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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1989

1989, 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), 1989 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 208.490; North Korea is lowest, at 3.222. The middle country reads 66.008. Against 1988, 222 values changed (84 up, 138 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1989

HighestNiger

208.490

LowestNorth Korea

3.222

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), 1989, 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), 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NigerNERWestern Africa208.490
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa207.331
3BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia184.504
4Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa180.429
5UgandaUGAEastern Africa177.932
6LiberiaLBRWestern Africa172.019
7EthiopiaETHEastern Africa168.275
8Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa166.746
9MaliMLIWestern Africa166.056
10MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa162.687
11GambiaGMBWestern Africa162.315
12Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa160.595
13Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa160.063
14CameroonCMRMiddle Africa159.990
15South SudanSSDEastern Africa158.603
16MalawiMWIEastern Africa158.351
17GabonGABMiddle Africa156.082
18ZambiaZMBEastern Africa154.542
19YemenYEMWestern Asia154.397
20NicaraguaNICCentral America150.025
21GuineaGINWestern Africa149.636
22Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia147.056
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa146.040
24Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa145.427
25IndiaINDSouthern Asia144.978

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Niger208.490
  2. 2Chad207.331
  3. 3Bangladesh184.504
  4. 4Equatorial Guinea180.429
  5. 5Uganda177.932

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea3.222
  2. 221Japan3.425
  3. 220South Korea4.625
  4. 219Hong Kong6.088
  5. 218Singapore6.534

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 66.008. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 84 · 138rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Maldives150.685 → 140.698−9.987
  • Iran105.407 → 96.506−8.901
  • Romania63.954 → 55.751−8.203
  • Türkiye72.177 → 64.089−8.088
  • Benin133.585 → 125.906−7.679

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 1989.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1989). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1989

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