|
Home >>
Topics & Issues >> Adolescent
Sexual Health in Developing Countries >> Fertility of Young Women
Ages 15 to 19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750 ● Washington, DC 20036 ● P:
202.419.3420 ● F: 202.419.1448
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fertility of Young Women Ages 15 to 19, 1995 & 2020
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.
|
Page 1 of 4
Page 2 of 4
Page 3 of 4
Page 4 of 4
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750 ● Washington,
DC 20036 ● P: 202.419.3420 ● F: 202.419.1448
|
| |
|
|
|
|