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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 221.744; Macau is lowest, at 4.992. The middle country reads 87.610. Against 1971, 222 values changed (98 up, 124 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1972

HighestBangladesh

221.744

LowestMacau

4.992

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), 1972, 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), 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia221.744
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa218.878
3Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa204.729
4NigerNERWestern Africa200.226
5UgandaUGAEastern Africa197.637
6ZambiaZMBEastern Africa195.648
7GambiaGMBWestern Africa194.694
8Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa191.975
9TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa191.519
10MadagascarMDGEastern Africa187.969
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa182.937
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa180.338
13KenyaKENEastern Africa178.061
14MalawiMWIEastern Africa176.100
15MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa174.769
16CameroonCMRMiddle Africa174.767
17SenegalSENWestern Africa173.008
18Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa172.717
19NigeriaNGAWestern Africa172.666
20MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia172.653
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa170.764
22MaliMLIWestern Africa169.038
23NicaraguaNICCentral America168.594
24EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa166.194
25IndiaINDSouthern Asia164.805

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bangladesh221.744
  2. 2Chad218.878
  3. 3Sierra Leone204.729
  4. 4Niger200.226
  5. 5Uganda197.637

Lowest

  1. 222Macau4.992
  2. 221Japan5.051
  3. 220South Korea10.109
  4. 219North Korea11.936
  5. 218Malta13.812

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 87.610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 98 · 124rose · 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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1972

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972?

Bangladesh, at 221.744, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1972?

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), 1972 the newest?

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

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