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

Uruguay, at 29.17 years against 29.14 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.

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

0.03 years, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Cook Islands

29.14 years

in 2023

Uruguay

29.17 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

119th

Uruguay rank

117th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Cook Islands
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 29.17 years against 29.14 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 119th and Uruguay ranks 117th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 7 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.76 years	27.65 years	1.11 years	Cook Islands
1960s	28.69 years	27.69 years	1.01 years	Cook Islands
1970s	28.39 years	27.52 years	0.8719 years	Cook Islands
1980s	27.76 years	27.62 years	0.1409 years	Cook Islands
1990s	28.09 years	27.56 years	0.5353 years	Cook Islands
2000s	28.15 years	27.58 years	0.5725 years	Cook Islands
2010s	28.4 years	28.1 years	0.3059 years	Cook Islands
2020s	29.07 years	29.09 years	0.0203 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cook Islands or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 29.17 years against 29.14 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cook Islands and Uruguay?: 0.03 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Uruguay rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Cook Islands ranks 119th and Uruguay ranks 117th 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.