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

Birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu was 27.51 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 Tuvalu?

The highest recorded value was 60.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1957.

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

The lowest recorded value was 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

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

Tuvalu ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu

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

Tuvalu: Birth rate by women's age group was 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 2.1%

World rank

115th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1957

All-time low

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

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu, 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 Tuvalu stood at 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu peaked at 60.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1957 and was at its lowest, 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

Tuvalu ranks 115th 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 Tuvalu, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	56.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	56.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1952	56.03 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1953	55.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1954	56.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
1955	58.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.1%
1956	59.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
1957	60.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.6%
1958	60.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1959	58.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1960	57.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1961	55.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.9%
1962	51.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.3%
1963	48.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.5%
1964	43.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-10.6%
1965	42.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1966	45.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+6.1%
1967	47.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.5%
1968	48.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.3%
1969	47.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1970	46.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1971	45.62 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1972	43.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
1973	42.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.4%
1974	41.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
1975	40.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.7%
1976	39.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1977	40.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.6%
1978	41.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.2%
1979	43.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.3%
1980	44.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.1%
1981	46.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.2%
1982	47.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
1983	48.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1984	48.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1985	48.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1986	48.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1987	48.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.9%
1988	47.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1989	45.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1990	44.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
1991	42.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.1%
1992	39.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.3%
1993	36.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.1%
1994	33.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.1%
1995	32.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1996	32.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1997	34.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.8%
1998	36.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+6.7%
1999	37.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.2%
2000	37.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.0%
2001	36.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2002	35.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.7%
2003	34.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
2004	33.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.1%
2005	32.76 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2006	32.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
2007	32.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
2008	33.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.4%
2009	33.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.7%
2010	33.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
2011	33.98 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
2012	34.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
2013	33.07 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
2014	32.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2015	32.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
2016	32.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
2017	32.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
2018	32.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2019	31.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2020	28.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-8.8%
2021	28.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2022	28.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
2023	27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%

Tuvalu compared with similar countries

Tuvalu's 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 99% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Tuvalu's 27.51 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, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	57.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	55.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	60.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	48.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	42.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	42.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	39.46 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	46.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	47.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	44.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	48.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	36.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	32.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	44.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	34.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	32.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	37.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	32.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	31.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	34.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	28.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	28.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Tuvalu

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
114 Saint Lucia 27.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
116 East Timor 27.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
117 Indonesia 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
118 Argentina 26.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Tuvalu

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.1385 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -6.62 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.1385 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.2735 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 13.21 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.5484 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth 0.2% (2100)
Population density 409.67 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 765 people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu?: Birth rate by women's age group in Tuvalu was 27.51 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 Tuvalu?: The highest recorded value was 60.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1957.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Tuvalu?: The lowest recorded value was 27.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Tuvalu rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Tuvalu ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Tuvalu?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tuvalu 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.