What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between American Samoa and East Timor?

0.03 years, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and East Timor?

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.

American Samoa vs East Timor: Average age of mothers at childbirth

American Samoa

29.38 years

in 2023

East Timor

29.41 years

in 2023

American Samoa rank

102nd

East Timor rank

101st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

American Samoa
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 29.41 years against 29.38 years in American Samoa, a difference of 0.03 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

American Samoa ranks 102nd and East Timor ranks 101st of 236 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	American Samoa	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.5 years	31.01 years	1.51 years	East Timor
1960s	29.75 years	31.01 years	1.26 years	East Timor
1970s	29.94 years	31.01 years	1.07 years	East Timor
1980s	29.42 years	31.01 years	1.59 years	East Timor
1990s	28.77 years	31.01 years	2.24 years	East Timor
2000s	28.84 years	30.92 years	2.08 years	East Timor
2010s	29.05 years	30.11 years	1.06 years	East Timor
2020s	29.35 years	29.53 years	0.1863 years	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, American Samoa or East Timor?: East Timor, at 29.41 years against 29.38 years in American Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between American Samoa and East Timor?: 0.03 years, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and East Timor?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do American Samoa and East Timor rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: American Samoa ranks 102nd and East Timor ranks 101st 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: 18 September 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.