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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 226.357; Japan is lowest, at 5.073. The middle country reads 87.395. Against 1972, 222 values changed (86 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1973

HighestBangladesh

226.357

LowestJapan

5.073

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), 1973, 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), 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia226.357
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa216.671
3Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa203.062
4NigerNERWestern Africa201.911
5Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa197.521
6ZambiaZMBEastern Africa196.676
7UgandaUGAEastern Africa194.563
8GambiaGMBWestern Africa193.921
9TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa190.000
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa184.299
11MadagascarMDGEastern Africa182.682
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa181.182
13MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa179.874
14CameroonCMRMiddle Africa178.779
15MalawiMWIEastern Africa178.003
16NigeriaNGAWestern Africa177.735
17MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia172.734
18KenyaKENEastern Africa172.556
19MaliMLIWestern Africa171.292
20EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa169.121
21Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa169.042
22SenegalSENWestern Africa168.214
23SudanSDNNorthern Africa167.790
24IndiaINDSouthern Asia166.824
25NicaraguaNICCentral America165.774

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bangladesh226.357
  2. 2Chad216.671
  3. 3Sierra Leone203.062
  4. 4Niger201.911
  5. 5Côte d’Ivoire197.521

Lowest

  1. 222Japan5.073
  2. 221Macau5.545
  3. 220North Korea10.288
  4. 219South Korea11.351
  5. 218Malta14.566

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 87.395. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 86 · 136rose · 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 1973.

  • 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 (1973). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1973

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973?

Bangladesh, at 226.357, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1973?

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), 1973 the newest?

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

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