Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Indonesia or Philippines?

Philippines, at 28.98 years against 28.95 years in Indonesia as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Indonesia and Philippines?

0.03 years, with Philippines ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Philippines?

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.

Indonesia vs Philippines: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Indonesia

28.95 years

in 2023

Philippines

28.98 years

in 2023

Indonesia rank

139th

Philippines rank

136th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Indonesia
Philippines

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 28.98 years against 28.95 years in Indonesia, a difference of 0.03 years.

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

Indonesia ranks 139th and Philippines ranks 136th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 1 and Philippines in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	Philippines	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.28 years	30.17 years	1.9 years	Philippines
1960s	28.34 years	30.18 years	1.84 years	Philippines
1970s	28.27 years	29.98 years	1.72 years	Philippines
1980s	27.91 years	29.46 years	1.54 years	Philippines
1990s	28.07 years	29.32 years	1.25 years	Philippines
2000s	28.27 years	28.93 years	0.6653 years	Philippines
2010s	28.66 years	28.63 years	0.0324 years	Indonesia
2020s	28.98 years	28.99 years	0.0025 years	Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Indonesia or Philippines?: Philippines, at 28.98 years against 28.95 years in Indonesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Indonesia and Philippines?: 0.03 years, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Philippines?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Indonesia and Philippines rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Indonesia ranks 139th and Philippines ranks 136th 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: 09 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.