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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966 covers 222 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 206.468; Japan is lowest, at 3.649. The middle country reads 91.434. Against 1965, 222 values changed (104 up, 118 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1966

HighestSierra Leone

206.468

LowestJapan

3.649

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), 1966, 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), 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa206.468
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia201.815
3NigerNERWestern Africa198.836
4UgandaUGAEastern Africa196.799
5MaliMLIWestern Africa196.455
6GambiaGMBWestern Africa194.663
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa194.628
8SudanSDNNorthern Africa193.480
9Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa187.541
10LiberiaLBRWestern Africa185.511
11SenegalSENWestern Africa182.825
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa181.572
13TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa180.662
14QatarQATWestern Asia179.354
15KenyaKENEastern Africa177.704
16Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa177.688
17CameroonCMRMiddle Africa176.631
18MontserratMSRCaribbean173.609
19MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia172.412
20BahrainBHRWestern Asia169.415
21Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean165.871
22United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean164.155
23MadagascarMDGEastern Africa162.301
24CubaCUBCaribbean162.038
25NigeriaNGAWestern Africa161.976

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sierra Leone206.468
  2. 2Bangladesh201.815
  3. 3Niger198.836
  4. 4Uganda196.799
  5. 5Mali196.455

Lowest

  1. 222Japan3.649
  2. 221Macau5.851
  3. 220Andorra11.374
  4. 219Spain11.621
  5. 218Ireland12.955

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 91.434. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 104 · 118rose · 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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1966

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966?

Sierra Leone, at 206.468, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1966?

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), 1966 the newest?

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

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