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

Birth rate by women's age group in Palau was 29.93 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 Palau?

The highest recorded value was 88.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1960.

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

The lowest recorded value was 26.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2000.

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

Palau ranks 110th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Palau 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 Palau

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

Palau: Birth rate by women's age group was 29.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 0.3%

World rank

110th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1960

All-time low

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

in 2000

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Palau, 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

Palau recorded 29.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 for birth rate by women's age group in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Palau peaked at 88.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 26.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2000.

Palau ranks 110th 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 Palau, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Palau, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	80.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	78.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1952	77.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1953	77.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
1954	77.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1955	78.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1956	80.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.6%
1957	82.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.1%
1958	84.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
1959	87.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.4%
1960	88.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1961	86.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.3%
1962	81.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.0%
1963	76.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.1%
1964	73.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
1965	72.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
1966	72.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1967	74.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1968	74.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1969	74.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
1970	74.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.0%
1971	74.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1972	72.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1973	70.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1974	69.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.3%
1975	67.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1976	64.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1977	61.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.4%
1978	58.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.4%
1979	59.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1980	57.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.4%
1981	55.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
1982	55.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
1983	53.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1984	53.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1985	52.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1986	51.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1987	50.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
1988	51.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.4%
1989	54.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+5.1%
1990	58.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+8.1%
1991	59.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.2%
1992	61.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
1993	63.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.4%
1994	62.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1995	59.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.1%
1996	50.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-13.9%
1997	42.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-16.7%
1998	36.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-13.9%
1999	31.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-14.5%
2000	26.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-16.0%
2001	27.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
2002	27.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.0%
2003	27.79 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2004	27.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
2005	27.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
2006	27.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
2007	27.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.2%
2008	27.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
2009	28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
2010	27.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2011	28.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.6%
2012	29.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
2013	29.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2014	29.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2015	27.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.0%
2016	29.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+8.8%
2017	30.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.1%
2018	29.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
2019	30.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
2020	30.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
2021	30.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
2022	30.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
2023	29.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%

Palau compared with similar countries

Palau's 29.93 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, 4.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
Palau's 29.93 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, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	80.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	77.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	87.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	77.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	72.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	88.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	67.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	58.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	74.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	53.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	50.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	52.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	31.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	63.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	26.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	29.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	27.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	30.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	30.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	29.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	30.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Palau

107 Western Sahara 31.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
108 Rwanda 30.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
109 Vatican 30.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
111 Grenada 29.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
112 Kyrgyzstan 28.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
113 Anguilla 28.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Palau

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.5888 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -9.22 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.5888 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.426 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 16.69 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population -0.2005 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.7366 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth -0.6% (2100)
Population density 24.23 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 539 people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Palau?: Birth rate by women's age group in Palau was 29.93 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 Palau?: The highest recorded value was 88.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1960.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Palau?: The lowest recorded value was 26.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2000.
How does Palau rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Palau ranks 110th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Palau?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palau 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.