What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?

0.15 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?

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.

Saudi Arabia vs Western Sahara: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Saudi Arabia

30.14 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

29.99 years

in 2023

Saudi Arabia rank

76th

Western Sahara rank

78th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Saudi Arabia
Western Sahara

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 30.14 years against 29.99 years in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.15 years.

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

Saudi Arabia ranks 76th and Western Sahara ranks 78th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 6 and Western Sahara in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saudi Arabia	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.98 years	29.22 years	0.7579 years	Saudi Arabia
1960s	29.98 years	29.23 years	0.7514 years	Saudi Arabia
1970s	29.97 years	29.22 years	0.7529 years	Saudi Arabia
1980s	30.07 years	29.2 years	0.8684 years	Saudi Arabia
1990s	31.01 years	29.65 years	1.36 years	Saudi Arabia
2000s	30.05 years	30.35 years	0.3007 years	Western Sahara
2010s	29.74 years	30.07 years	0.3391 years	Western Sahara
2020s	30.14 years	29.99 years	0.1478 years	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Saudi Arabia or Western Sahara?: Saudi Arabia, at 30.14 years against 29.99 years in Western Sahara as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?: 0.15 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Saudi Arabia ranks 76th and Western Sahara ranks 78th 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.