What is birth rate by women's age group in Argentina?

Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina was 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Argentina?

The highest recorded value was 78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1979.

What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Argentina?

The lowest recorded value was 25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2022.

How does Argentina rank for birth rate by women's age group?

Argentina ranks 118th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Argentina?

Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Argentina data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina

Name: Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Argentina: Birth rate by women's age group was 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

Change on year

up 2.5%

World rank

118th

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 1979

All-time low

25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 2022

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 for birth rate by women's age group in 2023.

That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Argentina peaked at 78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2022.

Argentina ranks 118th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	60.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	60.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1952	59.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1953	59.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1954	59.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1955	58.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1956	58.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
1957	58.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1958	57.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
1959	57.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1960	57.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1961	56.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1962	56.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1963	56.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1964	56.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1965	56.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1966	56.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1967	57.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
1968	59.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.6%
1969	61.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.3%
1970	64.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
1971	65.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.2%
1972	67.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.4%
1973	69.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.5%
1974	71.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
1975	73.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
1976	74.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.5%
1977	76.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
1978	77.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.4%
1979	78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1980	77.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1981	76.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
1982	74.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.1%
1983	72.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1984	71.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1985	71.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1986	71.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1987	70.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
1988	70.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1989	69.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
1990	70.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1991	70.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1992	69.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1993	70.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1994	70.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1995	70.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1996	69.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1997	69.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1998	68.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1999	67.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
2000	65.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.3%
2001	63.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
2002	62.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2003	60 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
2004	61.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
2005	63.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.0%
2006	64.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
2007	64.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
2008	66.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
2009	65.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2010	65.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
2011	66.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.3%
2012	64.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
2013	66.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.9%
2014	66.61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
2015	63.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.1%
2016	58.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-8.0%
2017	55.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.4%
2018	49.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.3%
2019	41.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-16.4%
2020	31.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-24.6%
2021	28.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.4%
2022	25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.7%
2023	26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.5%

Argentina compared with similar countries

Argentina's 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 95% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Argentina's 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 67% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	58.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	60.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	57.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	56.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	61.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	71.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	64.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	72.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	69.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	77.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	69.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	67.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	70.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	63.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	60 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	66.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	59.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	41.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	66.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	28.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	31.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Argentina

115 Tuvalu 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
116 East Timor 27.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
117 Indonesia 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
119 Costa Rica 26.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
120 Iran 26.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
121 Uruguay 26.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Argentina

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.7783 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.0551 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.7783 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.414 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 51,621 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.5482 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.463 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth -0.8% (2100)
Population density 13.98 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 1.47 million people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Argentina?: Birth rate by women's age group in Argentina was 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Argentina?: The highest recorded value was 78.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1979.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Argentina?: The lowest recorded value was 25.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2022.
How does Argentina rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Argentina ranks 118th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Argentina?: Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Argentina data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 18 September 2026

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