This post is about highest number of teenage pregnancies country wise. Teen pregnancies refer to those females who have not reached their 20th birthday when their pregnancy is ended.
Regardless of this perspective that the woman is married or not, legally adult age is 14 to 21(depending on the particular country). These adults are usually referred as “minors” who get pregnant unintentionally. Following list below describes the specific country with highest teenage pregnancy rate.
Top 10 Countries With The Highest Rate Of Teenage Pregnancies – 2011
10). Hungary:
This country has 9,175 births per years by teenage females. The percentage of births is 1.3% per year.
9). Italy:
11,153 teenage births take place in Italy per year and the percentage of birth is 1.6%.
8). Spain:
There are 11,264 births taking place in Spain every year and the percentage is somehow same as that of Italy, i.e. 1.6%.
7). Australia:
This country has 11,894 teenage births per year and the percentage of birth rate is 1.7%.
6). Japan:
17,501 babies are born in Japan per year and 2.5% is the birth rate percentage of Japan.
5). France:
17,985 is the birth rate of this country with 2.6% birth rate percentage.
4). Canada:
There are 19,920 teenage births per year in Canada and the percentage of birth rate is 2.8%.
3). Germany:
This is the 3rd highest country with highest teenage pregnancies rate with 29,000 births per year and the birth rate percentage is 4.1%.
2). Poland:
The second highest country with 30,413 births per year is Poland and the percentage of birth rate is 4.3%.
1). United States:
The country with the highest number of birth rate is US with 494,357 teenage births per year and with the highest birth rate percentage, i.e. 7.6%.
That article is interesting. Teenage pregnancy can cause over population in one country and that is not good especially to those poor countries.
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