Countries by adolescent birth rate

Niger had the highest adolescent birth rate of 215 countries in 2015, at 178.4 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 37.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and the figure for the World was 46 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: the World Bank.

Highest178.4Niger

Lowest0.6North Korea

Median37.9215 countries

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Map of countries, 2015

Under 10
10 to 22
22 to 39
39 to 68
68 to 89
89 and over
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births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19	Change on 2014
1	Niger	178.4	-0.9%
2	Equatorial Guinea	169.7	-1.3%
3	Mozambique	168.9	-0.9%
4	Central African Republic	164.1	-0.9%
5	Chad	162.1	-3.1%
6	Mali	159.1	-1.4%
7	Angola	150.2	-0.9%
8	Liberia	140.3	-0.9%
9	Madagascar	135.6	-0.9%
10	Somalia	132.2	-1.1%
11	Guinea	129.7	-2.5%
12	Malawi	128.2	-3%
13	Zambia	128.1	-0.6%
14	Uganda	126.1	-1.5%
15	Tanzania	122.8	-1.7%
16	Republic of the Congo	120.7	-1.1%
17	Cameroon	119.7	-0.5%
18	Burkina Faso	119.4	-2.3%
19	Sierra Leone	116.3	-4.9%
20	Côte d’Ivoire	116.2	-1.1%
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	115.8	-2.6%
22	Nigeria	114.9	-7%
23	South Sudan	106.8	-3%
24	Zimbabwe	102.7	-2.8%
25	Nicaragua	102.1	-1.1%
26	São Tomé and Príncipe	101.9	-3.1%
27	Gabon	101.7	-2.6%
28	Mauritania	99	-1%
29	Guinea-Bissau	98.4	-3.9%
30	Benin	96.3	-0%
31	Nauru	91.6	+4.4%
32	Bangladesh	89.3	-2.8%
33	Venezuela	88.5	-3.7%
34	Honduras	88.1	-1.5%
35	Panama	86.6	-3.9%
36	Guatemala	85.8	-1.5%
37	Laos	84.8	+0.4%
38	Togo	84.6	-0.4%
39	Lesotho	83.9	-2%
40	Dominican Republic	83.2	-3%
41	Kenya	81.9	-9%
42	Nepal	81.6	-3.4%
43	Afghanistan	81	-3.6%
44	Guyana	80.1	-0.2%
45	Sudan	79.7	-0.5%
46	Ethiopia	79.4	-3.9%
47	Ecuador	79.4	-1.3%
48	Eswatini	77	-2.7%
49	Gambia	76.9	-5.9%
50	Paraguay	76.9	-0.3%
51	Iraq	76.4	-7.1%
52	Namibia	75.2	-2.3%
53	Vanuatu	74.4	-1.2%
54	Marshall Islands	73.9	-1.1%
55	Senegal	73.6	-1.9%
56	Bolivia	72.7	-1.7%
57	Eritrea	72.7	+0.3%
58	Yemen	72.7	-0.1%
59	Ghana	72.5	-0.1%
60	Belize	70.2	-1.3%
61	Colombia	69.8	-5.5%
62	Mexico	69.3	-6.8%
63	El Salvador	69.3	-0.8%
64	South Africa	68	-3.2%
65	Comoros	64.4	-3.2%
66	Argentina	63.9	-4.1%
67	Burundi	62.7	-3.1%
68	Azerbaijan	62.7	-1.4%
69	Brazil	61.8	-2.5%
70	Papua New Guinea	61.7	-4.1%
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61.4	-4.7%
72	Suriname	59.9	-0.2%
73	Solomon Islands	59.5	-1.8%
74	Cape Verde	58	-3.9%
75	Seychelles	57.7	+1.4%
76	Haiti	57.3	-2.8%
77	Botswana	57.2	+3.2%
78	Egypt	57.1	0%
79	Costa Rica	56.6	-5.2%
80	Uruguay	55.9	-4%
81	Peru	55.1	-3.4%
82	Philippines	53.6	-2.7%
83	Cambodia	53.6	-1.6%
84	Samoa	50.4	-1.7%
85	Cuba	50.1	+1.5%
86	Kiribati	49.5	-0.6%
87	Tajikistan	49.4	+1%
88	Pakistan	48.7	-2.2%
89	Thailand	48.7	-4.2%
90	Georgia	48.1	-5.4%
91	Palestine	47.8	-0.9%
92	Micronesia	47.6	-0.5%
93	Barbados	45.5	-0.2%
94	Jamaica	45.2	-5%
95	Kyrgyzstan	42.8	-6.2%
96	Syria	42.7	-3.5%
97	American Samoa	42.2	-2.1%
98	Vietnam	41.7	-1.3%
99	Guam	41	-12.5%
100	Greenland	40.4	-0.4%
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.4	-1.1%
102	Dominica	39.7	-4.8%
103	Chile	39.4	-10.5%
104	Bulgaria	39.1	-6%
105	Trinidad and Tobago	39	-0.9%
106	Rwanda	38.6	-3.1%
107	U.S. Virgin Islands	38	-6.2%
108	Indonesia	37.9	-5.6%
109	Iran	37.4	-3%
110	French Polynesia	37	-7.2%
111	Saint Lucia	36.9	-4.6%
112	Timor-Leste	36.8	-5.5%
113	Romania	36.5	+0.6%
114	Northern Mariana Islands	36.2	-9.9%
115	Antigua and Barbuda	35.9	+5.2%
116	Grenada	35.8	-4.8%
117	Moldova	35.7	+3.5%
118	Myanmar	35.2	+0.7%
119	Puerto Rico	34.7	-14.3%
120	Tuvalu	32.7	+0.2%
121	Aruba	32.3	-7.2%
122	Kazakhstan	32	-10.6%
123	Bahamas	30.8	-8.9%
124	Jordan	30.4	-6.5%
125	Mongolia	30.3	+5.2%
126	Curaçao	29.5	-7.3%
127	Morocco	28.8	-1.2%
128	Turkmenistan	28.7	+1.4%
129	Sint Maarten	27.8	-8.1%
130	Palau	27.1	-7%
131	Ukraine	26.2	-5.4%
132	Türkiye	25.6	-7%
133	Tonga	25.6	-2%
134	Uzbekistan	25.3	-3.8%
135	Armenia	25.1	-2.4%
136	Russia	24.7	-9%
137	Slovakia	24.3	+1.2%
138	Fiji	23.7	-17.6%
139	Hungary	23.7	-0.1%
140	Mauritius	23.3	-6%
141	Turks and Caicos Islands	23	-1.3%
142	Lebanon	22.7	-0.1%
143	United States	22	-8.9%
144	Djibouti	21.5	-2.5%
145	Albania	20.7	-5.1%
146	British Virgin Islands	19.5	-6.9%
147	North Macedonia	19.2	-6%
148	New Zealand	18.8	-2.5%
149	Saint Martin	18.3	-2%
150	Belarus	18.3	-13.2%
151	India	18.2	-36.8%
152	New Caledonia	18	-5.3%
153	Latvia	17.6	-5.5%
154	Sri Lanka	17	-5.7%
155	Serbia	16.9	-6.8%
156	Bhutan	16.5	-14.8%
157	Cayman Islands	15.3	-17.4%
158	Saudi Arabia	15.2	-4.6%
159	Bahrain	15.1	-2.7%
160	Oman	15	-2.7%
161	United Kingdom	14.7	-6.9%
162	Lithuania	14.5	+2.6%
163	Estonia	12.8	-16.8%
164	Poland	12.7	-6.4%
165	Malta	12.7	-5.3%
166	Australia	12	-7.9%
167	Brunei	11.9	-5.3%
168	Czechia	11.9	-2.1%
169	Malaysia	11.8	-8.5%
170	Maldives	11.7	-9.7%
171	Montenegro	11.2	-4.7%
172	China	10.9	-9.6%
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.8	+5.1%
174	Monaco	10.7	-2.1%
175	Qatar	10.6	-4.3%
176	Isle of Man	10.5	-1%
177	Algeria	10.3	+1%
178	Gibraltar	10.1	-10.9%
179	Croatia	9.8	-4.8%
180	Canada	9.7	-9.2%
181	Israel	9.7	-4.2%
182	Faroe Islands	9.5	-8.9%
183	Tunisia	8.8	+2.5%
184	Greece	8.4	+2.8%
185	Portugal	8.3	-7.7%
186	France	8.2	-7.5%
187	Germany	8.1	+2.8%
188	Ireland	8	-6.2%
189	Austria	7.8	+0.8%
190	Spain	7.7	-5%
191	Iceland	7.5	-8.3%
192	Kuwait	7.4	-6.8%
193	Libya	7.4	-2.7%
194	Belgium	6.7	-6.9%
195	Finland	6.4	-13%
196	Bermuda	6.2	-10.5%
197	Cyprus	5.5	+3.1%
198	United Arab Emirates	5.4	-14.1%
199	Luxembourg	5.3	-5%
200	Italy	5.1	-8.2%
201	Andorra	4.9	-0.2%
202	Sweden	4.7	-11%
203	Slovenia	4.6	-6.6%
204	Norway	4.6	-10%
205	Japan	4	-6.6%
206	Denmark	3.5	-7.7%
207	Hong Kong	3.3	+2.9%
208	Netherlands	3.2	-13.4%
209	Switzerland	2.8	-6.9%
210	Singapore	2.6	-14.3%
211	Liechtenstein	2.4	-14.5%
212	Macao	2.3	-16.6%
213	South Korea	1.6	-8.8%
214	San Marino	1.3	-7.9%
215	North Korea	0.6	-1.6%

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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.

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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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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT), Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2015. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2015. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate?

Niger, with 178.4 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2015, according to the World Bank.

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North Korea, with 0.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2015.

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