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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 163.093; Macau is lowest, at 0.465. The middle country reads 27.457. Against 2022, 221 values changed (37 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2023

HighestCentral African Republic

163.093

LowestMacau

0.465

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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa163.093
2MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa153.450
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa150.442
4NigerNERWestern Africa145.324
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa140.840
6MaliMLIWestern Africa138.564
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa134.738
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa129.802
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa126.012
10GuineaGINWestern Africa118.577
11SomaliaSOMEastern Africa117.100
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa115.907
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa113.577
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa113.209
15Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa109.880
16UgandaUGAEastern Africa106.954
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa106.884
18CameroonCMRMiddle Africa106.661
19ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa98.057
20South SudanSSDEastern Africa97.132
21Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa93.592
22NicaraguaNICCentral America93.452
23Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa92.085
24GabonGABMiddle Africa91.707
25MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa88.903

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Central African Republic163.093
  2. 2Mozambique153.450
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea150.442
  4. 4Niger145.324
  5. 5Angola140.840

Lowest

  1. 222Macau0.465
  2. 221North Korea0.512
  3. 220South Korea0.537
  4. 219Hong Kong1.120
  5. 218Denmark1.140

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 37 · 184rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 2023.

  • 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 (2023). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2023

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07Questions

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate in Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023?

Central African Republic, at 163.093, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023?

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), 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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