Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Lesotho or Madagascar?

Lesotho, at 27.91 years against 27.87 years in Madagascar as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Lesotho and Madagascar?

0.04 years, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?

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.

Lesotho vs Madagascar: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Lesotho

27.91 years

in 2023

Madagascar

27.87 years

in 2023

Lesotho rank

198th

Madagascar rank

201st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Lesotho
Madagascar

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 27.91 years against 27.87 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 198th and Madagascar ranks 201st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	30.04 years	28.52 years	1.52 years	Lesotho
1960s	29.86 years	28.77 years	1.09 years	Lesotho
1970s	29.73 years	28.98 years	0.751 years	Lesotho
1980s	29.65 years	29.49 years	0.1634 years	Lesotho
1990s	29.27 years	29.07 years	0.1928 years	Lesotho
2000s	28.67 years	28.45 years	0.2173 years	Lesotho
2010s	28.21 years	28.13 years	0.0815 years	Lesotho
2020s	27.94 years	27.92 years	0.021 years	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Lesotho or Madagascar?: Lesotho, at 27.91 years against 27.87 years in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Lesotho and Madagascar?: 0.04 years, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Madagascar rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Lesotho ranks 198th and Madagascar ranks 201st 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.