What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between British Virgin Islands and Zambia?

0.04 years, with British Virgin Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Zambia?

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.

British Virgin Islands vs Zambia: Average age of mothers at childbirth

British Virgin Islands

28.48 years

in 2023

Zambia

28.44 years

in 2023

British Virgin Islands rank

170th

Zambia rank

173rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

British Virgin Islands
Zambia

How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 28.48 years against 28.44 years in Zambia, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

British Virgin Islands ranks 170th and Zambia ranks 173rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, British Virgin Islands averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	British Virgin Islands	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.38 years	28.97 years	0.5905 years	Zambia
1960s	27.92 years	29.02 years	1.11 years	Zambia
1970s	27.58 years	29.22 years	1.64 years	Zambia
1980s	27.79 years	29.59 years	1.8 years	Zambia
1990s	27.41 years	29.07 years	1.67 years	Zambia
2000s	27.5 years	29 years	1.5 years	Zambia
2010s	28.42 years	28.81 years	0.3979 years	Zambia
2020s	28.59 years	28.5 years	0.091 years	British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, British Virgin Islands or Zambia?: British Virgin Islands, at 28.48 years against 28.44 years in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between British Virgin Islands and Zambia?: 0.04 years, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do British Virgin Islands and Zambia rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: British Virgin Islands ranks 170th and Zambia ranks 173rd 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.