Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad and Tobago, at 27.77 years against 27.73 years in Barbados as of 2023.

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

0.04 years, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

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

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.

Barbados vs Trinidad and Tobago: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Barbados

27.73 years

in 2023

Trinidad and Tobago

27.77 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

207th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

205th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 27.77 years against 27.73 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

Barbados ranks 207th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 205th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.27 years	27.25 years	0.0162 years	Barbados
1960s	27.53 years	27.57 years	0.0396 years	Trinidad and Tobago
1970s	26.92 years	27.49 years	0.5666 years	Trinidad and Tobago
1980s	26.4 years	26.95 years	0.5505 years	Trinidad and Tobago
1990s	26.64 years	27.14 years	0.5065 years	Trinidad and Tobago
2000s	27.38 years	27.6 years	0.2182 years	Trinidad and Tobago
2010s	27.72 years	27.7 years	0.0288 years	Barbados
2020s	27.73 years	27.74 years	0.0068 years	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?: Trinidad and Tobago, at 27.77 years against 27.73 years in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago?: 0.04 years, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Barbados ranks 207th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 205th 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: 28 August 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.