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

Birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan was 41.09 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 Pakistan?

The highest recorded value was 184.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.

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

The lowest recorded value was 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

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

Pakistan ranks 86th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Pakistan 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 Pakistan

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

Pakistan: Birth rate by women's age group was 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 2.8%

World rank

86th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1950

All-time low

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

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan stood at 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan peaked at 184.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

That places Pakistan 86th 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 Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	184.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	183.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1952	182.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1953	181.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1954	177.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1955	173.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1956	170.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1957	166.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1958	162.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.3%
1959	158.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
1960	155.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1961	153.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1962	151.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
1963	150.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1964	148.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
1965	146.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1966	142.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1967	137.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1968	131.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.7%
1969	124.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.4%
1970	123.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1971	121.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1972	120.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1973	119.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1974	115.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1975	111.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1976	108.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.0%
1977	107.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1978	106.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1979	107.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.3%
1980	108.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1981	109.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1982	107.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1983	106.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1984	105.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
1985	107.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1986	109.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1987	110.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
1988	109.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1989	108.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1990	104.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.0%
1991	101.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1992	98.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
1993	97.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1994	94.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
1995	88.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.6%
1996	86.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1997	82.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.3%
1998	81.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1999	79.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2000	76.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
2001	72.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.1%
2002	69.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.8%
2003	67.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
2004	64.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.4%
2005	61 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.0%
2006	58.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.8%
2007	58.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2008	57.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
2009	56.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2010	55.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2011	52.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.0%
2012	51.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2013	50.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2014	49.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
2015	48.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
2016	47.52 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
2017	47.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
2018	46.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2019	45.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
2020	44.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
2021	43.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.7%
2022	42.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
2023	41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%

Pakistan compared with similar countries

Pakistan's 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 64.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Pakistan's 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 18.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 2.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	174.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	158.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	184.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	144.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	124.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	155.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	114.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	106.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	123.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	108.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	105.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	110.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	91.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	79.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	104.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	64.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	56.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	76.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	49.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	45.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	55.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	42.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	44.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Pakistan

83 Brazil 42.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 42.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
85 Egypt 41.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
87 Tajikistan 40.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
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

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Pakistan

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.1692 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate 0.7801 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.1692 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate 0.1091 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 367,808 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 1.8 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.5037 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth 0.2% (2100)
Population density 662.88 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 32.24 million people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan?: Birth rate by women's age group in Pakistan was 41.09 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 Pakistan?: The highest recorded value was 184.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Pakistan?: The lowest recorded value was 41.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Pakistan rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Pakistan ranks 86th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Pakistan?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Pakistan 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.