Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Brazil or Madagascar?

Madagascar, at 27.87 years against 27.81 years in Brazil as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Brazil and Madagascar?

0.06 years, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Madagascar?

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.

Brazil vs Madagascar: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Brazil

27.81 years

in 2023

Madagascar

27.87 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

203rd

Madagascar rank

201st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Brazil
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 27.87 years against 27.81 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.06 years.

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

Brazil ranks 203rd and Madagascar ranks 201st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.33 years	28.52 years	0.8039 years	Brazil
1960s	29.25 years	28.77 years	0.4837 years	Brazil
1970s	28.71 years	28.98 years	0.2672 years	Madagascar
1980s	27.81 years	29.49 years	1.68 years	Madagascar
1990s	26.53 years	29.07 years	2.54 years	Madagascar
2000s	26.15 years	28.45 years	2.3 years	Madagascar
2010s	26.9 years	28.13 years	1.22 years	Madagascar
2020s	27.71 years	27.92 years	0.2135 years	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Brazil or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 27.87 years against 27.81 years in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Brazil and Madagascar?: 0.06 years, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Madagascar rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Brazil ranks 203rd and Madagascar ranks 201st 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.