World: Children (0-14) living with HIV

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, World's children (0-14) living with HIV fell 6.7% on 2023 (from 1.5 million to 1.4 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1% and a typical year strayed about 6.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24.6% in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.7% in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 87,273 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

What this measures

Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.

All 35 values

Children (0-14) living with HIV in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 500 (2024)
• Algeria — 1,100 (2024)
• Djibouti — 550 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 940 (2024)
• Libya — 200 (2024)
• Morocco — 900 (2024)
• Pakistan — 10,000 (2024)
• Tunisia — 200 (2024)
• Yemen, Rep. — 910 (2024)

More health data for World

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.67% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.97% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 974.32 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.85% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.03 billion (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.97% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2.01 billion (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.41% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.04% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is World's children (0-14) living with HIV?

1.4 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 115.38% from 650,000 in 1990 (2.28% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.9 million in 2004 and the lowest 650,000 in 1990.

Is the latest change in children (0-14) living with HIV unusual for World?

In 2024, World's children (0-14) living with HIV fell 6.7% on 2023 (from 1.5 million to 1.4 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1% and a typical year strayed about 6.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.HIV.0014, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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