NUMBER OF ORPHANS IN THE WORLD

LOCATION 1990 2000 2010

ASIA 81,000,000 74,000,000 59,000,000
AFRICA 29,000,000 40,000,000 53,000,000
AUSTRALIA 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000
ANTARCTICA 0 0 0
NORTH AMERICA 3,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000
SOUTH AMERICA 12,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000
EUROPE 3,000,000 5,000,000 7,000,000
WORLD 128,000,000 132,000,000 140,000,000

NUMBER OF ORPHANS IN THE WORLD

160

140

120

100

1990
80
2000
2010

60

40

20

0
ASIA AFRICA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA N. AMERICA S. AMERICA EUROPE WORLD
1990

ASIA
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
ANTARCTICA
N. AMERICA
S. AMERICA
EUROPE
2000

ASIA
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
ANTARCTICA
N. AMERICA
S. AMERICA
EUROPE
2010

ASIA
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
ANTARCTICA
N. AMERICA
S. AMERICA
EUROPE
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ORPHANS
ON EACH CONTINENT

SOURCES:
70

60

50

EUROPE
40
N. AMERICA
S. AMERICA
ANTARCTICA
ASIA
30
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA

20

10

0
1990 2000 2010
 www.orphanshope.org
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The amount of orphans in Asia in 1990 and 2000 are outliers on my

graphs.

In 1990, there was a cluster formed by Australia, Antarctica, North

America and Europe.

There is a gap between Africa and South America.

The graph that best displays my data is the line graph, because it
shows the number of orphans over time. By looking at this graph,
you can see that Asia used to have by far the most orphans, probably
because Asia has more people than other continent. You can also see
that Africa is rapidly increasing in percentage of the world's orphans,
due to the AIDS epidemic.
ORPHANS OF
THE WORLD