Countries by adolescent birth rate

Niger had the highest adolescent birth rate of 215 countries in 2012, at 187.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. North Korea had the lowest, at 0.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. The median was 42.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and the figure for the World was 52.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: the World Bank.

Highest187.1Niger

Lowest0.6North Korea

Median42.2215 countries

World52.2History

Map of countries, 2012

Under 11
11 to 25
25 to 44
44 to 71
71 to 96
96 and over
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births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, 2012. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2012

births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: World Bank, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19	Change on 2011
1	Niger	187.1	-2.5%
2	Chad	179	-1.6%
3	Equatorial Guinea	175.9	-1.3%
4	Central African Republic	167.6	-0.5%
5	Mozambique	167.5	+1.6%
6	Mali	166.9	-1.1%
7	Angola	155.5	-1.3%
8	Liberia	143.5	-1.5%
9	Guinea	138.2	-2.3%
10	Malawi	138.2	-1.8%
11	Madagascar	137.3	-1.6%
12	Somalia	135.1	+1.4%
13	Uganda	132.2	-0.2%
14	Zambia	131	-0.1%
15	Sierra Leone	128.8	-0.8%
16	Nigeria	127.6	-0.1%
17	Burkina Faso	127.2	+0.3%
18	Republic of the Congo	126.4	-3%
19	Cameroon	124.6	-3.4%
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	124	+1.3%
21	Côte d’Ivoire	120.4	-2.1%
22	São Tomé and Príncipe	117.5	-3.4%
23	Tanzania	115.8	+0.2%
24	South Sudan	113	-0.9%
25	Gabon	112	-2.9%
26	Zimbabwe	110.4	-1.8%
27	Guinea-Bissau	107.9	-2.3%
28	Nicaragua	105.7	-1.1%
29	Bangladesh	104.6	-0.8%
30	Mauritania	101.6	-0.3%
31	Kenya	100.2	-4.2%
32	Venezuela	96	-0.1%
33	Guatemala	95.4	+0.6%
34	Afghanistan	95.2	-6.3%
35	Benin	95.2	-0.4%
36	Dominican Republic	93.5	-2.1%
37	Honduras	93.5	-2.3%
38	Ethiopia	92.3	-10.3%
39	Panama	92.1	+0.1%
40	Ecuador	90	-2.5%
41	Gambia	89.7	-0.1%
42	Iraq	88.5	-1.2%
43	Laos	87.6	-1.3%
44	Lesotho	87.4	+2.5%
45	Togo	84.7	+0.2%
46	Nauru	83.8	-0.2%
47	Sudan	83.6	-3.3%
48	Senegal	81.6	+0.8%
49	Nepal	81.5	+1.8%
50	Eswatini	80.8	-1.8%
51	Namibia	80.2	+1.6%
52	Guyana	79.9	-2.2%
53	Colombia	79.6	+0.1%
54	Marshall Islands	79.1	-4.7%
55	Mexico	78.3	+0.8%
56	Paraguay	77.3	+1.5%
57	Bolivia	76.9	-1.7%
58	Vanuatu	75.8	+1.1%
59	Eritrea	72.6	-2%
60	Belize	72.4	-0.3%
61	Burundi	72	-4.7%
62	Yemen	72	-0.1%
63	Ghana	71.6	+0.3%
64	El Salvador	71.4	-0.5%
65	Comoros	70.8	-2.8%
66	Papua New Guinea	67.8	-1.5%
67	Seychelles	66.8	-0.2%
68	Cape Verde	65.7	-8.4%
69	Costa Rica	65.6	+0.3%
70	Argentina	64.9	-2.9%
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	64.7	+0.9%
72	Brazil	64.3	-0.8%
73	Haiti	62.3	-0.6%
74	Suriname	62.2	-3.8%
75	Solomon Islands	61.1	-0.6%
76	Uruguay	60.4	+2.1%
77	Peru	60.1	-1.4%
78	South Africa	59.7	+4.3%
79	Azerbaijan	58.1	+13.8%
80	Philippines	57.9	-2.3%
81	Guam	56.4	-1.3%
82	Egypt	56.2	+1%
83	Botswana	55.6	+0.3%
84	Thailand	54	-0.4%
85	Cambodia	53.5	+6.7%
86	Cuba	51.8	-6.7%
87	Kiribati	51.5	-1.9%
88	Pakistan	51.5	-1.5%
89	Samoa	51.1	+8.1%
90	Jamaica	51	-2.1%
91	Palestine	50.7	-0.6%
92	Chile	50.4	-2.1%
93	Micronesia	49.7	-1.1%
94	Puerto Rico	48.8	-5.8%
95	Syria	47.5	-2.3%
96	Georgia	47.3	-6.4%
97	Barbados	46.5	-3.4%
98	Tajikistan	45.9	+2.4%
99	U.S. Virgin Islands	45.5	-10.9%
100	Indonesia	44.6	-2.1%
101	Dominica	44.3	-0.8%
102	Kyrgyzstan	44	+5.3%
103	Timor-Leste	43.2	-3.3%
104	Bulgaria	43.2	+1.9%
105	Northern Mariana Islands	42.9	-4.4%
106	Grenada	42.8	-3.2%
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42.6	-2.2%
108	Greenland	42.2	-6.5%
109	French Polynesia	41.2	-1.7%
110	Rwanda	40.7	-2.3%
111	American Samoa	40.1	+5.4%
112	Trinidad and Tobago	39.9	-0.2%
113	India	39.5	-3.1%
114	Vietnam	39.1	+5.8%
115	Saint Lucia	38.4	+0.5%
116	Aruba	38.3	-3.8%
117	Antigua and Barbuda	37.8	-7.2%
118	Iran	37.5	+6.8%
119	Romania	37.2	-0.2%
120	Curaçao	36	+5.2%
121	Bahamas	35.7	-1.7%
122	Myanmar	34.7	-0.5%
123	Sint Maarten	34.7	-4.9%
124	Tuvalu	34.2	+0.6%
125	Fiji	34.1	+2.2%
126	Jordan	34	-0.2%
127	Kazakhstan	33	+7.3%
128	Morocco	31.1	-2.7%
129	Türkiye	30.1	-5.2%
130	Mongolia	30.1	+24.9%
131	Moldova	30.1	-0.1%
132	Ukraine	30	+0.4%
133	Russia	29.7	+0.9%
134	Armenia	29.5	-5.3%
134	Mauritius	29.5	-2.6%
136	Palau	29.5	+2.3%
137	United States	29.4	-7.4%
138	Saint Martin	27.5	+2.4%
139	Cayman Islands	27	-15.4%
140	Turkmenistan	26.4	+5.1%
141	Uzbekistan	26.2	+5.8%
142	New Zealand	24.7	-6%
143	Bhutan	24.7	-11.5%
144	Tonga	24.3	+3.7%
145	Belarus	24.1	+5.7%
146	Turks and Caicos Islands	23.8	+1%
147	Djibouti	22.8	-1.6%
148	Lebanon	22.8	+0.7%
149	Slovakia	22.5	-2.6%
150	New Caledonia	21.6	-0.9%
151	Albania	21.3	+3.4%
152	North Macedonia	21.3	+4.9%
153	Sri Lanka	20.9	-2.1%
154	United Kingdom	20	-7.8%
155	Hungary	19.9	+9%
156	Serbia	19.5	+0.2%
157	Latvia	19.4	+4.1%
158	British Virgin Islands	18	-21.3%
159	Saudi Arabia	17.2	-2.6%
160	Malta	16.5	-8.2%
161	Estonia	16.4	-5.9%
162	Australia	16	-1.6%
163	Maldives	15.7	-6.2%
164	Lithuania	15.5	+1.7%
165	Bahrain	15	+1.8%
166	Brunei	14.8	-0.4%
167	Poland	14.8	-0.8%
168	Gibraltar	13.9	-5.1%
169	Qatar	13.7	-3.5%
170	Montenegro	13.6	-6%
171	Oman	13.4	+2.7%
172	Malaysia	13.3	-3%
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.7	-4.7%
174	Czechia	12.7	+6%
175	China	12.5	+6.2%
176	Canada	12.3	-3.1%
177	Portugal	11.9	-10.8%
178	Israel	11.6	-5.3%
179	Ireland	11.4	-9.3%
180	Croatia	11.3	-3%
181	Isle of Man	11.1	-1.9%
182	Monaco	11	-2.8%
183	Iceland	10.9	-4.6%
184	Faroe Islands	10.8	+1.6%
185	France	9.9	-3.4%
186	Bermuda	9.9	-14.8%
187	Algeria	9.7	-0.2%
188	Spain	9.1	-7.2%
189	Kuwait	9	-5.4%
190	Austria	8.9	-4.6%
191	United Arab Emirates	8.8	-13%
192	Greece	8.8	-9.6%
193	Belgium	8.7	-8%
194	Germany	8.3	-4.3%
195	Finland	7.7	-2.1%
196	Tunisia	7.5	+9.5%
197	Libya	7.2	+1.5%
198	Andorra	6.6	-13.2%
199	Luxembourg	6.5	-2.4%
200	Italy	6.4	-2.6%
201	Norway	6.2	-13.4%
202	Cyprus	6.1	+4%
203	Sweden	5.8	-5.2%
204	Slovenia	4.8	-5.8%
205	Netherlands	4.5	-7.4%
206	Denmark	4.4	-3%
207	Japan	4.3	-3.2%
208	Singapore	3.8	-4.1%
209	Switzerland	3.4	-3%
210	Macao	3.3	-0.4%
211	Hong Kong	3	-3.4%
212	Liechtenstein	2.6	-15.8%
213	South Korea	1.7	-5.9%
214	San Marino	1.6	-17.8%
215	North Korea	0.6	-1.1%

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Births to women aged 15 to 19 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in the year. World Bank series from the UN World Population Prospects.

UN estimates fitted to registration, census and survey data, so they can differ from national birth counts. Years after the last WPP estimate year are projections and are not stored.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate?

Niger, with 187.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2012, according to the World Bank.

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North Korea, with 0.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2012.

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