What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between French Polynesia and Tuvalu?

0.01 years, with French Polynesia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Tuvalu?

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.

French Polynesia vs Tuvalu: Average age of mothers at childbirth

French Polynesia

29.2 years

in 2023

Tuvalu

29.19 years

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

113th

Tuvalu rank

114th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

French Polynesia
Tuvalu

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 29.2 years against 29.19 years in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tuvalu ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 113th and Tuvalu ranks 114th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, French Polynesia averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Polynesia	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.79 years	29.52 years	0.7278 years	Tuvalu
1960s	28.7 years	29.36 years	0.6587 years	Tuvalu
1970s	27.96 years	29.03 years	1.08 years	Tuvalu
1980s	27.28 years	29.09 years	1.81 years	Tuvalu
1990s	27.81 years	29.27 years	1.45 years	Tuvalu
2000s	28.1 years	29.13 years	1.03 years	Tuvalu
2010s	28.56 years	29.03 years	0.4738 years	Tuvalu
2020s	29.16 years	29.13 years	0.0247 years	French Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, French Polynesia or Tuvalu?: French Polynesia, at 29.2 years against 29.19 years in Tuvalu as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between French Polynesia and Tuvalu?: 0.01 years, with French Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Tuvalu?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do French Polynesia and Tuvalu rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: French Polynesia ranks 113th and Tuvalu ranks 114th 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.