Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Bangladesh or Nepal?

Bangladesh, at 26.04 years against 25.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bangladesh and Nepal?

0.69 years, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Nepal?

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

Where does this data come from?

Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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.

Bangladesh vs Nepal: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Bangladesh

26.04 years

in 2023

Nepal

25.35 years

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

233rd

Nepal rank

236th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Bangladesh
Nepal

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 26.04 years against 25.35 years in Nepal, a difference of 0.69 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 233rd and Nepal ranks 236th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Nepal in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.78 years	29.28 years	1.5 years	Nepal
1960s	27.61 years	29.13 years	1.52 years	Nepal
1970s	27.64 years	28.93 years	1.29 years	Nepal
1980s	27.26 years	28.45 years	1.19 years	Nepal
1990s	25.86 years	27.24 years	1.38 years	Nepal
2000s	25.2 years	26.32 years	1.12 years	Nepal
2010s	25.25 years	25.5 years	0.2476 years	Nepal
2020s	25.95 years	25.33 years	0.6193 years	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Bangladesh or Nepal?: Bangladesh, at 26.04 years against 25.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bangladesh and Nepal?: 0.69 years, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Nepal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Nepal rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Bangladesh ranks 233rd and Nepal ranks 236th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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 (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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: 30 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.