Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, China or Cote d'Ivoire?

Cote d'Ivoire, at 29.03 years against 29.02 years in China as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between China and Cote d'Ivoire?

0.01 years, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Cote d'Ivoire?

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.

China vs Cote d'Ivoire: Average age of mothers at childbirth

China

29.02 years

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire

29.03 years

in 2023

China rank

134th

Cote d'Ivoire rank

133rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

China
Cote d'Ivoire

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 29.03 years against 29.02 years in China, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

China ranks 134th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 133rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Cote d'Ivoire in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Cote d'Ivoire	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.89 years	29.61 years	0.2762 years	China
1960s	30.15 years	29.41 years	0.7427 years	China
1970s	29.29 years	29.31 years	0.0218 years	Cote d'Ivoire
1980s	26.79 years	29.49 years	2.7 years	Cote d'Ivoire
1990s	25.83 years	29.45 years	3.62 years	Cote d'Ivoire
2000s	26.79 years	29.09 years	2.31 years	Cote d'Ivoire
2010s	27.99 years	29.11 years	1.12 years	Cote d'Ivoire
2020s	28.97 years	29.07 years	0.1028 years	Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, China or Cote d'Ivoire?: Cote d'Ivoire, at 29.03 years against 29.02 years in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between China and Cote d'Ivoire?: 0.01 years, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Cote d'Ivoire?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do China and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: China ranks 134th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 133rd 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: 09 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.