Adolescent birth rate in Iraq

The adolescent birth rate in Iraq was 57.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Adolescent birth rate Unit: Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2024 57.3 Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
Change from 2023 −0.7per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2023: 58.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
World, 2024 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Official aggregate
Position in 2024 56th of 217 See the full ranking

Adolescent birth rate in Iraq over time

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Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19), 2000 to 2024
Period IraqWorld
2024 57.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2023 58.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2022 59.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2021 60.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2020 61.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 40.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2019 63.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 41.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2018 64.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 42.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2017 66.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 43.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2016 71.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 44.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2015 76.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 46.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2014 82.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 49.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2013 85.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 51.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2012 88.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2011 89.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2010 85.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2009 80.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2008 79.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2007 79.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2006 78.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2005 73.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2004 69.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 57.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2003 64.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 61.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2002 60.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 63.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2001 59.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 65.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2000 59.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 66.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 from 58.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 82.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the figure has changed by −25.0.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 56th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.ADO.TFRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Iraq
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects