Data for 1977

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1977

Name: Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1977
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1977, 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), 1977 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 219.30; Japan is lowest, at 3.45. The middle country reads 79.96. Against 1976, 222 values changed (66 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1977

HighestBangladesh

219.30

LowestJapan

3.45

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

222countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
221distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1977, 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), 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	219.30
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	205.56
3	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	200.54
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	198.77
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	192.34
6	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	191.66
7	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	190.75
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	190.24
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	189.31
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	186.16
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	183.90
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	182.17
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	181.91
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	178.66
15	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	174.10
16	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	172.54
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	172.34
18	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	171.64
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	170.70
20	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	169.22
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	167.81
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	166.87
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	164.84
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	164.47
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	162.58
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	159.55
27	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	158.63
28	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	156.60
29	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	152.51
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	151.85
31	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	147.74
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	147.63
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	146.98
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	146.93
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	146.80
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	143.79
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	142.32
38	Belize`BLZ`Central America	141.85
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	141.65
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	141.08
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	139.84
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	139.80
43	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	139.27
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	137.56
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	137.38
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	136.81
47	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	136.57
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	135.73
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	134.99
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	134.01
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	132.45
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	128.92
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	127.46
54	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	126.01
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	124.90
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	123.64
57	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	123.00
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	122.77
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	121.14
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	119.24
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	118.39
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	116.55
63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	115.00
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	114.45
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	113.87
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	113.86
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	113.27
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	112.01
69	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	110.75
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	110.67
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	110.65
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	110.51
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	110.36
74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	109.94
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	109.89
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	107.25
77	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	105.39
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	103.59
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	101.04
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.95
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.19
82	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	99.06
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	98.73
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.53
85	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	95.52
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.09
87	Peru`PER`South America	93.69
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.61
89	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	92.36
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	91.03
91	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	89.77
92	Colombia`COL`South America	89.72
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.37
94	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	88.22
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.86
96	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	87.78
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	87.56
98	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	87.31
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	87.22
100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	86.79
101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	86.65
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	85.64
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	85.63
104	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	85.01
105	Paraguay`PRY`South America	83.87
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.97
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	82.30
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	81.64
109	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	80.91
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	80.70
111	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	80.07
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.85
113	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	79.49
114	Chile`CHL`South America	79.41
115	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	79.20
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	78.43
117	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	78.01
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	77.31
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.63
120	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.19
121	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	76.18
122	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	75.83
123	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	74.22
124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.36
125	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.54
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	71.41
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	70.49
128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.01
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.74
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.96
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.90
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63.77
133	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	61.50
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.63
135	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.57
136	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	60.33
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.96
138	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	58.86
139	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.73
140	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	58.14
141	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	57.76
142	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.97
143	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.60
144	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.31
145	United States`USA`Northern America	54.16
146	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.04
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.87
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.64
149	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	53.32
150	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.16
151	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	50.92
152	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	50.44
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.93
154	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.53
155	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49.14
156	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	47.90
157	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	47.12
158	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.03
159	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	46.83
160	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	46.55
161	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	43.85
162	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	43.78
163	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.29
164	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	43.19
165	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	41.70
166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.46
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.24
168	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	40.20
169	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	40.09
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.71
171	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.33
172	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.02
173	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.53
174	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	38.44
175	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.17
176	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.76
177	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.51
178	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36.27
179	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.22
180	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	35.57
181	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	35.54
182	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	35.53
183	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.40
184	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.34
185	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.16
186	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.92
187	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	31.60
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30.52
189	France`FRA`Western Europe	29.79
190	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	28.96
=191	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.28
=191	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	28.28
193	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	27.96
194	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27.49
195	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.22
196	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.87
197	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.23
198	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	25.42
199	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.20
200	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.78
201	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	23.86
202	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.82
203	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.71
204	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.82
205	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.11
206	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.21
207	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.78
208	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.76
209	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	20.72
210	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.07
211	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.00
212	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16.53
213	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	16.35
214	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.97
215	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14.33
216	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14.24
217	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.44
218	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.53
219	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.94
220	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.90
221	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.66
222	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.45

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bangladesh219.30
2Chad205.56
3Côte d’Ivoire200.54
4Niger198.77
5Sierra Leone192.34

Lowest

222Japan3.45
221Macau6.66
220North Korea7.90
219Netherlands9.94
218Switzerland10.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 79.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
66 · 156rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cameroon173.76 → 178.66+4.90
Iran129.77 → 134.01+4.24
Lesotho106.85 → 110.65+3.80
Eswatini178.56 → 182.17+3.61
Paraguay80.31 → 83.87+3.56

Fell most

Cuba109.43 → 96.53−12.90
India158.43 → 146.80−11.63
Cambodia36.39 → 26.87−9.51
Qatar121.62 → 113.86−7.77
Sudan134.84 → 127.46−7.38

04Caveats

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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 1977.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 28.28. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (1977). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1977

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