Know the Facts
Worldwide Numbers
- Total estimated number of orphans worldwide: 153 million
- Estimated number that have lost only their mother: 34.5 million
- Estimated number that have lost only their father: 101 million
- Estimated number of “double orphans”: 17.8 million
- (Source: U.S. Government “5th Annual Report to Congress on Public Law 109-95” and affirmed by UNICEF)
Uganda Numbers
- Total Population: 45,741,007 million people
- Uganda has the second lowest population median age in the world at 15.8 years old
- There are an estimated 2 million orphans in Uganda
- Nearly half of all deaths in children under age 5 are attributed to malnutrition
- The average annual income in Uganda is $7000
Understanding Orphan Statistics
http://www.christianalliancefororphans.org/wp-content/uploads/Christian-Alliance-for-Orphans-_On-Understanding-Orphan-Statistics_.pdfKnow the Facts statistics provided by Christian Alliance for Orphans
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…”
-Psalm 68:5-6
