Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Egypt or Vanuatu?

Vanuatu, at 28.09 years against 27.99 years in Egypt as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Vanuatu?

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.

Egypt vs Vanuatu: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Egypt

27.99 years

in 2023

Vanuatu

28.09 years

in 2023

Egypt rank

194th

Vanuatu rank

191st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Egypt
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 28.09 years against 27.99 years in Egypt, a difference of 0.1 years.

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

Egypt ranks 194th and Vanuatu ranks 191st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.56 years	29.47 years	0.9081 years	Vanuatu
1960s	28.47 years	29.41 years	0.9338 years	Vanuatu
1970s	28.44 years	29.39 years	0.9484 years	Vanuatu
1980s	28.37 years	29.23 years	0.8621 years	Vanuatu
1990s	28.07 years	29.02 years	0.951 years	Vanuatu
2000s	27.75 years	28.6 years	0.843 years	Vanuatu
2010s	27.81 years	28.27 years	0.4593 years	Vanuatu
2020s	28 years	28.13 years	0.1318 years	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Egypt or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 28.09 years against 27.99 years in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Egypt and Vanuatu?: 0.1 years, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Vanuatu?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Vanuatu rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Egypt ranks 194th and Vanuatu ranks 191st 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.