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

Birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica was 36.54 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 Jamaica?

The highest recorded value was 155.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1965.

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

The lowest recorded value was 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

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

Jamaica ranks 91st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Jamaica 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 Jamaica

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

Jamaica: Birth rate by women's age group was 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 0.7%

World rank

91st

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1965

All-time low

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

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica, 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

Jamaica recorded 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 for birth rate by women's age group in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica peaked at 155.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1965 and was at its lowest, 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

That places Jamaica 91st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Jamaica, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	101.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	105.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.8%
1952	107.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1953	113.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+5.7%
1954	117.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.6%
1955	122.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.5%
1956	128.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.8%
1957	134.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.2%
1958	137.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
1959	139.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.4%
1960	143.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
1961	148.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.5%
1962	149.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1963	152.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.1%
1964	153.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1965	155.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.9%
1966	154.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1967	153.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1968	151.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1969	150.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1970	148.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1971	147.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1972	145.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1973	144.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1974	141.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1975	139.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1976	137.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1977	134.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1978	131.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
1979	130.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1980	127.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1981	126.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1982	125.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1983	125.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1984	122.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1985	118.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1986	114.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1987	111.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
1988	109.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1989	108.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
1990	108.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1991	109.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1992	109.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1993	107.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1994	104.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
1995	101.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1996	97.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1997	92.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.0%
1998	86.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.5%
1999	80.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.8%
2000	74.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.2%
2001	71.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
2002	69.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
2003	67.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.0%
2004	66.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2005	64.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
2006	62.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.1%
2007	60.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
2008	58.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.2%
2009	56.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
2010	54.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
2011	52.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.8%
2012	51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2013	49.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
2014	47.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.4%
2015	45.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.0%
2016	42.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.2%
2017	40.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.6%
2018	38.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.4%
2019	37.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
2020	36.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
2021	36.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.0%
2022	36.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
2023	36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

Jamaica's 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 1.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
Jamaica's 36.54 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, 93% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	120.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	101.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	139.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	151.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	143.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	155.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	140.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	130.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	148.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	118.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	108.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	127.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	99.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	80.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	109.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	65.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	56.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	74.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	45.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	37.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	54.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	36.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	36.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Jamaica

88 Bulgaria 39.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
89 Syria 38.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
90 Cape Verde 38.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
92 Greenland 36.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
93 Palestine 36.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
94 Trinidad and Tobago 35.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Jamaica

Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2100)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -1.76 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -4.7 % change on previous year (2050)
Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -1.76 % change on previous year (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development -1.8% (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 35,987 people (2100)
Population density 98.5 people per km² (2100)
World population growth -1.8% (2100)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population -0.1905 Percent per annum (2030)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica?: Birth rate by women's age group in Jamaica was 36.54 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 Jamaica?: The highest recorded value was 155.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1965.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Jamaica?: The lowest recorded value was 36.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Jamaica rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Jamaica ranks 91st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Jamaica?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jamaica 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.