Table 7.
Estimated number of orphans, per type and as a percentage of total; number of orphans, 1990–2010
| Population <15 | Maternal /double orphans all causes |
Maternal /double orphans as % of children < 15 |
% of maternal /double orphans from AIDS |
Paternal orphans all causes |
Paternal orphans (% of all children < 15) |
Total orphans all causes |
Total orphans (% of children < 15) |
|
| 1990 | 4,340,904 | 255,502 | 5.9% | 37,9% | 383,253 | 8.8% | 638,755 | 14.7% |
| 1995 | 4,450,393 | 352,934 | 7.9% | 51.8% | 529,401 | 11.9% | 882,335 | 19.8% |
| 2000 | 4,659,452 | 426,421 | 9.2% | 64.1% | 521,181 | 11.2% | 947,602 | 20,3% |
| 2005 | 4,734,313 | 499,935 | 10.6% | 72.9% | 499,935 | 10.6% | 999,870 | 21.1% |
| 2010 | 4,674,103 | 553,003 | 11.8% | 78.4% | 452,457 | 9.7% | 1,005,460 | 21.5% |