Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mauritius or Niue?

Mauritius, at 29.13 years against 29.11 years in Niue as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mauritius and Niue?

0.02 years, with Mauritius ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Niue?

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.

Mauritius vs Niue: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mauritius

29.13 years

in 2023

Niue

29.11 years

in 2023

Mauritius rank

120th

Niue rank

123rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mauritius
Niue

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 29.13 years against 29.11 years in Niue, a difference of 0.02 years.

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

Mauritius ranks 120th and Niue ranks 123rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 3 and Niue in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Niue	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.47 years	28.46 years	0.0057 years	Mauritius
1960s	28.63 years	28.37 years	0.2677 years	Mauritius
1970s	28.2 years	28.02 years	0.178 years	Mauritius
1980s	27.34 years	28.35 years	1 years	Niue
1990s	27.04 years	28.79 years	1.74 years	Niue
2000s	27.32 years	28.18 years	0.8599 years	Niue
2010s	28.13 years	28.17 years	0.0419 years	Niue
2020s	29.03 years	29.06 years	0.0297 years	Niue

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mauritius or Niue?: Mauritius, at 29.13 years against 29.11 years in Niue as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mauritius and Niue?: 0.02 years, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Niue?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Niue rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mauritius ranks 120th and Niue ranks 123rd 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: 18 September 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.