Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Somalia or East Timor?

Somalia, at 29.42 years against 29.41 years in East Timor as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Somalia and East Timor?

0.01 years, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and East Timor?

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.

Somalia vs East Timor: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Somalia

29.42 years

in 2023

East Timor

29.41 years

in 2023

Somalia rank

100th

East Timor rank

101st

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Somalia
East Timor

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 29.42 years against 29.41 years in East Timor, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Somalia ranks 100th and East Timor ranks 101st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1950s	31.23 years	31.01 years	0.2155 years	Somalia
1960s	31.16 years	31.01 years	0.1512 years	Somalia
1970s	31.12 years	31.01 years	0.1133 years	Somalia
1980s	30.78 years	31.01 years	0.2242 years	East Timor
1990s	30.54 years	31.01 years	0.4691 years	East Timor
2000s	30.09 years	30.92 years	0.8283 years	East Timor
2010s	29.56 years	30.11 years	0.5494 years	East Timor
2020s	29.42 years	29.53 years	0.1167 years	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Somalia or East Timor?: Somalia, at 29.42 years against 29.41 years in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Somalia and East Timor?: 0.01 years, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and East Timor?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Somalia and East Timor rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Somalia ranks 100th and East Timor ranks 101st 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.