Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mayotte or Sri Lanka?

Mayotte, at 29.75 years against 29.61 years in Sri Lanka as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mayotte and Sri Lanka?

0.14 years, with Mayotte ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Sri Lanka?

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.

Mayotte vs Sri Lanka: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mayotte

29.75 years

in 2023

Sri Lanka

29.61 years

in 2023

Mayotte rank

92nd

Sri Lanka rank

95th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mayotte
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Mayotte currently reports 29.75 years against 29.61 years in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mayotte ahead.

Mayotte ranks 92nd and Sri Lanka ranks 95th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mayotte averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mayotte	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.71 years	28.94 years	0.7692 years	Mayotte
1960s	29.73 years	29.4 years	0.3329 years	Mayotte
1970s	29.75 years	29.28 years	0.4706 years	Mayotte
1980s	29.62 years	28.82 years	0.7992 years	Mayotte
1990s	29.24 years	29.34 years	0.0979 years	Sri Lanka
2000s	28.84 years	29.02 years	0.1779 years	Sri Lanka
2010s	29.55 years	29.44 years	0.1171 years	Mayotte
2020s	29.73 years	29.59 years	0.1358 years	Mayotte

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mayotte or Sri Lanka?: Mayotte, at 29.75 years against 29.61 years in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mayotte and Sri Lanka?: 0.14 years, with Mayotte ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Sri Lanka?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mayotte and Sri Lanka rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mayotte ranks 92nd and Sri Lanka ranks 95th 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.