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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 229.604; Japan is lowest, at 4.752. The middle country reads 83.925. Against 1973, 222 values changed (85 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1974

HighestBangladesh

229.604

LowestJapan

4.752

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), 1974, 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), 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia229.604
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa213.816
3NigerNERWestern Africa203.783
4Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa202.622
5Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa201.997
6ZambiaZMBEastern Africa195.734
7UgandaUGAEastern Africa194.257
8GambiaGMBWestern Africa192.915
9TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa191.411
10EthiopiaETHEastern Africa190.079
11NigeriaNGAWestern Africa187.290
12MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa184.495
13LiberiaLBRWestern Africa180.998
14MalawiMWIEastern Africa179.628
15CameroonCMRMiddle Africa178.077
16MadagascarMDGEastern Africa177.215
17MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia172.638
18MaliMLIWestern Africa172.380
19EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa172.153
20KenyaKENEastern Africa167.483
21Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa165.672
22NicaraguaNICCentral America165.181
23SenegalSENWestern Africa164.324
24IndiaINDSouthern Asia164.132
25YemenYEMWestern Asia161.694

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bangladesh229.604
  2. 2Chad213.816
  3. 3Niger203.783
  4. 4Sierra Leone202.622
  5. 5Côte d’Ivoire201.997

Lowest

  1. 222Japan4.752
  2. 221Macau5.321
  3. 220North Korea9.525
  4. 219South Korea12.504
  5. 218Netherlands14.753

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 83.925. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 85 · 137rose · 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 1974.

  • 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 (1974). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1974

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974?

Bangladesh, at 229.604, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1974?

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), 1974 the newest?

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

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