Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Kuwait or Mauritania?

Kuwait, at 30.33 years against 30.22 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?

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.

Kuwait vs Mauritania: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Kuwait

30.33 years

in 2023

Mauritania

30.22 years

in 2023

Kuwait rank

67th

Mauritania rank

70th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Kuwait
Mauritania

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 30.33 years against 30.22 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.11 years.

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

Kuwait ranks 67th and Mauritania ranks 70th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.24 years	30.22 years	2.99 years	Mauritania
1960s	27.62 years	30.11 years	2.48 years	Mauritania
1970s	28.34 years	30 years	1.66 years	Mauritania
1980s	29.34 years	30.04 years	0.7031 years	Mauritania
1990s	29.46 years	30.49 years	1.03 years	Mauritania
2000s	29.86 years	30.4 years	0.5369 years	Mauritania
2010s	29.49 years	30.25 years	0.7577 years	Mauritania
2020s	30.16 years	30.23 years	0.0665 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Kuwait or Mauritania?: Kuwait, at 30.33 years against 30.22 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Kuwait and Mauritania?: 0.11 years, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Mauritania rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Kuwait ranks 67th and Mauritania ranks 70th 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.