What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and China?

0.02 years, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and China?

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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs China: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Bosnia and Herzegovina

29.04 years

in 2023

China

29.02 years

in 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

132nd

China rank

134th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
China

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 29.04 years against 29.02 years in China, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 132nd and China ranks 134th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 4 and China in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	China	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.72 years	29.89 years	0.1646 years	China
1960s	28.47 years	30.15 years	1.69 years	China
1970s	27.07 years	29.29 years	2.22 years	China
1980s	26.29 years	26.79 years	0.5064 years	China
1990s	26.48 years	25.83 years	0.6478 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	27.24 years	26.79 years	0.4594 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	28.71 years	27.99 years	0.7153 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	29.03 years	28.97 years	0.063 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Bosnia and Herzegovina or China?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 29.04 years against 29.02 years in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and China?: 0.02 years, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and China?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and China rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 132nd and China ranks 134th 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.