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

Birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas was 24.56 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 Bahamas?

The highest recorded value was 94.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1958.

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

The lowest recorded value was 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

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

Bahamas ranks 127th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Bahamas 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 Bahamas

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

Bahamas: Birth rate by women's age group was 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

127th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1958

All-time low

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

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas, 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

In 2023, birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas stood at 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas peaked at 94.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1958 and was at its lowest, 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

Bahamas ranks 127th 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 Bahamas, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	91.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	91.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1952	91.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1953	92.61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1954	92.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1955	93.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1956	93.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1957	94.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1958	94.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1959	94.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1960	92.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1961	92.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1962	93.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1963	94.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1964	94.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
1965	93.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1966	91.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1967	90.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
1968	88.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1969	86.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1970	84.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1971	82.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1972	80.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
1973	78.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.0%
1974	75.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
1975	72.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1976	70.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1977	67.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1978	65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1979	63.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1980	61.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
1981	60.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1982	59.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1983	58.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1984	57.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1985	56.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
1986	56.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1987	55.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1988	55.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.0%
1989	55.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1990	55.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
1991	55.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1992	59.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+7.3%
1993	57.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.1%
1994	53.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.7%
1995	52.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1996	50.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1997	49.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
1998	47.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1999	45.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.0%
2000	43.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.9%
2001	42.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
2002	41.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
2003	40.61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2004	40.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
2005	40.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
2006	41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
2007	41.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
2008	39.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
2009	38.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.6%
2010	36.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
2011	36.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2012	35.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
2013	35.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2014	33.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
2015	30.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-8.9%
2016	28.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.0%
2017	26.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.6%
2018	26.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
2019	26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
2020	25.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
2021	24.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
2022	24.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
2023	24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%

Bahamas compared with similar countries

Bahamas's 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for high income countries, which is 7.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 3.3× the median. (85 countries reporting)
Bahamas's 24.56 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, 62% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	93.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	91.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	94.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	91.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	86.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	94.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	74.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	63.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	84.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	57.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	55.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	61.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	52.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	45.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	59.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	40.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	38.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	43.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	31.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	36.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	24.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	25.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Bahamas

124 Morocco 25.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
125 Tonga 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
126 Slovakia 24.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
128 French Polynesia 24.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
129 Moldova 23.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
130 Turkmenistan 21.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Bahamas

Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.2543 % change on previous year (2100)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.2498 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2050)
Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.2498 % change on previous year (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development -0.3% (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 17,118 people (2100)
Population density 38.46 people per km² (2100)
World population growth -0.3% (2100)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.1342 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.5342 Percent per annum (2030)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas?: Birth rate by women's age group in Bahamas was 24.56 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 Bahamas?: The highest recorded value was 94.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1958.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Bahamas?: The lowest recorded value was 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Bahamas rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Bahamas ranks 127th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Bahamas?: Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas 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.