Table 1.

National trend in total adolescent fertility (10–19 years), Ecuador, 2015–2024.

Year	Births	Female population (10–19 years)	Fertility rate per 1,000 adolescents	95% CI
2015	62,374	1,530,321	40.76	40.44–41.08
2016	56,372	1,534,816	36.73	36.43–37.03
2017	57,273	1,540,103	37.19	36.88–37.49
2018	56,490	1,548,290	36.49	36.19–36.79
2019	52,043	1,556,976	33.43	33.14–33.71
2020	45,650	1,560,746	29.25	28.98–29.52
2021	41,786	1,561,382	26.76	26.51–27.02
2022	40,290	1,562,796	25.78	25.53–26.03
2023	36,470	1,565,209	23.30	23.06–23.54
2024	32,184	1,567,881	20.53	20.30–20.75