Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Barbados or Malawi?

Barbados, at 27.73 years against 27.69 years in Malawi as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Barbados and Malawi?

0.04 years, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malawi?

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.

Barbados vs Malawi: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Barbados

27.73 years

in 2023

Malawi

27.69 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

207th

Malawi rank

208th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Barbados
Malawi

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 27.73 years against 27.69 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Barbados ranks 207th and Malawi ranks 208th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.27 years	29.57 years	2.3 years	Malawi
1960s	27.53 years	29.54 years	2 years	Malawi
1970s	26.92 years	29.42 years	2.5 years	Malawi
1980s	26.4 years	29.54 years	3.13 years	Malawi
1990s	26.64 years	29.36 years	2.73 years	Malawi
2000s	27.38 years	28.93 years	1.55 years	Malawi
2010s	27.72 years	28.3 years	0.5725 years	Malawi
2020s	27.73 years	27.76 years	0.0265 years	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Barbados or Malawi?: Barbados, at 27.73 years against 27.69 years in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Barbados and Malawi?: 0.04 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malawi?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Malawi rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Barbados ranks 207th and Malawi ranks 208th 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.