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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 212.250; Macau is lowest, at 4.166. The middle country reads 88.059. Against 1969, 222 values changed (94 up, 128 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1970

HighestBangladesh

212.250

LowestMacau

4.166

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), 1970, 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), 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia212.250
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa208.568
3Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa206.810
4UgandaUGAEastern Africa198.486
5NigerNERWestern Africa197.148
6GambiaGMBWestern Africa191.531
7ZambiaZMBEastern Africa189.017
8Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa188.540
9TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa186.084
10LiberiaLBRWestern Africa185.638
11United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean185.613
12MaliMLIWestern Africa182.802
13Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa180.714
14MadagascarMDGEastern Africa178.498
15SudanSDNNorthern Africa178.128
16KenyaKENEastern Africa173.130
17CameroonCMRMiddle Africa173.021
18MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia172.713
19SenegalSENWestern Africa168.356
20EthiopiaETHEastern Africa167.435
21QatarQATWestern Asia167.082
22MalawiMWIEastern Africa166.185
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa165.121
24NicaraguaNICCentral America164.773
25MontserratMSRCaribbean162.848

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bangladesh212.250
  2. 2Chad208.568
  3. 3Sierra Leone206.810
  4. 4Uganda198.486
  5. 5Niger197.148

Lowest

  1. 222Macau4.166
  2. 221Japan4.799
  3. 220South Korea12.166
  4. 219Andorra13.132
  5. 218Spain13.707

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 88.059. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 94 · 128rose · 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 1970.

  • 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 (1970). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1970

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970?

Bangladesh, at 212.250, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1970?

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), 1970 the newest?

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

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