Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Germany or Norway?

Norway, at 31.57 years against 31.47 years in Germany as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Norway?

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.

Germany vs Norway: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Germany

31.47 years

in 2023

Norway

31.57 years

in 2023

Germany rank

30th

Norway rank

27th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Germany
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 31.57 years against 31.47 years in Germany, a difference of 0.1 years.

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

Germany ranks 30th and Norway ranks 27th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.79 years	28.76 years	0.9696 years	Norway
1960s	27.1 years	27.69 years	0.5843 years	Norway
1970s	26.36 years	26.71 years	0.3563 years	Norway
1980s	26.98 years	27.43 years	0.4438 years	Norway
1990s	28.2 years	28.72 years	0.5221 years	Norway
2000s	29.4 years	29.71 years	0.3058 years	Norway
2010s	30.79 years	30.66 years	0.1324 years	Germany
2020s	31.42 years	31.51 years	0.0907 years	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Germany or Norway?: Norway, at 31.57 years against 31.47 years in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Germany and Norway?: 0.1 years, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Norway?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Germany and Norway rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Germany ranks 30th and Norway ranks 27th 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.