Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Macao or Singapore?

Singapore, at 32.29 years against 32.11 years in Macao as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Macao and Singapore?

0.18 years, with Singapore ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Singapore?

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.

Macao vs Singapore: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Macao

32.11 years

in 2023

Singapore

32.29 years

in 2023

Macao rank

12th

Singapore rank

10th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Macao
Singapore

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 32.29 years against 32.11 years in Macao, a difference of 0.18 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Macao ahead.

Macao ranks 12th and Singapore ranks 10th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Macao averaged higher in 4 and Singapore in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Macao	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
1950s	30.52 years	29.31 years	1.21 years	Macao
1960s	31.17 years	29.29 years	1.88 years	Macao
1970s	30.7 years	28.4 years	2.3 years	Macao
1980s	28.99 years	28.71 years	0.2814 years	Macao
1990s	29.3 years	29.73 years	0.4336 years	Singapore
2000s	30.07 years	30.27 years	0.2042 years	Singapore
2010s	30.58 years	31.45 years	0.8716 years	Singapore
2020s	31.8 years	32.24 years	0.4437 years	Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Macao or Singapore?: Singapore, at 32.29 years against 32.11 years in Macao as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Macao and Singapore?: 0.18 years, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Singapore?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Macao and Singapore rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Macao ranks 12th and Singapore ranks 10th 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.