Number of children living in conflict zones worldwide in 2022, by region

In 2022, Africa was the world region where the highest number of children were living in a conflict zone, meaning that they lived within 50 kilometers of a conflict incident in a given year. That year, around 180 million children in Africa were living in a conflict zone, followed by 145 million children in Asia. In 2022, approximately 470 million children worldwide lived in a conflict zone.