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

Puerto Rico, at 27.75 years against 27.73 years in Barbados as of 2023.

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

0.02 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

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

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 Puerto Rico: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Barbados

27.73 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

27.75 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

207th

Puerto Rico rank

206th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Barbados
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 27.75 years against 27.73 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Barbados ranks 207th and Puerto Rico ranks 206th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.27 years	28.15 years	0.8874 years	Puerto Rico
1960s	27.53 years	27.58 years	0.0481 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	26.92 years	26.58 years	0.3366 years	Barbados
1980s	26.4 years	26.05 years	0.3526 years	Barbados
1990s	26.64 years	25.73 years	0.9049 years	Barbados
2000s	27.38 years	25.85 years	1.53 years	Barbados
2010s	27.72 years	26.57 years	1.16 years	Barbados
2020s	27.73 years	27.66 years	0.0727 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 Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 27.75 years against 27.73 years in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Barbados and Puerto Rico?: 0.02 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Puerto Rico rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Barbados ranks 207th and Puerto Rico ranks 206th 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.