Data for 1996

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1996

Name: Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1996
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1996, 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), 1996 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 209.603; North Korea is lowest, at 1.616. The middle country reads 56.590. Against 1995, 222 values changed (55 up, 167 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1996

HighestNiger

209.603

LowestNorth Korea

1.616

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

222countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1996, 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), 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	209.603
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	196.486
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	189.236
4	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	185.192
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	164.692
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	164.625
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	161.738
8	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	160.691
9	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	159.178
10	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	158.538
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	157.603
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	154.635
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	153.784
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	153.570
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	151.207
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	148.132
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	146.805
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	142.894
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	141.471
20	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	138.298
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	136.158
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	135.153
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	135.013
24	Honduras`HND`Central America	134.466
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	132.814
26	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	132.043
27	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	131.962
28	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	128.007
29	India`IND`Southern Asia	126.782
30	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	125.032
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	124.655
32	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	124.509
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	124.039
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	121.959
35	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	121.818
36	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	120.784
37	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	120.190
38	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	119.802
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	118.918
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	118.582
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	115.278
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	113.423
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	112.396
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	107.494
45	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	106.059
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	105.676
47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	104.626
48	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	102.993
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	102.401
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	102.108
51	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	100.260
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.959
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	97.821
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	95.518
55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.455
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	94.939
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.644
58	Colombia`COL`South America	92.484
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	91.932
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	91.636
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	89.260
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	89.061
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	88.529
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	87.328
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	86.669
66	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	86.583
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.884
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85.699
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	82.896
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	80.170
71	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	79.058
72	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	78.705
73	Peru`PER`South America	78.570
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	78.464
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	78.368
76	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	77.585
77	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	77.387
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	77.130
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.848
80	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	76.836
81	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.642
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.141
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.625
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.693
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.813
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.000
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.910
88	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	68.072
89	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	67.913
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.856
91	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	67.825
92	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	67.408
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.431
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	66.381
95	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.374
96	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	65.921
97	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	64.381
98	Chile`CHL`South America	64.061
99	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	63.648
100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	63.483
101	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62.540
102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.617
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.498
104	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60.439
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	59.848
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	59.132
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	58.862
108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.384
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.594
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.219
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.825
112	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	56.354
113	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	56.319
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.270
115	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.755
116	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	54.812
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	54.433
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.766
119	United States`USA`Northern America	52.583
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.971
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	51.481
122	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.933
123	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	50.932
124	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.726
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.325
126	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	50.311
127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49.674
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.360
129	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	48.310
130	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.061
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.386
132	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.276
133	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	45.886
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	45.240
135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.966
136	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.951
137	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	42.888
138	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	41.874
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.381
140	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.794
141	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	40.344
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.042
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.583
144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.439
145	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.060
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.897
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	37.283
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36.838
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.323
150	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	36.028
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.963
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	34.789
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.770
154	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.945
155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.739
156	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	32.650
157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	32.513
158	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	31.499
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	30.420
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	30.414
161	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	30.405
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29.472
163	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.956
164	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	28.742
165	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	28.429
166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.415
167	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.339
168	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28.007
169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.738
170	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25.041
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.009
172	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	24.848
173	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.285
174	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	22.874
175	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.092
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21.887
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.883
178	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.192
179	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.145
180	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.917
181	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.248
182	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.163
183	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	19.917
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	19.751
185	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.061
186	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	17.472
187	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	16.333
188	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.303
189	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.142
190	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.026
191	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	15.906
192	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.662
193	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.129
194	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.363
195	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13.595
196	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.061
197	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.654
198	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.652
199	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.253
200	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	11.223
201	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.048
202	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.991
203	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.937
204	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.158
205	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.005
206	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.252
207	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9.102
208	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.693
209	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.708
210	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.527
211	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.318
212	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.942
213	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	6.413
214	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.168
215	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.740
216	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.681
217	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.620
218	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.597
219	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.369
220	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.120
221	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.310
222	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.616

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger209.603
2Chad196.486
3Equatorial Guinea189.236
4Uganda185.192
5Ethiopia164.692

Lowest

222North Korea1.616
221South Korea3.310
220Japan4.120
219San Marino4.369
218Netherlands5.597

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 56.590. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
55 · 167rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea149.691 → 161.738+12.047
Ethiopia155.307 → 164.692+9.385
Madagascar143.519 → 148.132+4.613
Mozambique160.201 → 164.625+4.424
British Virgin Islands42.117 → 45.886+3.769

Fell most

Northern Mariana Islands97.116 → 77.387−19.729
Maldives73.120 → 58.862−14.258
Saint Lucia88.781 → 75.625−13.156
United States Virgin Islands91.048 → 78.705−12.343
Cambodia65.208 → 53.766−11.442

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (1996). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1996

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