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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961 covers 222 countries. Mali is highest, at 206.099; Japan is lowest, at 4.391. The middle country reads 94.272. Against 1960, 222 values changed (97 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1961

HighestMali

206.099

LowestJapan

4.391

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961, 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.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MaliMLIWestern Africa206.099
2SenegalSENWestern Africa205.237
3BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia205.154
4NigerNERWestern Africa201.390
5Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa198.606
6BahrainBHRWestern Asia198.191
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa195.573
8GambiaGMBWestern Africa194.523
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa191.093
10UgandaUGAEastern Africa190.769
11Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa188.808
12Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean187.600
13QatarQATWestern Asia181.484
14ZambiaZMBEastern Africa180.865
15SudanSDNNorthern Africa179.941
16MontserratMSRCaribbean177.414
17KenyaKENEastern Africa176.936
18KuwaitKWTWestern Asia176.206
19MadagascarMDGEastern Africa173.772
20United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean173.758
21TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa173.669
22CameroonCMRMiddle Africa171.395
23Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa171.356
24Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean170.759
25MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia167.526

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Mali206.099
  2. 2Senegal205.237
  3. 3Bangladesh205.154
  4. 4Niger201.390
  5. 5Sierra Leone198.606

Lowest

  1. 222Japan4.391
  2. 221Ireland8.492
  3. 220Spain9.230
  4. 219Andorra9.781
  5. 218Macau11.602

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 94.272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 97 · 125rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1961). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1961

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961?

Mali, at 206.099, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1961 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023.

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