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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980 covers 222 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 214.897; Japan is lowest, at 3.579. The middle country reads 77.488. Against 1979, 222 values changed (81 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1980

HighestBangladesh

214.897

LowestJapan

3.579

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), 1980, 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), 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia214.897
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa204.384
3NigerNERWestern Africa204.261
4Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa194.216
5LiberiaLBRWestern Africa190.323
6YemenYEMWestern Asia189.757
7EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa188.162
8GambiaGMBWestern Africa185.794
9Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa185.235
10UgandaUGAEastern Africa184.402
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa181.025
12MaliMLIWestern Africa179.511
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa178.707
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa177.851
15CameroonCMRMiddle Africa177.476
16MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia173.492
17NigeriaNGAWestern Africa169.892
18GabonGABMiddle Africa169.589
19ZambiaZMBEastern Africa169.357
20Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa167.041
21NicaraguaNICCentral America162.545
22SenegalSENWestern Africa160.263
23Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia159.970
24KenyaKENEastern Africa159.500
25TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa158.941

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bangladesh214.897
  2. 2Chad204.384
  3. 3Niger204.261
  4. 4Côte d’Ivoire194.216
  5. 5Liberia190.323

Lowest

  1. 222Japan3.579
  2. 221North Korea6.489
  3. 220Macau8.234
  4. 219Netherlands9.129
  5. 218Switzerland9.613

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 77.488. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 81 · 141rose · 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 1980.

  • 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 (1980). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1980

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980?

Bangladesh, at 214.897, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1980?

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), 1980 the newest?

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

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