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

Birth rate by women's age group in Nauru was 76.24 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 Nauru?

The highest recorded value was 96.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2016.

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

The lowest recorded value was 55.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.

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

Nauru ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Nauru 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 Nauru

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

Nauru: Birth rate by women's age group was 76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 2.7%

World rank

34th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 2016

All-time low

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

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Nauru, 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 Nauru stood at 76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19.

The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Nauru peaked at 96.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 55.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 1950.

That places Nauru 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Nauru, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	55.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	55.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1952	56.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1953	57.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.1%
1954	59.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.5%
1955	62.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.2%
1956	64.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
1957	64.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
1958	63.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1959	64.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.6%
1960	65.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1961	65.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
1962	65.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1963	65.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1964	66.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1965	65.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1966	65.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1967	63.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1968	63.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1969	60.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.9%
1970	58.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1971	58.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1972	57.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
1973	57.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1974	57.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1975	57.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1976	57.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1977	57.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1978	58.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1979	59.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
1980	60.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.0%
1981	62.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.4%
1982	63.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.3%
1983	63.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1984	63.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1985	64.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
1986	65.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1987	64.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1988	64.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1989	64.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1990	65.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1991	66.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.6%
1992	66.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1993	65.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1994	65.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1995	66.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
1996	67.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.7%
1997	68.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1998	70.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
1999	72.61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.4%
2000	74.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
2001	74.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2002	74.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2003	72.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
2004	72.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
2005	71.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
2006	70.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2007	71.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
2008	72.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.2%
2009	76.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.7%
2010	80.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+5.9%
2011	84.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
2012	83.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
2013	84.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
2014	87.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.0%
2015	91.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
2016	96.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+5.3%
2017	91.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.3%
2018	85.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.9%
2019	80.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.4%
2020	79.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
2021	80.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
2022	78.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.7%
2023	76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.7%

Nauru compared with similar countries

Nauru's 76.24 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, 10.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
Nauru's 76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 2.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	60.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	55.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	64.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	64.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	60.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	66.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	58.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	59.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	63.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	60.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	65.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	67.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	65.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	72.61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	73.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	70.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	76.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	86.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	80.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	96.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	78.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	76.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	80.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Nauru

31 Laos 81.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
32 Benin 77.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
33 Togo 77.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
35 Yemen 75.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
36 Venezuela 73.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
37 Bangladesh 73.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Nauru

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.1598 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2049)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.1598 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 14.7 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.5419 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.2823 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth 0.2% (2100)
Population density 1,034 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 1,413 people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Nauru?: Birth rate by women's age group in Nauru was 76.24 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 Nauru?: The highest recorded value was 96.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2016.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Nauru?: The lowest recorded value was 55.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.
How does Nauru rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Nauru ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Nauru?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nauru 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.