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Fertility rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19

Name: Fertility rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 by country, 2023
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live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 · higher is better · 216 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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216 countries · 2023

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Fertility rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 league table
#	Country	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Region	Income
1	Central African Republic	163.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Mozambique	153.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Equatorial Guinea	150.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
4	Niger	145.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Angola	140.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Mali	138.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Chad	134.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Madagascar	129.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Liberia	126	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Guinea	118.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	117.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Zambia	115.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Malawi	113.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Tanzania	113.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Congo, Rep.	109.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Uganda	107	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Congo, Dem. Rep.	106.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Cameroon	106.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Zimbabwe	98.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	South Sudan	97.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Sierra Leone	93.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Nicaragua	93.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
23	Cote d'Ivoire	92.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Gabon	91.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Mauritania	88.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Burkina Faso	87.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Nigeria	86.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Sao Tome and Principe	86.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Honduras	82.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
30	Guinea-Bissau	82	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Lao PDR	81.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
32	Benin	77.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Togo	77.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Naoero	76.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
35	Yemen, Rep.	75.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
36	Venezuela, RB	73.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
37	Bangladesh	73.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
38	Marshall Islands	71.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
39	Lesotho	70.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Paraguay	70.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Guyana	69.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Ethiopia	69.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Eswatini	68.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Guatemala	68.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Nepal	67.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
46	Vanuatu	66.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Sudan	66.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Namibia	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Eritrea	65.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Bolivia	64.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
51	Afghanistan	64.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
52	Senegal	60.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Mexico	60.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Colombia	59.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Ghana	58.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Gambia, The	58.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Iraq	58	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
58	Panama	57.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Kenya	56.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Ecuador	55.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Comoros	55.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Belize	55.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Seychelles	54.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
64	El Salvador	54.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Papua New Guinea	54.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Botswana	53.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	Burundi	53.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
68	Dominican Republic	52.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	South Africa	51.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Solomon Islands	50.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Haiti	49.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Cuba	48.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Suriname	48	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Cambodia	46.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	Barbados	45.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Kiribati	44	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	43.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Peru	43.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Samoa	43.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Brazil	42.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	42.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Egypt, Arab Rep.	41.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
83	Pakistan	41.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
84	Tajikistan	40.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
85	Bulgaria	39.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Syrian Arab Republic	38.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
87	Cabo Verde	38.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
88	Jamaica	36.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Greenland	36.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	West Bank and Gaza	36	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
91	Trinidad and Tobago	36	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
92	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Azerbaijan	34.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Viet Nam	34.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
95	American Samoa	34.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	Dominica	34.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Uzbekistan	34.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
98	Romania	33.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Myanmar	33.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Guam	33.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Antigua and Barbuda	32.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Philippines	31.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
103	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	31.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Rwanda	30.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Palau	29.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
106	Grenada	29.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Kyrgyz Republic	28.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
108	St. Lucia	27.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Tuvalu	27.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Timor-Leste	27.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
111	Indonesia	26.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Argentina	26.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Costa Rica	26.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	Iran, Islamic Rep.	26.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
115	Uruguay	26.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Northern Mariana Islands	26.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
117	Thailand	26.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
118	Morocco	25.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
119	Tonga	24.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	Slovak Republic	24.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Bahamas, The	24.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	French Polynesia	24.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Moldova	23	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Turkmenistan	21.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Fiji	21.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Georgia	21.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Lebanon	20.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Mauritius	19.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
129	Mongolia	19.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Djibouti	19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
131	Aruba	18.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Jordan	18.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
133	Kazakhstan	18.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Hungary	17.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	17.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	16.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	British Virgin Islands	15.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
138	Sri Lanka	15.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
139	St. Martin (French part)	14.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Puerto Rico (US)	14.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	India	14.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
142	Serbia	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
143	Armenia	13.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	United States	13.1	North America	High income
145	Russian Federation	13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	North Macedonia	13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
147	Curacao	13	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Albania	12.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	New Caledonia	12.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
150	Turkiye	12.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
151	Ukraine	11.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Cayman Islands	11.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Saudi Arabia	11.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	New Zealand	10.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
156	Malta	10.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
157	Monaco	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Montenegro	9.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Bhutan	9.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
160	Gibraltar	8.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Algeria	8.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
162	Isle of Man	8.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Belarus	8.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Brunei Darussalam	8.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
165	United Kingdom	8.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Latvia	7.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Bahrain	7.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
168	Greece	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Portugal	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Cyprus	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Australia	6.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Croatia	6.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Chile	6.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
174	Israel	6.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
175	Poland	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Oman	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
177	Czechia	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Malaysia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
179	Libya	5.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
180	Lithuania	5.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Qatar	5.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
182	Germany	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Maldives	5.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
184	China	5.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
185	Estonia	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Spain	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Canada	4.8	North America	High income
188	Faroe Islands	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Tunisia	4.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
190	Ireland	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Luxembourg	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Austria	3.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Belgium	3.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	France	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Slovenia	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
196	Andorra	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Iceland	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	United Arab Emirates	3.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
199	Finland	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Taiwan	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
201	Italy	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Singapore	2.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
203	Netherlands	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Sweden	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	Japan	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
206	Liechtenstein	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Kuwait	1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
208	Bermuda	1.5	North America	High income
209	Switzerland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
210	Norway	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
211	San Marino	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
212	Denmark	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
213	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
214	Korea, Rep.	0.54	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.51	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
216	Macao SAR, China	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Fertility rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19