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 70 | Namibia | 160,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 70 | El Salvador | 160,000 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 150,000 | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritania | 150,000 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 140,000 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Libya | 140,000 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 75 | Tunisia | 140,000 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 78 | Paraguay | 130,000 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 120,000 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 110,000 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 80 | Eritrea | 110,000 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 80 | Gambia | 110,000 | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 80 | Eswatini | 110,000 | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 84 | Netherlands | 99,000 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | Botswana | 97,000 | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 92,000 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 87 | Mongolia | 91,000 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 88,000 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 89 | Gabon | 86,000 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 90 | Belgium | 77,000 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 91 | Serbia | 73,000 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 71,000 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 93 | Portugal | 70,000 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 94 | Greece | 66,000 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 95 | Panama | 58,000 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 56,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 97 | Slovakia | 51,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 46,000 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Armenia | 43,000 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 41,000 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 101 | Switzerland | 38,000 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 101 | Timor-Leste | 38,000 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 103 | Denmark | 37,000 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 104 | Djibouti | 35,000 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 35,000 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | New Zealand | 35,000 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 107 | Croatia | 34,000 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 29,000 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 109 | Comoros | 28,000 | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 109 | Norway | 28,000 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 111 | Fiji | 26,000 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 112 | Guyana | 24,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 23,000 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Albania | 22,000 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 20,000 | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 19,000 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 117 | Singapore | 17,000 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 15,000 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 15,000 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 118 | Suriname | 15,000 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 13,000 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 122 | Bhutan | 8,900 | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 8,000 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 7,800 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 125 | Montenegro | 7,400 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 126 | Bahamas | 7,200 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 7,100 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahrain | 5,600 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 129 | Qatar | 3,700 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 130 | Barbados | 3,400 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 3,300 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 2,400 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,400 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 134 | Iceland | 2,200 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 134 | Malta | 2,200 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 136 | Maldives | 1,900 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Dominica | 1,100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 880 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF reporting regions - Global 152.10 million
- African Union 61.30 million
- África Subsahariana 57.90 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) 55.20 million
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 34.80 million
- Asia Meridional 34.80 million
- West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 32.10 million
- África Occidental y Central 32.10 million
- Asia Oriental y Pacífico 27.20 million
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) 26.40 million
- África Oriental y Meridional 25.90 million
- Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 24.10 million
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 10.20 million
- América Latina y el Caribe 10.20 million
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 8.92 million
- Europa del Este y Asia Central 7.46 million
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 7.22 million