Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mali or Syria?

Mali, at 28.86 years against 28.83 years in Syria as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Syria?

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.

Mali vs Syria: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mali

28.86 years

in 2023

Syria

28.83 years

in 2023

Mali rank

147th

Syria rank

149th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mali
Syria

How they compare

Mali currently reports 28.86 years against 28.83 years in Syria, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Syria ahead.

Mali ranks 147th and Syria ranks 149th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Syria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.45 years	30.58 years	2.13 years	Syria
1960s	28.91 years	30.33 years	1.42 years	Syria
1970s	29.36 years	30.21 years	0.8552 years	Syria
1980s	29.3 years	30.06 years	0.7539 years	Syria
1990s	29.42 years	29.66 years	0.2414 years	Syria
2000s	29.15 years	29.16 years	0.0081 years	Syria
2010s	29.07 years	28.93 years	0.1429 years	Mali
2020s	28.9 years	28.84 years	0.06 years	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mali or Syria?: Mali, at 28.86 years against 28.83 years in Syria as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mali and Syria?: 0.03 years, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Syria?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mali and Syria rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mali ranks 147th and Syria ranks 149th 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: 09 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.