What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mozambique and South Africa?

0.06 years, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and South Africa?

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.

Mozambique vs South Africa: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mozambique

28.36 years

in 2023

South Africa

28.3 years

in 2023

Mozambique rank

176th

South Africa rank

178th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mozambique
South Africa

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 28.36 years against 28.3 years in South Africa, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.

Mozambique ranks 176th and South Africa ranks 178th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.5 years	30.21 years	0.7076 years	South Africa
1960s	29.42 years	29.99 years	0.5715 years	South Africa
1970s	29.04 years	29.44 years	0.393 years	South Africa
1980s	29.04 years	28.71 years	0.332 years	Mozambique
1990s	29.07 years	28.23 years	0.8454 years	Mozambique
2000s	28.83 years	28.28 years	0.5469 years	Mozambique
2010s	28.64 years	28.44 years	0.2006 years	Mozambique
2020s	28.43 years	28.32 years	0.1065 years	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mozambique or South Africa?: Mozambique, at 28.36 years against 28.3 years in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mozambique and South Africa?: 0.06 years, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and South Africa?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mozambique and South Africa rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mozambique ranks 176th and South Africa ranks 178th 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: 28 August 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.