India: the birth rate at ages 15–19 is 12 times lower than in 1985
158.4 births per 1,000 girls aged 15–19 in 1985, 13.0 in 2024.
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Babies born in a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: births to very young mothers, often still at school. Their decline is linked to schooling, later marriage and access to contraception.
The line is births per 1,000 girls aged 15–19; the dot is the peak since 1985.
- Adolescent fertility rate births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
158.4 (1985) → 13.0 (2024)
World Bank, from UN estimates (World Population Prospects). Selection: countries of at least 20 million where the rate exceeded 30 since 1985 and fell at least fourfold; the four most notable.
This is a rate per 1,000 girls, not a number of births: if there are more or fewer girls, the number of births changes differently.
A question for this picture
What did most to reduce teenage motherhood: school, later marriage or contraception?