Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cameroon or Uganda?

Cameroon, at 28.42 years against 28.32 years in Uganda as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cameroon and Uganda?

0.1 years, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uganda?

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.

Cameroon vs Uganda: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Cameroon

28.42 years

in 2023

Uganda

28.32 years

in 2023

Cameroon rank

174th

Uganda rank

177th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Cameroon
Uganda

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 28.42 years against 28.32 years in Uganda, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 174th and Uganda ranks 177th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.83 years	28.75 years	0.0757 years	Cameroon
1960s	28.48 years	28.7 years	0.2159 years	Uganda
1970s	28.58 years	28.98 years	0.3975 years	Uganda
1980s	28.65 years	29.06 years	0.4111 years	Uganda
1990s	28.76 years	28.81 years	0.0432 years	Uganda
2000s	28.48 years	28.99 years	0.5058 years	Uganda
2010s	28.43 years	28.71 years	0.2786 years	Uganda
2020s	28.42 years	28.4 years	0.0213 years	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cameroon or Uganda?: Cameroon, at 28.42 years against 28.32 years in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cameroon and Uganda?: 0.1 years, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Uganda rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Cameroon ranks 174th and Uganda ranks 177th 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.