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

Uruguay, at 29.17 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius as of 2023.

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

0.04 years, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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.

Mauritius vs Uruguay: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mauritius

29.13 years

in 2023

Uruguay

29.17 years

in 2023

Mauritius rank

120th

Uruguay rank

117th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mauritius
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 29.17 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Mauritius ranks 120th and Uruguay ranks 117th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.47 years	27.65 years	0.818 years	Mauritius
1960s	28.63 years	27.69 years	0.9469 years	Mauritius
1970s	28.2 years	27.52 years	0.6787 years	Mauritius
1980s	27.34 years	27.62 years	0.2709 years	Uruguay
1990s	27.04 years	27.56 years	0.5128 years	Uruguay
2000s	27.32 years	27.58 years	0.2596 years	Uruguay
2010s	28.13 years	28.1 years	0.0322 years	Mauritius
2020s	29.03 years	29.09 years	0.0608 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mauritius or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 29.17 years against 29.13 years in Mauritius as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mauritius and Uruguay?: 0.04 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Uruguay rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mauritius ranks 120th and Uruguay ranks 117th 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.