Birth rate by women's age group by country

The age-specific fertility rate for girls aged 15 to 19: the annual number of live births in this age group per 1,000 girls.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
163.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.465 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Macao
Median
27.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Birth rate by women's age group is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 163.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.465 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, and the mean is 38.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 351.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 222 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 33.1%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 86.3%).

Birth rate by women's age group: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 163.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 2.2% falling
2 Mozambique 153.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.9% rising
3 Equatorial Guinea 150.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 13.5% rising
4 Niger 145.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 20.9% falling
5 Angola 140.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 8.3% rising
6 Mali 138.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.6% falling
7 Chad 134.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.0% falling
8 Madagascar 129.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 4.8% falling
9 Liberia 126.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 11.4% falling
10 Guinea 118.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.8% falling
11 Somalia 117.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 13.2% rising
12 Zambia 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 10.9% falling
13 Malawi 113.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 16.2% falling
14 Tanzania 113.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 6.6% falling
15 Congo 109.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 11.0% falling
16 Uganda 106.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 18.0% falling
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 106.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 11.8% falling
18 Cameroon 106.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.4% falling
19 Zimbabwe 98.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.2% falling
20 South Sudan 97.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 13.1% falling
21 Sierra Leone 93.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 25.3% falling
22 Nicaragua 93.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 10.3% falling
23 Cote d'Ivoire 92.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.4% falling
24 Gabon 91.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.2% falling
25 Mauritania 88.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.0% falling
26 Burkina Faso 87.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 31.7% falling
27 Nigeria 86.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.3% falling
28 Sao Tome and Principe 86.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 21.6% falling
29 Honduras 82.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.9% falling
30 Guinea-Bissau 81.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.5% falling
31 Laos 81.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 5.8% rising
32 Benin 77.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.0% falling
33 Togo 77.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 8.5% falling
34 Nauru 76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.6% rising
35 Yemen 75.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 3.9% falling
36 Venezuela 73.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.6% falling
37 Bangladesh 73.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 28.4% falling
38 Marshall Islands 71.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 5.6% falling
39 Lesotho 70.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 20.1% falling
40 Paraguay 70.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 8.4% falling
41 Guyana 69.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.6% falling
42 Ethiopia 69.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 16.3% falling
43 Eswatini 68.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.0% falling
44 Guatemala 68.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.9% falling
45 Nepal 67.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.0% falling
46 Vanuatu 66.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.6% falling
47 Sudan 66.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.0% falling
48 Namibia 66.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 16.0% falling
49 Eritrea 65.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.8% falling
50 Bolivia 64.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.1% falling
51 Afghanistan 64.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 28.3% falling
53 Senegal 60.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 23.1% falling
54 Mexico 60.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.8% falling
55 Colombia 59.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 23.3% falling
56 Ghana 58.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.6% falling
57 Gambia 58.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 33.0% falling
58 Iraq 58.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.4% falling
59 Panama 57.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 37.7% falling
60 Kenya 56.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 41.1% falling
61 Ecuador 55.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 33.5% falling
62 Comoros 55.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.8% falling
63 Belize 55.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 23.7% falling
64 Seychelles 54.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 7.8% falling
65 El Salvador 54.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 23.2% falling
66 Papua New Guinea 54.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.4% falling
67 Tokelau 53.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.9% falling
68 Botswana 53.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 3.8% falling
69 French Guiana 53.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.9% falling
70 Burundi 53.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 21.0% falling
71 Dominican Republic 52.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 40.5% falling
72 South Africa 51.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 20.2% falling
73 Solomon Islands 50.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 17.2% falling
74 Haiti 49.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 17.6% falling
75 Cuba 48.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 4.7% falling
76 Suriname 48.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 21.4% falling
77 Cambodia 46.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.0% falling
78 Barbados 45.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 1.3% falling
79 Kiribati 44.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.7% falling
80 Micronesia (country) 43.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 10.1% falling
81 Peru 43.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 26.3% falling
82 Samoa 43.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.8% falling
83 Brazil 42.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 33.2% falling
84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 42.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 34.0% falling
85 Egypt 41.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 27.4% falling
86 Pakistan 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.3% falling
87 Tajikistan 40.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.1% flat
88 Bulgaria 39.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 8.0% falling
89 Syria 38.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.6% falling
90 Cape Verde 38.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 37.9% falling
91 Jamaica 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 26.6% falling
92 Greenland 36.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 12.8% falling
93 Palestine 36.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 26.4% falling
94 Trinidad and Tobago 35.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.3% falling
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.0% volatile
96 Azerbaijan 34.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 42.7% rising
97 Vietnam 34.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.9% rising
98 American Samoa 34.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 18.8% falling
99 Dominica 34.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 21.1% falling
100 Uzbekistan 34.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 33.1% falling
101 Romania 33.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 3.3% falling
102 Myanmar 33.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 3.5% falling
103 Guam 33.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 34.5% falling
104 Antigua and Barbuda 32.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 3.9% falling
105 Philippines 31.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 44.5% falling
106 United States Virgin Islands 31.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 25.8% falling
107 Western Sahara 31.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.1% falling
108 Rwanda 30.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 24.6% falling
109 Vatican 30.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 2.7% flat
110 Palau 29.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 0.7% falling
111 Grenada 29.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 29.2% falling
112 Kyrgyzstan 28.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 35.9% falling
113 Anguilla 28.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 24.9% volatile
114 Saint Lucia 27.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 28.2% falling
115 Tuvalu 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 16.8% falling
116 East Timor 27.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 33.4% falling
117 Indonesia 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 38.1% falling
118 Argentina 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.0% falling
119 Costa Rica 26.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 57.1% falling
120 Iran 26.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.8% volatile
121 Uruguay 26.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 56.7% falling
122 Northern Mariana Islands 26.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 40.3% falling
123 Thailand 26.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 50.3% falling
124 Morocco 25.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 16.3% volatile
125 Tonga 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 2.0% falling
126 Slovakia 24.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 7.2% falling
127 Bahamas 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 30.0% falling
128 French Polynesia 24.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 38.8% falling
129 Moldova 23.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.4% falling
130 Turkmenistan 21.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 22.9% falling
131 Fiji 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 39.7% volatile
132 Georgia 21.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 54.5% rising
133 Lebanon 20.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 8.4% volatile
134 Cook Islands 20.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 53.6% falling
135 Mauritius 19.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 26.0% volatile
136 Mongolia 19.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.9% falling
137 Djibouti 18.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.7% falling
138 Aruba 18.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 48.8% falling
139 Jordan 18.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 46.1% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 18.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 48.1% falling
141 Hungary 17.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.3% falling
142 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 17.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 47.2% falling
143 Niue 16.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 61.3% falling
144 Turks and Caicos Islands 16.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 30.3% volatile
145 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 15.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 41.4% falling
146 British Virgin Islands 15.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 9.8% volatile
147 Reunion 15.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 45.7% falling
148 Sri Lanka 15.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 23.7% falling
149 Saint Martin (French part) 14.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 36.5% falling
150 Puerto Rico 14.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 68.2% falling
151 India 14.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.2% falling
152 Serbia 13.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 25.8% falling
153 Armenia 13.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 50.2% falling
154 United States 13.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 50.4% falling
155 Russia 12.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 54.0% flat
156 North Macedonia 12.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 35.4% falling
157 Curacao 12.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 62.2% falling
158 Albania 12.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 40.9% volatile
159 Montserrat 12.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 65.3% volatile
160 New Caledonia 12.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 40.0% volatile
161 Turkey 12.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 57.4% volatile
162 Ukraine 11.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.4% flat
163 Cayman Islands 11.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 51.3% volatile
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 2.5% falling
165 Saudi Arabia 11.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 31.2% volatile
166 Saint Helena 10.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 30.8% volatile
167 New Zealand 10.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 50.2% falling
169 Falkland Islands 10.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.3% falling
170 Monaco 9.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 10.1% falling
171 Montenegro 9.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 25.3% falling
172 Bhutan 9.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 57.7% falling
174 Wallis and Futuna 9.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 11.7% volatile
175 Guernsey 8.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 40.9% falling
176 Gibraltar 8.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 30.5% falling
177 Algeria 8.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.2% volatile
178 Isle of Man 8.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.7% falling
179 Belarus 8.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 63.0% rising
180 Jersey 8.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 42.5% falling
181 Brunei 8.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 38.2% volatile
182 United Kingdom 8.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 52.2% falling
184 Latvia 7.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.0% falling
185 Bahrain 7.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 53.7% volatile
186 Greece 7.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 14.1% volatile
187 Portugal 6.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.2% falling
188 Cyprus 6.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 up 30.6% volatile
189 Australia 6.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 54.3% falling
190 Croatia 6.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 37.5% volatile
191 Chile 6.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 86.3% falling
192 Israel 6.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 39.9% volatile
193 Poland 6.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 56.6% falling
194 Oman 5.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 61.1% volatile
195 Czechia 5.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 51.5% volatile
196 Malaysia 5.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 55.3% volatile
197 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 19.9% volatile
198 Libya 5.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 21.2% volatile
199 Lithuania 5.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.2% falling
200 Qatar 5.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 52.8% volatile
201 Germany 5.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 30.2% volatile
202 Maldives 5.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 61.3% volatile
203 China 5.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 56.4% volatile
204 Estonia 5.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 69.0% falling
205 Spain 4.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 42.4% falling
206 Canada 4.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 58.3% volatile
207 Faroe Islands 4.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 55.7% volatile
208 Saint Barthelemy 4.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 46.7% falling
209 Tunisia 4.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 47.1% volatile
212 Austria 3.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 53.5% volatile
213 Belgium 3.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 51.4% volatile
214 France 3.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 62.0% volatile
215 Slovenia 3.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 26.6% volatile
216 Andorra 3.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 35.1% falling
217 Iceland 3.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 61.3% volatile
218 United Arab Emirates 3.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.9% volatile
219 Finland 3.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 59.1% volatile
220 Taiwan 3.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 27.8% volatile
221 Italy 2.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 51.6% volatile
222 Singapore 2.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 32.6% volatile
223 Netherlands 1.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 53.1% volatile
224 Sweden 1.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 68.4% volatile
225 Japan 1.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 60.2% falling
227 Kuwait 1.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 80.7% volatile
228 Bermuda 1.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 82.5% volatile
229 Switzerland 1.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 52.5% volatile
230 Norway 1.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 74.9% volatile
231 San Marino 1.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 36.6% volatile
232 Denmark 1.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 72.9% volatile
233 Hong Kong 1.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 66.3% volatile
234 South Korea 0.537 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 69.1% volatile
235 North Korea 0.512 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 17.4% volatile
236 Macao 0.465 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 84.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Birth rate by women's age group
Unit
live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The age-specific fertility rate for girls aged 15 to 19: the annual number of live births in this age group per 1,000 girls.