Data for 1975

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1975

Name: Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1975
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1975, 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), 1975 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 223.570; Japan is lowest, at 4.149. The middle country reads 83.882. Against 1974, 222 values changed (86 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1975

HighestBangladesh

223.570

LowestJapan

4.149

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

222countries
1measure
1975the 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), 1975, 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), 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	223.570
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	209.435
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	204.938
4	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	202.189
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	199.131
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	197.697
7	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	194.360
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	192.341
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	190.158
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	189.726
11	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	188.156
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	184.998
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	181.588
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	181.163
15	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	175.325
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	173.150
17	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	172.818
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	171.782
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	171.140
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	168.489
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	167.094
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	165.641
23	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	164.699
24	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	163.576
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	162.513
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	159.817
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	158.713
28	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	158.513
29	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	154.572
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	151.305
31	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	150.363
32	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	149.132
33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	148.843
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	147.931
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	147.752
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	144.763
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	144.747
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	144.484
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	144.479
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	143.923
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	143.618
42	Belize`BLZ`Central America	142.490
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	142.314
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	142.237
45	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	141.330
46	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	140.475
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	139.985
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	136.927
49	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	136.326
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	135.455
51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	134.926
52	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	134.219
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	131.108
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	129.899
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	129.279
56	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	126.354
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	125.901
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	125.584
59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	124.518
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	123.791
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	122.685
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	122.325
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	121.117
64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	120.717
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	118.741
66	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	118.108
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	115.326
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	115.093
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	114.714
70	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114.010
71	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	113.845
72	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	113.744
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	113.523
74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	113.152
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	111.694
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	111.464
77	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	111.108
78	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	109.362
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	103.650
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	103.026
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	102.918
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	101.586
83	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	101.023
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.786
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.603
86	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	98.404
87	Peru`PER`South America	96.718
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	95.200
89	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.935
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	94.066
91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	93.086
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.632
93	Colombia`COL`South America	90.435
94	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	90.359
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.814
96	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	89.688
97	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	89.647
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	89.544
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.806
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	88.261
101	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	87.944
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	87.694
103	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	87.355
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.212
105	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	86.243
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	85.970
107	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	85.277
108	Suriname`SUR`South America	84.955
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	84.848
110	Chile`CHL`South America	84.186
111	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	83.988
112	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.776
113	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	83.619
114	Brazil`BRA`South America	82.017
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	82.016
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	80.579
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	80.417
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	79.680
119	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.239
120	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	78.164
121	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	77.224
122	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.013
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.508
124	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	76.159
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73.632
126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.313
127	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.076
128	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	72.948
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.300
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.978
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	68.989
132	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	67.374
133	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65.440
134	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	64.444
135	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	64.131
136	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.241
137	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.650
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.631
139	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.543
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.907
141	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.873
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.575
143	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	58.447
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	57.193
145	United States`USA`Northern America	56.502
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.254
147	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	54.788
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	54.508
149	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.568
150	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	53.008
151	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	52.933
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.728
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.717
154	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	52.436
155	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.093
156	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.180
157	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	47.940
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.702
159	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.093
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.068
161	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.788
162	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.479
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.200
164	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	44.490
165	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.282
166	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	43.221
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.165
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.984
169	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	42.054
170	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	40.934
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40.434
172	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	40.114
173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	39.899
174	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.873
175	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.719
176	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	38.534
177	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.915
178	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	36.447
179	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.243
180	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36.109
181	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.897
182	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	35.504
183	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	35.424
184	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	35.321
185	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34.392
186	France`FRA`Western Europe	33.963
187	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.731
188	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	33.391
189	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.812
190	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.591
191	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.163
192	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	30.754
193	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	30.626
194	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30.289
195	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.564
196	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	28.685
197	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	28.381
198	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.767
199	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	27.348
200	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.197
201	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	26.369
202	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	26.361
203	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	26.192
204	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.850
205	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.160
206	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.149
207	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.996
208	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	21.668
209	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.456
210	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.348
211	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.832
212	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	17.609
213	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.654
214	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16.647
215	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	16.513
216	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.102
217	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.942
218	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.232
219	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.435
220	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	9.096
221	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.829
222	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.149

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bangladesh223.570
2Chad209.435
3Niger204.938
4Côte d’Ivoire202.189
5Sierra Leone199.131

Lowest

222Japan4.149
221Macau5.829
220North Korea9.096
219Netherlands12.435
218South Korea13.232

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 83.882. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
86 · 136rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

New Caledonia82.850 → 90.359+7.509
Yemen161.694 → 168.489+6.795
Mauritania128.517 → 134.219+5.702
Czechia60.503 → 65.440+4.937
Portugal33.695 → 38.534+4.839

Fell most

Cuba135.890 → 122.685−13.205
Cambodia58.993 → 47.068−11.925
Sudan155.314 → 144.763−10.551
Kuwait111.442 → 102.918−8.524
United States Virgin Islands126.375 → 118.108−8.267

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (1975). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1975

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