What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Falkland Islands and New Caledonia?

0.06 years, with New Caledonia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and New Caledonia?

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.

Falkland Islands vs New Caledonia: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Falkland Islands

30.43 years

in 2023

New Caledonia

30.49 years

in 2023

Falkland Islands rank

60th

New Caledonia rank

57th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Falkland Islands
New Caledonia

How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 30.49 years against 30.43 years in Falkland Islands, a difference of 0.06 years.

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

Falkland Islands ranks 60th and New Caledonia ranks 57th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Falkland Islands averaged higher in 1 and New Caledonia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Falkland Islands	New Caledonia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.81 years	28.82 years	1.01 years	New Caledonia
1960s	27.31 years	29.04 years	1.73 years	New Caledonia
1970s	26.89 years	27.91 years	1.02 years	New Caledonia
1980s	27.29 years	27.74 years	0.4487 years	New Caledonia
1990s	28.05 years	28.71 years	0.6658 years	New Caledonia
2000s	28.99 years	28.99 years	0.0035 years	New Caledonia
2010s	30.01 years	29.66 years	0.3477 years	Falkland Islands
2020s	30.4 years	30.42 years	0.018 years	New Caledonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Falkland Islands or New Caledonia?: New Caledonia, at 30.49 years against 30.43 years in Falkland Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Falkland Islands and New Caledonia?: 0.06 years, with New Caledonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and New Caledonia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Falkland Islands and New Caledonia rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Falkland Islands ranks 60th and New Caledonia ranks 57th 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: 28 August 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.