Countries by adolescent birth rate

Niger had the highest adolescent birth rate of 215 countries in 2016, at 177.5 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 35.4 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and the figure for the World was 44 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: the World Bank.

Highest177.5Niger

Lowest0.6North Korea

Median35.4215 countries

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Map of countries, 2016

Under 9
9 to 21
21 to 39
39 to 62
62 to 87
87 and over
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births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, 2016. 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, 2016

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	2016 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19	Change on 2015
1	Niger	177.5	-0.5%
2	Mozambique	167.4	-0.9%
3	Equatorial Guinea	167.3	-1.4%
4	Central African Republic	164.3	+0.2%
5	Mali	156.9	-1.4%
6	Chad	155.8	-3.9%
7	Angola	148.9	-0.9%
8	Liberia	137.8	-1.8%
9	Madagascar	135.2	-0.3%
10	Somalia	130.6	-1.2%
11	Zambia	127.3	-0.7%
12	Guinea	126.7	-2.3%
13	Malawi	125.1	-2.4%
14	Tanzania	122.4	-0.3%
15	Uganda	121.6	-3.6%
16	Cameroon	119.4	-0.3%
17	Republic of the Congo	118.9	-1.4%
18	Burkina Faso	114.5	-4.1%
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	113.5	-2%
20	Côte d’Ivoire	113	-2.7%
21	Sierra Leone	111.2	-4.4%
22	Nigeria	106.9	-6.9%
23	South Sudan	104.7	-2%
24	Nicaragua	100.9	-1.1%
25	Zimbabwe	100.8	-1.8%
26	Gabon	99.8	-1.9%
27	Mauritania	97.9	-1.1%
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	97.4	-4.4%
29	Nauru	96.4	+5.3%
30	Benin	95.2	-1.2%
31	Guinea-Bissau	94.3	-4.2%
32	Bangladesh	87.8	-1.6%
33	Honduras	86.9	-1.3%
34	Lesotho	85.8	+2.3%
35	Guatemala	85	-0.9%
36	Venezuela	84.2	-4.9%
37	Laos	84.1	-0.8%
38	Togo	84.1	-0.5%
39	Panama	82.5	-4.8%
40	Guyana	79	-1.3%
41	Nepal	78.8	-3.4%
42	Dominican Republic	78.6	-5.4%
43	Afghanistan	78.1	-3.6%
44	Sudan	77.5	-2.7%
45	Ethiopia	77.4	-2.6%
46	Paraguay	76.6	-0.3%
47	Eswatini	75.4	-2.1%
48	Ecuador	74.6	-6%
49	Namibia	74.2	-1.3%
50	Kenya	73.8	-9.9%
51	Marshall Islands	73.8	-0.2%
52	Vanuatu	73.5	-1.3%
53	Yemen	72.8	+0.2%
54	Eritrea	72.3	-0.5%
55	Gambia	72.2	-6.1%
56	Senegal	72	-2.2%
57	Bolivia	71.5	-1.6%
58	Iraq	71.1	-7%
59	Belize	70.7	+0.6%
60	Ghana	70.4	-2.8%
61	Colombia	66.8	-4.2%
62	Mexico	66.1	-4.6%
63	El Salvador	65.1	-6.1%
64	Comoros	62.2	-3.4%
65	South Africa	61.6	-9.4%
66	Burundi	60.4	-3.7%
67	Seychelles	59.8	+3.8%
68	Papua New Guinea	59.2	-4.1%
69	Azerbaijan	58.9	-6.1%
70	Argentina	58.8	-8%
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	58.8	-4.3%
72	Cape Verde	58.6	+1.1%
73	Brazil	58.4	-5.5%
74	Solomon Islands	58.3	-1.9%
75	Suriname	58.2	-2.7%
76	Haiti	56.5	-1.5%
77	Botswana	54.3	-5%
78	Egypt	54	-5.4%
79	Costa Rica	53.4	-5.7%
80	Peru	53.2	-3.4%
81	Cambodia	52.5	-2%
82	Uruguay	50.8	-9.1%
83	Philippines	50.2	-6.4%
84	Kiribati	49.6	+0.1%
85	Cuba	48.4	-3.4%
86	Samoa	48.4	-4%
87	Micronesia	47.7	+0.3%
88	Pakistan	47.5	-2.4%
89	Palestine	46	-3.8%
90	Tajikistan	45.8	-7.2%
91	Barbados	45.5	-0%
92	Thailand	44.5	-8.6%
93	Georgia	44	-8.6%
94	Jamaica	42.8	-5.2%
95	Syria	41.6	-2.5%
96	Guam	40.7	-0.8%
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.3	-0.2%
98	Greenland	40.2	-0.4%
99	Kyrgyzstan	39.7	-7.3%
100	American Samoa	39.5	-6.5%
101	Vietnam	39.2	-6%
102	Trinidad and Tobago	38.9	-0.4%
103	Bulgaria	38.1	-2.6%
104	Romania	37.6	+3%
105	Dominica	37.5	-5.5%
106	Rwanda	36.6	-5.2%
107	Iran	36.2	-3.3%
108	Moldova	35.4	-0.8%
109	Indonesia	35.4	-6.6%
110	Saint Lucia	35.2	-4.7%
111	Myanmar	35.2	+0.1%
112	Timor-Leste	34.9	-5.1%
113	U.S. Virgin Islands	34	-10.6%
114	French Polynesia	33.9	-8.2%
115	Grenada	33.9	-5.4%
116	Chile	33.7	-14.7%
117	Mongolia	32.5	+7.4%
118	Tuvalu	32.5	-0.5%
119	Northern Mariana Islands	32.2	-11.1%
120	Antigua and Barbuda	31.4	-12.5%
121	Puerto Rico	30.2	-13%
122	Aruba	30.1	-6.9%
123	Palau	29.4	+8.8%
124	Bahamas	29	-6%
125	Jordan	28.6	-5.9%
126	Kazakhstan	28.6	-10.6%
127	Morocco	28.5	-0.8%
128	Turkmenistan	28.3	-1.2%
129	Slovakia	26.2	+7.8%
130	Sint Maarten	25.2	-9.3%
131	Ukraine	25	-4.4%
132	Tonga	24.9	-2.5%
133	Hungary	24.8	+5%
134	Curaçao	24.7	-16.3%
135	Armenia	24.4	-2.9%
136	Türkiye	24.2	-5.5%
137	Mauritius	23.5	+1%
138	Uzbekistan	23	-9.3%
139	Lebanon	22.8	+0.5%
140	Turks and Caicos Islands	22.3	-2.7%
141	Fiji	21.9	-7.5%
142	Russia	21.9	-11.6%
143	Djibouti	21	-2.4%
144	United States	20.1	-8.9%
145	North Macedonia	18.6	-2.9%
146	Albania	18.5	-10.4%
147	Saint Martin	17.9	-2.5%
148	New Caledonia	16.9	-6%
149	Sri Lanka	16.5	-3.3%
150	New Zealand	16.4	-12.8%
151	Belarus	16.1	-12.3%
152	Serbia	15.8	-7%
153	Latvia	15.5	-12.2%
154	Saudi Arabia	15	-1.4%
155	British Virgin Islands	14.5	-25.3%
155	India	14.5	-20.1%
157	Bhutan	14.1	-14.3%
158	Bahrain	14.1	-6.5%
159	United Kingdom	14	-5.2%
160	Oman	13.9	-7.3%
161	Lithuania	13.8	-4.9%
162	Malta	13.2	+3.6%
163	Cayman Islands	12.7	-17%
164	Poland	12.3	-3.1%
165	Czechia	11.8	-0.6%
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.3	+4.5%
167	Brunei	11.1	-6.9%
168	Australia	10.9	-9.1%
169	Estonia	10.9	-14.7%
170	Monaco	10.9	+1.6%
171	China	10.7	-1.3%
172	Montenegro	10.7	-4.8%
173	Algeria	10.5	+2%
174	Malaysia	10.5	-11.2%
175	Isle of Man	10.4	-1%
176	Maldives	10.3	-11.9%
177	Croatia	9.9	+1.1%
178	Qatar	9.4	-11.8%
179	Israel	9.3	-4.1%
180	Germany	9.2	+13.7%
181	Greece	9	+7.4%
182	Gibraltar	8.8	-12.5%
183	Faroe Islands	8.8	-8.1%
184	Canada	8.7	-10.5%
185	Tunisia	8.2	-6.8%
186	Portugal	7.9	-4.1%
187	France	7.6	-7.6%
188	Austria	7.5	-4.4%
189	Ireland	7.3	-8.9%
190	Spain	7.3	-4.9%
191	Libya	7.2	-2.5%
192	Iceland	6.7	-11.2%
193	Kuwait	6.5	-13.1%
194	Cyprus	6.3	+14.2%
195	Belgium	6.2	-6.5%
196	Finland	5.6	-12.4%
197	Bermuda	5.4	-12%
198	Luxembourg	4.9	-8.7%
199	Italy	4.8	-7.2%
200	United Arab Emirates	4.6	-15.4%
201	Andorra	4.6	-7.3%
202	Sweden	4.5	-4.1%
203	Slovenia	4.3	-6.6%
204	Norway	3.9	-14.6%
205	Japan	3.8	-7.2%
206	Denmark	3.4	-2.4%
207	Hong Kong	3.1	-6.9%
208	Netherlands	3	-6.9%
209	Switzerland	2.8	+2.5%
210	Liechtenstein	2.5	+6.6%
211	Singapore	2.4	-6.3%
212	Macao	2	-11.6%
213	South Korea	1.5	-9.8%
214	San Marino	1.2	-9.9%
215	North Korea	0.6	-1.7%

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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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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT), Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2016. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2016. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate?

Niger, with 177.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2016, according to the World Bank.

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North Korea, with 0.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2016.

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