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

Birth rate by women's age group in Zambia was 115.91 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 Zambia?

The highest recorded value was 197.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1975.

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

The lowest recorded value was 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

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

Zambia ranks 12th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Zambia 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 Zambia

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

Zambia: Birth rate by women's age group was 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

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

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

12th

of 236 countries

All-time high

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

in 1975

All-time low

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

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Zambia, 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 Zambia stood at 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Zambia peaked at 197.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

Zambia ranks 12th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Zambia, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	170.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	170.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1952	171.11 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1953	171.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1954	172.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1955	173.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1956	173.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1957	174.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1958	176.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1959	177.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.8%
1960	179.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
1961	180.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1962	182.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1963	185.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.4%
1964	185.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1965	183.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1966	181.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
1967	182.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1968	183.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
1969	184.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1970	189.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.2%
1971	192.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.9%
1972	195.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.6%
1973	196.68 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1974	195.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1975	197.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
1976	192.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
1977	190.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1978	184.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.1%
1979	179.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
1980	169.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.8%
1981	169.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1982	166.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1983	164.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
1984	161.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
1985	161.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1986	159.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
1987	156.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
1988	155.25 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
1989	154.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1990	149.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1991	150.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.1%
1992	150.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
1993	151.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.2%
1994	153.49 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
1995	152.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
1996	153.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1997	151.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
1998	153.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.8%
1999	156.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
2000	155.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.4%
2001	151.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
2002	147.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
2003	145.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2004	142.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
2005	140.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2006	139.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
2007	137.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
2008	135.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2009	133.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
2010	131.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2011	131.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.2%
2012	131 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
2013	130.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2014	128.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
2015	128.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
2016	127.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2017	126.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.0%
2018	124.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
2019	122.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
2020	120.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
2021	118.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
2022	117.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.1%
2023	115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%

Zambia compared with similar countries

Zambia's 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 64.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Zambia's 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 87.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	173.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	170.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	177.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	182.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	179.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	185.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	191.44 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	179.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	197.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	161.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	154.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	169.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	152.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	149.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	156.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	142.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	133.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	155.69 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	128.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	122.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	131.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	118.19 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	120.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Zambia

9 Liberia 126.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
10 Guinea 118.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
11 Somalia 117.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
13 Malawi 113.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
14 Tanzania 113.21 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
15 Congo 109.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Zambia

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.5254 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate 0.2495 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.5254 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate 0.5112 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 37,460 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 2.52 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.2967 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth 0.5% (2100)
Population density 86.73 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 4.60 million people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Zambia?: Birth rate by women's age group in Zambia was 115.91 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 Zambia?: The highest recorded value was 197.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1975.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Zambia?: The lowest recorded value was 115.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Zambia rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Zambia ranks 12th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Zambia?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zambia 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.