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

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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

Europe

27,824

25,506

34

31

952

798

Albania

153

154

14

10

2

1

Andorra

2

2

19

18

-

-

Armenia

141

142

86

57

12

8

Austria

221

204

22

24

5

5

Azerbaijan

334

344

26

19

9

7

Belarus

361

319

43

40

16

13

Belgium

299

249

12

12

4

3

Bosnia & Hercegovina

179

139

36

37

6

5

Bulgaria

318

242

69

69

22

17

Croatia

159

122

30

30

5

4

Czech Republic

427

335

44

42

19

14

Denmark

156

145

10

10

1

1

Estonia

56

57

50

44

3

3

Faroe Islands

2

2

24

18

-

-

Finland

160

142

12

12

2

2

France

1,779

1,737

9

9

16

16

Georgia

206

197

59

51

12

10

Germany

2,036

1,970

17

16

34

32

Gibraltar

1

1

13

10

-

-

Greece

368

275

24

26

9

7

Guernsey

2

2

21

21

-

-

Hungary

402

313

42

41

17

13

Iceland

10

9

27

23

-

-

Ireland

162

121

14

13

2

2

Isle of Man

2

3

32

31

-

-

Italy

1,780

1,509

11

12

19

18

Jersey

2

2

12

13

-

-

Kazakhstan

755

689

46

38

35

26

Kyrgyzstan

222

269

42

30

9

8

Latvia

91

99

49

44

4

4

Liechtenstein

1

1

4

4

-

-

Lithuania

132

134

41

37

5

5

Luxembourg

11

11

12

12

-

-

Macedonia

92

76

42

38

4

3

Malta

14

12

11

10

-

-

Moldova

177

159

54

45

10

7

Monaco

1

1

9

9

-

-

Montenegro

26

21

27

26

1

1

Netherlands

445

409

6

6

3

2

Norway

130

109

17

15

2

2

Poland

1,574

1,285

29

26

45

34

Portugal

403

304

25

27

10

8

Romania

945

736

50

48

47

35

Russia

5,381

4,840

54

51

289

246

San Marino

1

1

10

10

-

-

Serbia

376

342

42

36

16

12

Slovakia

234

190

43

39

10

7

Slovenia

72

54

28

28

2

2

Spain

1,504

1,102

15

17

23

19

Sweden

246

257

13

12

3

3

Switzerland

191

196

7

7

1

1

Tajikistan

299

484

36

23

11

11

Turkmenistan

203

269

22

15

4

4

Ukraine

1,774

1,516

58

56

103

84

United Kingdom

1,665

1,643

32

31

53

51

Uzbekistan

1,141

1,560

40

27

45

42

North America

9,717

11,292

55

59

535

665

Canada

924

965

26

25

24

24

Greenland

2

2

63

51

-

-

United States

8,790

10,325

58

62

511

641

Oceania

1,102

1,274

39

30

43

38

Australia

631

679

20

20

13

3

Fiji

41

44

60

49

2

2

French Polynesia

11

15

77

50

1

1

Marshall Islands

3

8

153

109

-

1

New Caledonia

9

10

43

35

-

-

New Zealand

122

103

31

27

4

3

Papua New Guinea

244

348

79

43

19

15

Solomon Islands

23

40

95

43

2

2

Tuvalu

-

1

28

24

-

-

Vanuatu

9

12

65

37

1

-

Western Samoa

10

16

56

39

1

1


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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