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Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes

Name: Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes by country, 2024
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UNICEF Data Warehouse (CC BY 3.0 IGO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2024

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Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Nigeria	13.7M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Pakistan	6.09M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
3	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Ethiopia	3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Tanzania	2.95M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Philippines	2.75M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
7	Mexico	2.46M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
8	South Africa	2.41M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
9	Uganda	2.2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Kenya	2.12M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
12	Mozambique	2.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Sudan	1.74M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Cote d'Ivoire	1.66M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Afghanistan	1.6M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
16	Angola	1.56M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Cameroon	1.46M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Viet Nam	1.46M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Myanmar	1.29M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
20	Chad	1.25M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Zimbabwe	1.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Ghana	1.16M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Madagascar	1.13M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Yemen, Rep.	1.03M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
25	Niger	1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Zambia	980,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Burkina Faso	980,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Mali	970,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Thailand	960,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Malawi	940,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Iraq	940,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
32	South Sudan	830,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Burundi	640,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Benin	640,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Nepal	620,000	South Asia	Lower middle income
36	Guinea	600,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Venezuela, RB	590,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
38	Senegal	540,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Syrian Arab Republic	520,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
40	Rwanda	500,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Algeria	500,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
42	Germany	490,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Peru	490,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Central African Republic	430,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Malaysia	430,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
46	Guatemala	410,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Cambodia	380,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
48	Haiti	370,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
49	Papua New Guinea	360,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	Togo	350,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Bolivia	340,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
52	Sierra Leone	330,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Italy	290,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Sri Lanka	290,000	South Asia	Upper middle income
55	Congo, Rep.	260,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Ecuador	260,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Spain	240,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Romania	240,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Liberia	230,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Dominican Republic	220,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Tajikistan	210,000	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
62	Saudi Arabia	210,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
63	Honduras	200,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
64	Kyrgyz Republic	180,000	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
65	Lao PDR	170,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Namibia	160,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	El Salvador	160,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Lesotho	160,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Mauritania	150,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Libya	140,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
71	Tunisia	140,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Azerbaijan	140,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Paraguay	130,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Jordan	120,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Eswatini	110,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Cuba	110,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Eritrea	110,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Gambia, The	110,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Botswana	97,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Guinea-Bissau	92,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Mongolia	91,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Bulgaria	88,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Gabon	86,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
84	Belgium	77,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Serbia	73,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Georgia	71,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Portugal	70,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Greece	66,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Panama	58,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Moldova	56,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Slovak Republic	51,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Costa Rica	46,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Armenia	43,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Lithuania	41,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Switzerland	38,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Timor-Leste	38,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
97	Denmark	37,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Djibouti	35,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
99	Ireland	35,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	New Zealand	35,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Croatia	34,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Latvia	29,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Norway	28,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Comoros	28,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	Fiji	26,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	Guyana	24,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Oman	23,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
108	Albania	22,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Solomon Islands	20,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
110	North Macedonia	19,000	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
111	Suriname	15,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	United Arab Emirates	15,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
113	Estonia	15,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
114	Slovenia	13,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Bhutan	8,900	South Asia	Lower middle income
116	Belize	8,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Vanuatu	7,800	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Montenegro	7,400	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Bahamas, The	7,200	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Cabo Verde	7,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
121	Bahrain	5,600	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
122	Qatar	3,700	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
123	Barbados	3,400	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Luxembourg	3,300	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2,400	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	St. Lucia	2,400	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Iceland	2,200	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Malta	2,200	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
129	Maldives	1,900	South Asia	Upper middle income
130	Dominica	1,100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Antigua and Barbuda	1,100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	St. Kitts and Nevis	880	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes