What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Micronesia (country) and Tanzania?

0.03 years, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia (country) and Tanzania?

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.

Micronesia (country) vs Tanzania: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Micronesia (country)

28.91 years

in 2023

Tanzania

28.94 years

in 2023

Micronesia (country) rank

143rd

Tanzania rank

140th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Micronesia (country)
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 28.94 years against 28.91 years in Micronesia (country), a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Micronesia (country) ahead.

Micronesia (country) ranks 143rd and Tanzania ranks 140th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Micronesia (country) averaged higher in 5 and Tanzania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Micronesia (country)	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.53 years	29.09 years	0.4442 years	Micronesia (country)
1960s	29.58 years	29.13 years	0.4511 years	Micronesia (country)
1970s	29.8 years	29.35 years	0.449 years	Micronesia (country)
1980s	29.91 years	29.72 years	0.1876 years	Micronesia (country)
1990s	29.65 years	29.37 years	0.2817 years	Micronesia (country)
2000s	28.95 years	29.09 years	0.1465 years	Tanzania
2010s	28.86 years	29 years	0.1436 years	Tanzania
2020s	28.9 years	28.94 years	0.0433 years	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Micronesia (country) or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 28.94 years against 28.91 years in Micronesia (country) as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Micronesia (country) and Tanzania?: 0.03 years, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia (country) and Tanzania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Micronesia (country) and Tanzania rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Micronesia (country) ranks 143rd and Tanzania ranks 140th 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.