Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Rwanda
Rwanda: Orphans 0-17 years currently living was 98,000 low estimate in 2009. β² Rising
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Rwanda, 1990β2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Measured in low estimate.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 98,000 low estimate for orphans 0-17 years currently living in 2009.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Rwanda peaked at 150,000 low estimate in 2004 and was at its lowest, 19,000 low estimate, in 1990.
Rwanda ranks 18th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66,500 low estimate | 19,000 low estimate | 120,000 low estimate | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,800 low estimate | 98,000 low estimate | 150,000 low estimate | 10 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.891 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 860.6 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2,738 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4882 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 117,118 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is orphans 0-17 years currently living in Rwanda?
- Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Rwanda was 98,000 low estimate in 2009, according to UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
- What is the highest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 150,000 low estimate in 2004.
- What is the lowest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,000 low estimate in 1990.
- How does Rwanda rank for orphans 0-17 years currently living?
- Rwanda ranks 18th out of 40 countries with data for 2009.
- Is orphans 0-17 years currently living rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as part of Orphans 0-17 years currently living (low estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
AIDS orphans are the estimated number of children who have lost their mother or both parents to AIDS before age 17 since the epidemic began in 1990. Some of the orphaned children included in this cumulative total are no longer alive; others are no longer under age 17.