Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Nepal or Nicaragua?

Nicaragua, at 25.97 years against 25.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Nepal and Nicaragua?

0.62 years, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Nicaragua?

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.

Nepal vs Nicaragua: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Nepal

25.35 years

in 2023

Nicaragua

25.97 years

in 2023

Nepal rank

236th

Nicaragua rank

234th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Nepal
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 25.97 years against 25.35 years in Nepal, a difference of 0.62 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 236th and Nicaragua ranks 234th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.28 years	28.79 years	0.4956 years	Nepal
1960s	29.13 years	28.71 years	0.4226 years	Nepal
1970s	28.93 years	28.51 years	0.4235 years	Nepal
1980s	28.45 years	27.98 years	0.4771 years	Nepal
1990s	27.24 years	27.11 years	0.1288 years	Nepal
2000s	26.32 years	26.3 years	0.0147 years	Nepal
2010s	25.5 years	26.01 years	0.5093 years	Nicaragua
2020s	25.33 years	25.98 years	0.6433 years	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Nepal or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 25.97 years against 25.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Nepal and Nicaragua?: 0.62 years, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Nicaragua?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Nicaragua rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Nepal ranks 236th and Nicaragua ranks 234th 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.