Data for 2004

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2004

Name: Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2004
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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2004, 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), 2004 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 196.046; North Korea is lowest, at 0.842. The middle country reads 41.915. Against 2003, 221 values changed (61 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2004

HighestNiger

196.046

LowestNorth Korea

0.842

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

222countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2004, 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), 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	196.046
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	189.976
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	186.388
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	175.979
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	157.664
6	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	156.414
7	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	155.118
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	151.566
9	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	146.756
10	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	145.501
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	144.942
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	143.370
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	142.930
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	141.718
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	138.322
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	138.184
17	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	136.930
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	135.625
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	134.967
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	134.104
21	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	132.137
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	131.694
23	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	130.462
24	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	129.688
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	125.321
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	124.521
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	123.227
28	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	123.115
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	118.528
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	118.167
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	116.242
32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	115.301
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	108.584
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	106.216
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	106.203
36	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	105.772
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	103.189
38	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	102.218
39	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	100.599
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	100.425
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	99.423
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	96.543
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.454
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	93.126
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	91.735
46	Colombia`COL`South America	90.596
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	89.785
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	89.751
49	Guyana`GUY`South America	89.626
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	88.895
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.903
52	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	87.491
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	87.393
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.354
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	86.189
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	84.379
57	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.988
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	83.687
59	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.500
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	80.425
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	76.900
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.617
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.661
64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.389
65	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.680
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.329
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	74.086
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73.023
69	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	72.120
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.594
71	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.568
72	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.475
73	Peru`PER`South America	68.194
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.151
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	67.843
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.546
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.234
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.054
79	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	65.082
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	64.181
81	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	61.768
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.681
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	60.833
84	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	60.026
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.756
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.215
87	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	56.964
88	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	56.453
89	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	56.125
90	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	55.900
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.538
92	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.677
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	53.747
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.413
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.035
96	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	51.976
97	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	51.109
98	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	50.486
99	Chile`CHL`South America	50.063
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	49.983
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.982
102	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	48.321
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.211
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.029
105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.903
106	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	45.278
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45.007
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.964
109	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	43.403
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.571
111	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	41.924
112	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	41.905
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.010
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.707
115	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	40.673
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.644
117	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	40.522
118	United States`USA`Northern America	40.173
119	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	39.689
120	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	39.361
121	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	38.761
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.743
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38.364
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.927
125	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	36.247
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	35.998
127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.995
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	35.979
129	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.638
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35.548
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35.420
132	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	34.746
133	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	33.850
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	33.771
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.564
136	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.213
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.114
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.104
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.595
140	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	28.998
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.836
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.162
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.754
144	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	27.743
145	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	27.410
146	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27.278
147	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.240
148	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	27.196
149	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.052
150	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.330
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	25.461
152	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.704
153	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.521
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22.417
155	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.398
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.219
157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.211
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.838
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.982
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	20.841
161	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	20.773
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	20.721
163	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.690
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.324
165	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.307
166	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.714
167	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	19.396
168	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.721
169	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.647
170	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17.955
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.938
172	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.775
173	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.662
174	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17.612
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.301
176	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	17.199
177	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.899
178	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.144
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.059
180	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.523
181	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	15.437
182	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.761
183	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.575
184	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.760
185	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.712
186	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.685
187	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.629
188	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.733
189	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	11.784
190	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11.243
191	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.126
192	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.054
193	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.017
194	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.956
195	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.863
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.676
197	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.559
198	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.448
199	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	10.360
200	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	9.846
201	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	9.787
202	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8.712
203	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.036
204	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	7.789
205	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.686
206	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.147
207	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.233
208	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.884
209	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.872
210	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5.829
211	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.775
212	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.726
213	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.638
214	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.637
215	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.504
216	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.182
217	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	5.109
218	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.792
219	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	3.292
220	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.167
221	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.346
222	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.842

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger196.046
2Chad189.976
3Equatorial Guinea186.388
4Mali175.979
5Mozambique157.664

Lowest

222North Korea0.842
221South Korea2.346
220Macau3.167
219San Marino3.292
218Hong Kong3.792

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 41.915. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
61 · 160rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan27.485 → 35.979+8.494
British Virgin Islands29.803 → 36.247+6.444
Malta15.037 → 20.721+5.684
Bahrain15.692 → 20.982+5.290
Mauritania91.322 → 96.543+5.221

Fell most

India97.366 → 83.500−13.866
Sierra Leone155.972 → 146.756−9.216
South Sudan139.130 → 131.694−7.436
Palestine74.896 → 67.843−7.053
Afghanistan143.750 → 136.930−6.820

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (2004). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2004

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