Lebanon vs Papua New Guinea: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Lebanon
29.24 years
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
29.26 years
in 2023
Lebanon rank
109th
Papua New Guinea rank
107th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

  • Lebanon
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 29.26 years against 29.24 years in Lebanon, a difference of 0.02 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Lebanon ranks 109th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th of 236 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lebanon Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1950s 28.99 years 29.52 years 0.53 years Papua New Guinea
1960s 28.97 years 29.59 years 0.6222 years Papua New Guinea
1970s 28.85 years 29.74 years 0.8943 years Papua New Guinea
1980s 28.59 years 29.9 years 1.31 years Papua New Guinea
1990s 28.94 years 30 years 1.06 years Papua New Guinea
2000s 29.23 years 29.85 years 0.6205 years Papua New Guinea
2010s 29.23 years 29.51 years 0.2805 years Papua New Guinea
2020s 29.24 years 29.29 years 0.0505 years Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Lebanon or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 29.26 years against 29.24 years in Lebanon as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
0.02 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lebanon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?
Lebanon ranks 109th and Papua New Guinea ranks 107th 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

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.