What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Afghanistan and Faroe Islands?

0.04 years, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Faroe Islands?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Faroe Islands: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Afghanistan

30.37 years

in 2023

Faroe Islands

30.33 years

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

65th

Faroe Islands rank

66th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Afghanistan
Faroe Islands

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 30.37 years against 30.33 years in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 65th and Faroe Islands ranks 66th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Faroe Islands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Faroe Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.28 years	29.44 years	0.1524 years	Faroe Islands
1960s	29.44 years	28.27 years	1.16 years	Afghanistan
1970s	29.63 years	27.24 years	2.39 years	Afghanistan
1980s	29.82 years	27.83 years	1.99 years	Afghanistan
1990s	29.59 years	28.87 years	0.7201 years	Afghanistan
2000s	29.26 years	29.68 years	0.4149 years	Faroe Islands
2010s	29.6 years	30.04 years	0.4335 years	Faroe Islands
2020s	30.36 years	30.32 years	0.0323 years	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Afghanistan or Faroe Islands?: Afghanistan, at 30.37 years against 30.33 years in Faroe Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Afghanistan and Faroe Islands?: 0.04 years, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Faroe Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Faroe Islands rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Afghanistan ranks 65th and Faroe Islands ranks 66th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit: years
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.