Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Morocco or United States?

Morocco, at 29.93 years against 29.9 years in United States as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Morocco and United States?

0.03 years, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and United States?

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.

Morocco vs United States: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Morocco

29.93 years

in 2023

United States

29.9 years

in 2023

Morocco rank

84th

United States rank

86th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Morocco
United States

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 29.93 years against 29.9 years in United States, a difference of 0.03 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Morocco has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 84th and United States ranks 86th of 236 countries.

Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28.59 years	26.52 years	2.07 years	Morocco
1960s	29.26 years	26.4 years	2.86 years	Morocco
1970s	30.09 years	25.9 years	4.19 years	Morocco
1980s	30.83 years	26.31 years	4.53 years	Morocco
1990s	30.57 years	26.82 years	3.75 years	Morocco
2000s	29.93 years	27.8 years	2.14 years	Morocco
2010s	29.9 years	29 years	0.9075 years	Morocco
2020s	29.92 years	29.82 years	0.1 years	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Morocco or United States?: Morocco, at 29.93 years against 29.9 years in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Morocco and United States?: 0.03 years, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and United States?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Morocco and United States rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Morocco ranks 84th and United States ranks 86th 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.