Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Bhutan or Senegal?

Senegal, at 29.92 years against 29.89 years in Bhutan as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bhutan and Senegal?

0.03 years, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Senegal?

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.

Bhutan vs Senegal: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Bhutan

29.89 years

in 2023

Senegal

29.92 years

in 2023

Bhutan rank

87th

Senegal rank

85th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Bhutan
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 29.92 years against 29.89 years in Bhutan, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 87th and Senegal ranks 85th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.45 years	28.31 years	0.1399 years	Bhutan
1960s	28.45 years	29.08 years	0.6266 years	Senegal
1970s	28.45 years	29.55 years	1.1 years	Senegal
1980s	28.45 years	30 years	1.55 years	Senegal
1990s	28.44 years	30.31 years	1.87 years	Senegal
2000s	28.38 years	30.15 years	1.77 years	Senegal
2010s	29.21 years	30.27 years	1.05 years	Senegal
2020s	29.92 years	29.97 years	0.0575 years	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Bhutan or Senegal?: Senegal, at 29.92 years against 29.89 years in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bhutan and Senegal?: 0.03 years, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Senegal rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Bhutan ranks 87th and Senegal ranks 85th 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: 18 September 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.