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

Barbados, at 27.73 years against 27.67 years in Paraguay as of 2023.

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

0.06 years, with Barbados ahead.

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

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 Paraguay: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Barbados

27.73 years

in 2023

Paraguay

27.67 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

207th

Paraguay rank

210th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Barbados
Paraguay

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 27.73 years against 27.67 years in Paraguay, a difference of 0.06 years.

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

Barbados ranks 207th and Paraguay ranks 210th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.27 years	30.09 years	2.82 years	Paraguay
1960s	27.53 years	30.38 years	2.85 years	Paraguay
1970s	26.92 years	29.94 years	3.02 years	Paraguay
1980s	26.4 years	29.41 years	3 years	Paraguay
1990s	26.64 years	28.67 years	2.03 years	Paraguay
2000s	27.38 years	28.2 years	0.8244 years	Paraguay
2010s	27.72 years	27.72 years	0.0088 years	Barbados
2020s	27.73 years	27.67 years	0.0648 years	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Barbados or Paraguay?: Barbados, at 27.73 years against 27.67 years in Paraguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Barbados and Paraguay?: 0.06 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Paraguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Paraguay rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Barbados ranks 207th and Paraguay ranks 210th 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.