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Fertility of Young Women Ages 15 to 19, 1995 & 2020

Page 1 of 4: Sub-Saharan Africa
Page 2 of 4: Asia, Near East & North Africa
                          North Africa
                          Asia, excluding Near East
                          Near East
 

Page 3 of 4: Latin America/Caribbean
Page 4 of 4: Remaining World
                          Europe
                          North America
                          Oceania
 

Country

Number of Women
(in thousands)

Annual Births 
(per 1,000 women)

Births
(in thousands)

 

1995

2020

1995

2020

1995

2020

World

253,809

315,393

60

48

15,313

15,029

Latin America/Caribbean

24,666

25,984

60

38

1,482

977

Anguilla

-

-

14

23

-

-

Antigua & Barbuda

3

2

65

66

-

-

Argentina

1,584

1,658

56

39

89

64

Aruba

2

2

41

40

-

-

Bahamas

15

13

48

46

1

1

Barbados

10

9

60

59

1

1

Belize

11

17

106

43

1

1

Bolivia

419

583

75

43

31

25

Brazil

8,337

7,361

45

31

374

225

Chile

608

702

58

45

36

31

Colombia

1,722

1,765

53

32

91

56

Costa Rica

156

209

84

64

13

13

Cuba

373

363

90

87

33

31

Dominica

4

4

50

46

-

-

Dominican Republic

401

423

75

35

30

15

Ecuador

584

635

62

36

36

23

El Salvador

377

430

112

50

42

22

French Guiana

5

10

100

77

1

1

Grenada

5

6

105

53

1

-

Guadeloupe

17

15

32

27

1

-

Guatemala

602

879

102

46

61

40

Guyana

42

29

41

30

2

1

Haiti

326

498

81

45

26

23

Honduras

306

434

95

41

29

18

Jamaica

124

124

62

31

8

4

Martinique

16

16

25

23

-

-

Mexico

5,170

5,848

69

40

355

232

Netherlands Antilles

5

6

42

38

-

-

Nicaragua

243

331

116

42

28

14

Panama

133

154

84

43

11

7

Paraguay

266

437

82

45

22

20

Peru

1,290

1,380

55

36

71

49

Puerto Rico

165

132

42

30

7

4

Saint Kitts & Nevis

2

2

72

40

-

-

Saint Lucia

9

7

55

34

-

-

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

7

5

46

30

-

-

Suriname

20

23

47

34

1

1

Trinidad & Tobago

65

62

49

31

3

2

Uruguay

136

136

53

37

7

5

Venezuela

1,105

1,273

61

38

68

48


Source:

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Report IPC/95-1
Trends in Adolescent Fertility and Contraceptive Use in the Developing World
by Thomas M. McDevitt with Arjun Adlakha, Timothy B. Fowler & Vera Harris-Bourne
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1996.
 


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