Countries by adolescent birth rate

The Central African Republic had the highest adolescent birth rate of 215 countries in 2020, at 164 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 30.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and the figure for the World was 40.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: the World Bank.

Highest164Central African Republic

Lowest0.6North Korea

Median30.2215 countries

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Map of countries, 2020

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15 to 33
33 to 56
56 to 81
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births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19	Change on 2019
1	Central African Republic	164	-0.6%
2	Mozambique	159	-1.4%
3	Equatorial Guinea	156	-1.8%
4	Niger	152	-3.2%
5	Angola	144.3	-0.5%
6	Mali	143.4	-0.8%
7	Chad	140.7	-1.8%
8	Madagascar	135	-1%
9	Liberia	130.5	-1.1%
10	Guinea	125.1	-1%
11	Somalia	122.7	-1.6%
12	Zambia	120.7	-1.8%
13	Malawi	118.8	-1.5%
14	Tanzania	117	-1.5%
15	Republic of the Congo	113.6	-0.8%
16	Uganda	112.9	-1.8%
17	Cameroon	112.1	-2.2%
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110.3	-0.7%
19	South Sudan	100.6	-0.5%
20	Sierra Leone	100.2	-2%
21	Zimbabwe	98.9	+0.2%
22	Côte d’Ivoire	96.9	-2.1%
23	Nicaragua	96.5	-1.2%
24	Gabon	96.3	-1.4%
25	Mauritania	92.9	-1.5%
26	Burkina Faso	91.5	-5.4%
27	Nigeria	89.1	-3.8%
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	89	-1.1%
29	Guinea-Bissau	85.9	-1.3%
30	Honduras	84.3	-0.9%
31	Laos	83.5	-0.6%
32	Benin	81.1	-3.3%
33	Togo	80.8	-1%
34	Nauru	79.7	-1%
35	Bangladesh	79.2	0%
36	Yemen	74.3	+0.4%
37	Guyana	74.2	-1.9%
38	Lesotho	74.1	-3.2%
39	Venezuela	73.8	-1%
40	Ethiopia	73.7	-1.1%
41	Paraguay	72.9	-1.5%
42	Guatemala	72.5	-6%
43	Eswatini	72.1	-1.6%
44	Marshall Islands	71.6	-2.1%
45	Sudan	71.2	-2.1%
46	Nepal	70.3	-1.9%
47	Namibia	70.1	-2.5%
48	Vanuatu	69.1	-1.6%
49	Afghanistan	68.9	-2.9%
50	Bolivia	67.5	-1.4%
51	Eritrea	67.2	-1.7%
52	Senegal	63.1	-2.2%
53	Colombia	62.9	-2.2%
54	Ecuador	62.6	-7.9%
55	Mexico	62.6	-1.2%
56	Panama	62.6	-9.8%
57	Ghana	62	-3.5%
58	Gambia	61.9	-2.4%
59	Iraq	61.7	-2.1%
60	Kenya	59.4	-6.7%
61	Dominican Republic	58.9	-12.1%
62	Comoros	58.5	-1.3%
63	Belize	58.5	-10.8%
64	Seychelles	57.3	-2.2%
65	El Salvador	56.9	-1.5%
66	Papua New Guinea	56.4	-1%
67	Burundi	55.7	-1.5%
68	Botswana	55.6	-1.2%
69	Haiti	52.6	-1.9%
70	Solomon Islands	52.2	-0.7%
71	Suriname	52.1	-2.1%
72	South Africa	51.6	-3.1%
73	Cuba	50.5	-1.1%
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	50.3	-5.4%
75	Cambodia	48.6	-3.2%
76	Kiribati	47.9	-2.4%
77	Brazil	47.5	-6.9%
78	Barbados	45.9	-0.2%
79	Tajikistan	45.7	-2.7%
80	Samoa	45.5	-3.5%
81	Peru	45.4	-4%
82	Micronesia	44.6	-2.3%
83	Pakistan	44.6	-2.2%
84	Egypt	43.8	-0.3%
85	Azerbaijan	41.6	-13.1%
86	Syria	41.2	+0.2%
87	Cape Verde	39.9	-11.7%
88	Palestine	38.9	-3.6%
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38.7	-2.3%
90	Trinidad and Tobago	37.7	-0.8%
91	Bulgaria	37.5	-4.2%
92	Greenland	37.1	-1.3%
93	Jamaica	36.8	-2.5%
94	Dominica	35.9	-0.7%
95	Vietnam	35	-0.6%
96	Guam	34.7	-1.7%
97	Philippines	34.5	-9.5%
98	Myanmar	34.2	-0.3%
99	Romania	34.2	-3%
100	American Samoa	34.1	-0.4%
101	Antigua and Barbuda	33.9	+7%
102	Costa Rica	33.4	-20.8%
103	Kyrgyzstan	32.5	-12.8%
104	U.S. Virgin Islands	31.8	-1.3%
105	Rwanda	31.5	-1.6%
106	Argentina	31.5	-24.6%
107	Grenada	30.4	-3.9%
108	Palau	30.2	-0.8%
109	Thailand	29.6	-5.1%
110	Uruguay	29.6	-10.5%
111	Timor-Leste	29.4	-3.5%
112	Saint Lucia	29.3	-5%
113	Tuvalu	28.8	-8.8%
114	French Polynesia	27.2	-4.5%
115	Indonesia	27.2	-5.9%
116	Georgia	27.1	-8.5%
117	Northern Mariana Islands	27	-1.8%
118	Iran	27	-8.1%
119	Morocco	26.8	-1.9%
120	Moldova	26.4	-6.3%
121	Mongolia	26.1	-12.1%
122	Slovakia	26	-2.7%
123	Bahamas	25.1	-3.4%
124	Tonga	24.9	-1.5%
125	Turkmenistan	24.7	-3.7%
126	Mauritius	22.8	+0.1%
127	Kazakhstan	22	-0.3%
128	Lebanon	21.8	-1.3%
129	Fiji	21.7	-1.6%
130	Hungary	21.3	-0.4%
131	Uzbekistan	21.3	-3.8%
132	Jordan	21	-7.1%
133	Aruba	20.6	-7.1%
134	Djibouti	19.8	-1.2%
135	Sint Maarten	18.6	-4.5%
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.9	-6.6%
137	North Macedonia	17.2	-0.5%
138	Saint Martin	16.3	+9.1%
139	Puerto Rico	16.2	-14.3%
140	Ukraine	15.5	-6.9%
141	Sri Lanka	15.5	-0.9%
142	Türkiye	15.3	-12.6%
143	United States	14.7	-9.2%
144	India	14.4	-2.5%
145	Chile	14.4	-24%
146	Albania	14	-6.3%
147	Curaçao	14	-11.3%
148	Russia	13.8	-3.3%
149	Armenia	13.7	-15.9%
150	British Virgin Islands	13.7	+1.8%
151	Serbia	13.5	-2.1%
152	New Caledonia	13.2	-5.5%
153	New Zealand	11.9	-9.3%
154	Cayman Islands	11.9	+2.7%
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.3	-0.4%
156	Saudi Arabia	11.3	-12%
157	Malta	11	-4.8%
158	Belarus	10.9	-3.9%
159	Monaco	10.5	+0.8%
160	Latvia	10.5	-12.5%
161	Montenegro	10.4	-3.1%
162	Algeria	9.9	-4.1%
163	United Kingdom	9.7	-12.3%
164	Czechia	9	-8.1%
165	Isle of Man	9	-2.7%
166	Brunei	8.8	-11.9%
167	Bhutan	8.7	+7.4%
168	Lithuania	8.5	-19.5%
169	Gibraltar	8.4	-3.5%
170	Greece	8.4	-0.6%
171	Poland	8.1	-14.9%
172	Bahrain	8	-12.4%
173	Australia	7.7	-11.8%
174	Malaysia	7.6	-9.7%
175	Croatia	7.6	-12.9%
176	Oman	7.4	-13%
177	Cyprus	7.3	+4.3%
178	Estonia	7.3	-13.5%
179	Israel	6.9	-7.5%
180	Portugal	6.8	-10.9%
181	China	6.7	-18.6%
182	Germany	6.5	-8.2%
183	Libya	6.4	-2.5%
184	Maldives	6.4	-7.3%
185	Qatar	6.1	-12.3%
186	Canada	5.8	-9.7%
187	France	5.6	-8.3%
188	Faroe Islands	5.4	-13.1%
189	Tunisia	5.3	-13.9%
190	Spain	5.2	-10.9%
191	Ireland	5	-7.7%
192	Austria	4.9	-7.2%
193	Belgium	4.9	-6.1%
194	Iceland	4.4	-9.7%
195	Slovenia	4.1	-6.1%
196	Luxembourg	3.9	-8.2%
197	Finland	3.8	-6.2%
198	Italy	3.3	-10.5%
199	Andorra	3.1	-11.5%
200	United Arab Emirates	3	-7.9%
201	Kuwait	3	-33.5%
202	Sweden	2.8	-16.4%
203	Bermuda	2.6	-13.3%
204	Japan	2.5	-9.7%
205	Netherlands	2.4	-6%
206	Singapore	2.3	-1.2%
207	Hong Kong	1.8	-20%
208	Norway	1.8	-20.3%
209	Liechtenstein	1.7	-13.6%
210	Switzerland	1.7	-16.1%
211	Denmark	1.7	-19.1%
212	San Marino	1.2	+2.8%
213	Macao	1.1	-16.8%
214	South Korea	0.8	-13.6%
215	North Korea	0.6	-1.4%

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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, 2020. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2020. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate?

The Central African Republic, with 164 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2020, according to the World Bank.

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North Korea, with 0.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2020.

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