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

Zambia, at 28.44 years against 28.42 years in Cameroon as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon 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.

Cameroon vs Zambia: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Cameroon

28.42 years

in 2023

Zambia

28.44 years

in 2023

Cameroon rank

174th

Zambia rank

173rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Cameroon
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 28.44 years against 28.42 years in Cameroon, a difference of 0.02 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 174th and Zambia ranks 173rd of 236 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.83 years	28.97 years	0.1451 years	Zambia
1960s	28.48 years	29.02 years	0.5407 years	Zambia
1970s	28.58 years	29.22 years	0.6379 years	Zambia
1980s	28.65 years	29.59 years	0.945 years	Zambia
1990s	28.76 years	29.07 years	0.3124 years	Zambia
2000s	28.48 years	29 years	0.5193 years	Zambia
2010s	28.43 years	28.81 years	0.3827 years	Zambia
2020s	28.42 years	28.5 years	0.0775 years	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cameroon or Zambia?: Zambia, at 28.44 years against 28.42 years in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cameroon and Zambia?: 0.02 years, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Zambia rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Cameroon ranks 174th 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.