Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Malaysia or Malta?

Malaysia, at 30.96 years against 30.88 years in Malta as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Malaysia and Malta?

0.08 years, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Malta?

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.

Malaysia vs Malta: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Malaysia

30.96 years

in 2023

Malta

30.88 years

in 2023

Malaysia rank

40th

Malta rank

43rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Malaysia
Malta

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 30.96 years against 30.88 years in Malta, a difference of 0.08 years.

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

Malaysia ranks 40th and Malta ranks 43rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 7 and Malta in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.44 years	29.63 years	0.1898 years	Malta
1960s	30.09 years	29.36 years	0.7274 years	Malaysia
1970s	29.81 years	28.7 years	1.11 years	Malaysia
1980s	30 years	28.74 years	1.26 years	Malaysia
1990s	30.04 years	28.79 years	1.26 years	Malaysia
2000s	30.46 years	28.68 years	1.77 years	Malaysia
2010s	30.75 years	30.15 years	0.5979 years	Malaysia
2020s	31 years	30.84 years	0.162 years	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Malaysia or Malta?: Malaysia, at 30.96 years against 30.88 years in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Malaysia and Malta?: 0.08 years, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Malta?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malaysia and Malta rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Malaysia ranks 40th and Malta ranks 43rd 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.