Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Samoa or Tokelau?

Tokelau, at 29.32 years against 29.27 years in Samoa as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Samoa and Tokelau?

0.05 years, with Tokelau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tokelau?

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.

Samoa vs Tokelau: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Samoa

29.27 years

in 2023

Tokelau

29.32 years

in 2023

Samoa rank

106th

Tokelau rank

105th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Samoa
Tokelau

How they compare

Tokelau currently reports 29.32 years against 29.27 years in Samoa, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tokelau ahead.

Samoa ranks 106th and Tokelau ranks 105th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 5 and Tokelau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Tokelau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.25 years	29.49 years	0.2415 years	Tokelau
1960s	29.58 years	29.58 years	0.0067 years	Tokelau
1970s	29.97 years	29.56 years	0.4132 years	Samoa
1980s	30.1 years	29.4 years	0.7021 years	Samoa
1990s	30.13 years	29.34 years	0.7847 years	Samoa
2000s	30 years	29.31 years	0.6838 years	Samoa
2010s	29.62 years	29.31 years	0.3043 years	Samoa
2020s	29.31 years	29.32 years	0.011 years	Tokelau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Samoa or Tokelau?: Tokelau, at 29.32 years against 29.27 years in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Samoa and Tokelau?: 0.05 years, with Tokelau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tokelau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Samoa and Tokelau rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Samoa ranks 106th and Tokelau ranks 105th 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.