Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cook Islands or Mauritius?

Cook Islands, at 29.14 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cook Islands and Mauritius?

0.01 years, with Cook Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mauritius?

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.

Cook Islands vs Mauritius: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Cook Islands

29.14 years

in 2023

Mauritius

29.13 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

119th

Mauritius rank

120th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Cook Islands
Mauritius

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 29.14 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 119th and Mauritius ranks 120th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Mauritius	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.76 years	28.47 years	0.2963 years	Cook Islands
1960s	28.69 years	28.63 years	0.0596 years	Cook Islands
1970s	28.39 years	28.2 years	0.1932 years	Cook Islands
1980s	27.76 years	27.34 years	0.4118 years	Cook Islands
1990s	28.09 years	27.04 years	1.05 years	Cook Islands
2000s	28.15 years	27.32 years	0.8321 years	Cook Islands
2010s	28.4 years	28.13 years	0.2737 years	Cook Islands
2020s	29.07 years	29.03 years	0.0405 years	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cook Islands or Mauritius?: Cook Islands, at 29.14 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cook Islands and Mauritius?: 0.01 years, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mauritius?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Mauritius rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Cook Islands ranks 119th and Mauritius ranks 120th 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: 18 September 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.