Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cyprus or Portugal?

Portugal, at 31.73 years against 31.7 years in Cyprus as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cyprus and Portugal?

0.03 years, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Portugal?

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.

Cyprus vs Portugal: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Cyprus

31.7 years

in 2023

Portugal

31.73 years

in 2023

Cyprus rank

22nd

Portugal rank

21st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Cyprus
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 31.73 years against 31.7 years in Cyprus, a difference of 0.03 years.

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

Cyprus ranks 22nd and Portugal ranks 21st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.4 years	30.08 years	0.6836 years	Portugal
1960s	28.69 years	29.51 years	0.812 years	Portugal
1970s	27.51 years	28.32 years	0.8119 years	Portugal
1980s	26.88 years	27.17 years	0.2901 years	Portugal
1990s	27.86 years	27.92 years	0.0601 years	Portugal
2000s	29.48 years	29.15 years	0.3352 years	Cyprus
2010s	31.01 years	30.7 years	0.31 years	Cyprus
2020s	31.68 years	31.69 years	0.003 years	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Cyprus or Portugal?: Portugal, at 31.73 years against 31.7 years in Cyprus as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Cyprus and Portugal?: 0.03 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Portugal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Portugal rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Cyprus ranks 22nd and Portugal ranks 21st 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.