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

United Kingdom, at 30.91 years against 30.88 years in Malta as of 2023.

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

0.03 years, with United Kingdom ahead.

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

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.

Malta vs United Kingdom: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Malta

30.88 years

in 2023

United Kingdom

30.91 years

in 2023

Malta rank

43rd

United Kingdom rank

42nd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Malta
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 30.91 years against 30.88 years in Malta, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 43rd and United Kingdom ranks 42nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 6 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.63 years	27.97 years	1.66 years	Malta
1960s	29.36 years	27.33 years	2.04 years	Malta
1970s	28.7 years	26.67 years	2.04 years	Malta
1980s	28.74 years	27.26 years	1.47 years	Malta
1990s	28.79 years	28.07 years	0.7197 years	Malta
2000s	28.68 years	28.99 years	0.3059 years	United Kingdom
2010s	30.15 years	30.14 years	0.0116 years	Malta
2020s	30.84 years	30.87 years	0.0245 years	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Malta or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 30.91 years against 30.88 years in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Malta and United Kingdom?: 0.03 years, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and United Kingdom?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malta and United Kingdom rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Malta ranks 43rd and United Kingdom ranks 42nd 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.