Data for 1974

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974

Name: Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1974, 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), 1974 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 229.604; Japan is lowest, at 4.752. The middle country reads 83.925. Against 1973, 222 values changed (85 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1974

HighestBangladesh

229.604

LowestJapan

4.752

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

222countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974, 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.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	229.604
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	213.816
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	203.783
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	202.622
5	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	201.997
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	195.734
7	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	194.257
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	192.915
9	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	191.411
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	190.079
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	187.290
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	184.495
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	180.998
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	179.628
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	178.077
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	177.215
17	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	172.638
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	172.380
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	172.153
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	167.483
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	165.672
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	165.181
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	164.324
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	164.132
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	161.694
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	160.655
27	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	158.184
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	158.103
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	155.314
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	154.525
31	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	152.924
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	152.380
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	150.177
34	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	148.828
35	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	147.896
36	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	147.723
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	146.493
38	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	146.405
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	146.143
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	144.348
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	143.214
42	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	142.638
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	142.315
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	142.149
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	141.813
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	141.731
47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	140.520
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	139.287
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	138.094
50	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	137.690
51	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	136.123
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	135.890
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	133.858
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	132.817
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	130.404
56	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	129.155
57	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	128.517
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	127.373
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	127.191
60	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	126.375
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	126.128
62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	125.445
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	124.612
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	124.447
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	122.798
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	121.790
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	118.046
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	116.261
69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	116.040
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	115.457
71	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	115.304
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	114.507
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	113.766
74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	113.112
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	112.435
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	111.442
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	110.137
78	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	109.718
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	108.820
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	108.722
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	103.936
82	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	101.299
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.509
84	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	99.849
85	Peru`PER`South America	99.530
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.412
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	97.822
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	96.969
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	95.124
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	94.925
91	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	94.914
92	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.746
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	94.694
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	93.578
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	93.410
96	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	92.413
97	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	91.475
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	91.077
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	90.728
100	Colombia`COL`South America	90.561
101	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	89.509
102	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	89.407
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	88.856
104	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	88.748
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	88.369
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.091
107	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	87.277
108	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	86.562
109	Chile`CHL`South America	86.369
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	86.265
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	84.589
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83.260
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	83.182
114	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	82.987
115	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	82.950
116	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	82.850
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.666
118	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.322
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	80.280
120	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.016
121	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	77.846
122	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	77.769
123	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	76.188
124	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	75.546
125	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	75.386
126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.259
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.484
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.027
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	70.496
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	69.452
131	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	69.314
132	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	68.115
133	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	67.920
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	67.539
135	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.947
136	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.915
137	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.483
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.694
139	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	61.688
140	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.844
141	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.503
142	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.244
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.993
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.531
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.409
146	United States`USA`Northern America	58.380
147	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	57.266
148	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	56.869
149	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.585
150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.309
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.283
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.700
153	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	53.674
154	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	53.455
155	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.329
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.695
157	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.256
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.076
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	49.984
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46.152
161	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.850
162	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.732
163	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.456
164	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.155
165	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	44.884
166	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	43.919
167	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	43.121
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.048
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.041
170	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	42.641
171	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	42.184
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	41.233
173	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.226
174	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.486
175	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	39.161
176	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	38.888
177	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	38.602
178	France`FRA`Western Europe	37.107
179	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.650
180	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.261
181	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.178
182	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	34.648
183	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	34.608
184	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.552
185	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34.539
186	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	34.280
187	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	34.108
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.917
189	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.695
190	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	32.078
191	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.863
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.740
193	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	31.512
194	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.425
195	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.415
196	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.423
197	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.049
198	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29.041
199	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	28.384
200	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.677
201	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.602
202	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	27.442
203	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.651
204	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24.749
205	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.211
206	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.212
207	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22.136
208	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.571
209	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.022
210	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.012
211	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	19.981
212	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.107
213	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	18.568
214	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17.351
215	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.342
216	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	17.340
217	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.809
218	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.753
219	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.504
220	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	9.525
221	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.321
222	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.752

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bangladesh229.604
2Chad213.816
3Niger203.783
4Sierra Leone202.622
5Côte d’Ivoire201.997

Lowest

222Japan4.752
221Macau5.321
220North Korea9.525
219South Korea12.504
218Netherlands14.753

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 83.925. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
85 · 137rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles89.432 → 110.137+20.705
Hungary60.939 → 72.484+11.545
Nigeria177.735 → 187.290+9.555
Romania63.924 → 73.259+9.335
Mauritius46.517 → 55.283+8.766

Fell most

Cambodia75.201 → 58.993−16.208
Cayman Islands109.400 → 94.914−14.486
Sudan167.790 → 155.314−12.476
Qatar147.627 → 138.094−9.533
United States Virgin Islands135.789 → 126.375−9.414

04Caveats

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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 1974.
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UN DESA Population Division (1974). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1974

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