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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1955

1955, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The adolescent birth rate is the number of babies born to girls and young women aged 15 to 19 for every 1,000 women of that age. Early childbearing carries higher risks for mother and child and often ends a girl's schooling, which is why reducing it is one of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1955 covers 222 countries. Senegal is highest, at 211.152; Japan is lowest, at 5.875. The middle country reads 95.305. Against 1954, 222 values changed (150 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1955

HighestSenegal

211.152

LowestJapan

5.875

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1955, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1955: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1SenegalSENWestern Africa211.152
2MaliMLIWestern Africa206.688
3NigerNERWestern Africa204.992
4GambiaGMBWestern Africa202.481
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia202.367
6Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean198.210
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa195.081
8Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa194.615
9Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean191.659
10BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia190.842
11QatarQATWestern Asia190.037
12GuatemalaGTMCentral America184.706
13UgandaUGAEastern Africa183.779
14LiberiaLBRWestern Africa182.224
15EgyptEGYNorthern Africa182.084
16KuwaitKWTWestern Asia181.473
17MontserratMSRCaribbean180.891
18Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa176.746
19MadagascarMDGEastern Africa176.609
20PakistanPAKSouthern Asia173.944
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa173.525
22ZambiaZMBEastern Africa173.132
23GuineaGINWestern Africa169.768
24Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa168.241
25AnguillaAIACaribbean167.131

02In 1955

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Senegal211.152
  2. 2Mali206.688
  3. 3Niger204.992
  4. 4Gambia202.481
  5. 5Bahrain202.367

Lowest

  1. 222Japan5.875
  2. 221Andorra8.531
  3. 220Spain10.140
  4. 219Ireland10.791
  5. 218Latvia12.168

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 95.305. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031954 → 1955

Since 1954

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 150 · 72rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1955.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (1955). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1955 [data set], describing 1955. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1955

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