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Average age of mothers at childbirth by country

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.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
33.42 years
South Korea
Lowest
25.35 years
Nepal
Median
29.12 years
Years covered
133
1891–2023
Data points
17,683

What the numbers show

Average age of mothers at childbirth is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 33.42 years in South Korea; the lowest is 25.35 years in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.12 years, and the mean is 29.32 years.

Over the past decade 159 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 10.6%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 2.9%).

Average age of mothers at childbirth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 33.42 years 2023 up 6.2% flat
2 Hong Kong 32.93 years 2023 up 3.4% rising
3 San Marino 32.85 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
5 Spain 32.54 years 2023 up 2.8% flat
6 Andorra 32.52 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
8 Italy 32.31 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
9 Switzerland 32.3 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
10 Singapore 32.29 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
12 Macao 32.11 years 2023 up 5.4% flat
13 Bermuda 32.1 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
15 Greece 31.97 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
16 Japan 31.91 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
17 United Arab Emirates 31.9 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
18 Libya 31.89 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
19 Taiwan 31.88 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
20 Netherlands 31.78 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
21 Portugal 31.73 years 2023 up 4.4% flat
22 Cyprus 31.7 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
23 Oman 31.65 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
24 Denmark 31.64 years 2023 up 2.6% flat
25 France 31.58 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
26 Sweden 31.57 years 2023 up 2.2% falling
27 Norway 31.57 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
28 Djibouti 31.52 years 2023 down 0.9% flat
29 Finland 31.47 years 2023 up 3.4% rising
30 Germany 31.47 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
31 Algeria 31.45 years 2023 down 1.0% rising
33 Canada 31.41 years 2023 up 3.5% flat
34 Australia 31.39 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
35 Tunisia 31.33 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
36 Vatican 31.26 years 2023 down 2.2% flat
37 Chile 31.19 years 2023 up 10.6% flat
38 Austria 31.17 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
39 Belgium 31.01 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
40 Malaysia 30.96 years 2023 up 1.0% flat
41 Estonia 30.96 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
42 United Kingdom 30.91 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
44 Israel 30.87 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
45 Monaco 30.85 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
46 Iceland 30.84 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
47 Saint Martin (French part) 30.83 years 2023 up 3.9% flat
48 Jersey 30.75 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
49 Guernsey 30.7 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
50 Croatia 30.66 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
51 Saint Barthelemy 30.66 years 2023 up 3.0% flat
52 Brunei 30.65 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
53 Cayman Islands 30.65 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
54 New Zealand 30.64 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
55 Saint Helena 30.6 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
56 Rwanda 30.59 years 2023 up 0.8% flat
57 New Caledonia 30.49 years 2023 up 3.4% flat
58 Slovenia 30.44 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
59 Czechia 30.43 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
60 Falkland Islands 30.43 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
61 Gibraltar 30.4 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
62 Qatar 30.4 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 30.38 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
64 Reunion 30.37 years 2023 up 4.4% flat
65 Afghanistan 30.37 years 2023 up 3.3% flat
66 Faroe Islands 30.33 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
67 Kuwait 30.33 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
68 Lithuania 30.32 years 2023 up 4.0% flat
69 Latvia 30.32 years 2023 up 3.6% flat
70 Mauritania 30.22 years 2023 down 0.1% flat
71 Comoros 30.22 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
72 Montenegro 30.2 years 2023 up 3.8% flat
73 Maldives 30.18 years 2023 up 3.6% flat
74 Wallis and Futuna 30.17 years 2023 up 1.8% flat
75 Burundi 30.16 years 2023 down 1.0% flat
76 Saudi Arabia 30.14 years 2023 up 1.7% flat
77 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.07 years 2023 up 0.3% flat
78 Western Sahara 29.99 years 2023 down 0.3% flat
79 Bahrain 29.98 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
80 Curacao 29.97 years 2023 up 4.8% flat
81 Hungary 29.96 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
82 Montserrat 29.95 years 2023 up 5.7% rising
83 Tonga 29.95 years 2023 down 0.6% flat
84 Morocco 29.93 years 2023 up 0.1% flat
85 Senegal 29.92 years 2023 down 1.4% rising
86 United States 29.9 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
87 Bhutan 29.89 years 2023 up 3.4% flat
88 Poland 29.89 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
89 Gambia 29.82 years 2023 down 1.0% rising
89 Jordan 29.82 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
91 Sudan 29.8 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
93 Yemen 29.73 years 2023 down 1.0% falling
94 Isle of Man 29.7 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
95 Sri Lanka 29.61 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
96 Haiti 29.56 years 2023 down 0.7% flat
97 Ghana 29.51 years 2023 down 0.6% flat
98 Serbia 29.5 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
99 Guinea-Bissau 29.47 years 2023 down 1.5% flat
100 Somalia 29.42 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
101 East Timor 29.41 years 2023 down 2.7% flat
102 American Samoa 29.38 years 2023 up 1.4% flat
103 Mongolia 29.33 years 2023 up 2.0% falling
104 French Guiana 29.33 years 2023 up 2.4% flat
105 Tokelau 29.32 years 2023 up 0.1% flat
106 Samoa 29.27 years 2023 down 1.4% flat
107 Papua New Guinea 29.26 years 2023 down 0.9% flat
108 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 29.24 years 2023 up 1.5% flat
109 Lebanon 29.24 years 2023 up 0.1% flat
110 Chad 29.24 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
111 Nigeria 29.23 years 2023 down 0.4% flat
112 Turkey 29.22 years 2023 up 3.4% flat
113 French Polynesia 29.2 years 2023 up 2.7% flat
114 Tuvalu 29.19 years 2023 up 0.5% flat
115 Burkina Faso 29.19 years 2023 down 0.1% flat
116 Eritrea 29.17 years 2023 down 1.2% falling
117 Solomon Islands 29.17 years 2023 down 0.5% flat
117 Uruguay 29.17 years 2023 up 5.0% flat
119 Cook Islands 29.14 years 2023 up 3.0% flat
120 Albania 29.13 years 2023 up 5.4% falling
120 Mauritius 29.13 years 2023 up 4.4% flat
122 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 29.12 years 2023 up 2.9% flat
123 Niue 29.11 years 2023 up 4.7% flat
124 Niger 29.09 years 2023 down 0.7% flat
125 Benin 29.08 years 2023 down 1.0% flat
125 Ethiopia 29.08 years 2023 down 1.3% flat
127 Kiribati 29.08 years 2023 down 0.7% flat
127 Togo 29.08 years 2023 down 1.5% flat
129 Argentina 29.07 years 2023 up 4.2% flat
130 Northern Mariana Islands 29.05 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
131 Guam 29.05 years 2023 up 2.7% flat
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.04 years 2023 up 1.3% flat
133 Cote d'Ivoire 29.03 years 2023 down 0.6% flat
134 China 29.02 years 2023 up 4.4% falling
135 North Macedonia 29 years 2023 up 2.8% flat
136 Philippines 28.98 years 2023 up 1.5% falling
137 Central African Republic 28.97 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
138 Kazakhstan 28.96 years 2023 up 3.3% falling
139 Indonesia 28.95 years 2023 up 1.4% flat
140 Namibia 28.94 years 2023 down 0.4% falling
140 Tanzania 28.94 years 2023 down 0.3% flat
142 Slovakia 28.92 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
143 Micronesia (country) 28.91 years 2023 up 0.2% flat
144 Russia 28.9 years 2023 up 3.6% flat
145 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 28.9 years 2023 up 2.3% flat
146 Pakistan 28.88 years 2023 down 0.0% flat
147 Mali 28.86 years 2023 down 0.8% flat
148 Bahamas 28.84 years 2023 up 1.0% flat
149 Syria 28.83 years 2023 down 0.4% falling
150 Aruba 28.82 years 2023 up 3.1% falling
151 Myanmar 28.81 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
152 Iran 28.78 years 2023 up 1.8% flat
153 Fiji 28.78 years 2023 up 1.4% flat
153 North Korea 28.78 years 2023 up 0.2% flat
155 Saint Lucia 28.76 years 2023 up 2.8% flat
156 Peru 28.76 years 2023 up 1.6% falling
157 Botswana 28.67 years 2023 down 1.0% falling
158 Belarus 28.65 years 2023 up 3.4% falling
159 Cape Verde 28.64 years 2023 up 2.7% falling
160 Iraq 28.62 years 2023 down 0.6% flat
161 Grenada 28.61 years 2023 up 0.4% flat
162 South Sudan 28.61 years 2023 down 2.9% flat
163 Angola 28.59 years 2023 down 1.5% falling
164 Sierra Leone 28.57 years 2023 down 1.2% flat
165 Congo 28.56 years 2023 down 0.6% flat
166 Palestine 28.55 years 2023 down 0.7% flat
167 Palau 28.52 years 2023 up 0.3% flat
168 Gabon 28.52 years 2023 down 0.3% flat
169 Georgia 28.5 years 2023 up 6.3% falling
170 British Virgin Islands 28.48 years 2023 up 0.2% flat
171 Sao Tome and Principe 28.47 years 2023 down 0.7% flat
172 Kyrgyzstan 28.46 years 2023 up 1.6% flat
173 Zambia 28.44 years 2023 down 1.5% flat
174 Cameroon 28.42 years 2023 down 0.1% flat
175 Suriname 28.41 years 2023 up 2.4% flat
176 Mozambique 28.36 years 2023 down 1.0% flat
177 Uganda 28.32 years 2023 down 1.5% flat
178 South Africa 28.3 years 2023 down 0.3% falling
179 Thailand 28.29 years 2023 up 5.0% falling
180 Guinea 28.26 years 2023 down 2.8% flat
181 Liberia 28.26 years 2023 down 1.2% flat
182 Antigua and Barbuda 28.25 years 2023 up 1.1% flat
183 Anguilla 28.25 years 2023 up 1.8% flat
184 Dominica 28.21 years 2023 up 0.3% flat
185 Kenya 28.2 years 2023 up 0.6% falling
186 Costa Rica 28.2 years 2023 up 6.0% falling
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.19 years 2023 up 2.9% flat
188 Bolivia 28.14 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
189 Romania 28.14 years 2023 up 2.8% flat
190 Ukraine 28.1 years 2023 up 3.1% flat
191 Vanuatu 28.09 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
192 Zimbabwe 28.06 years 2023 up 0.2% falling
193 Moldova 27.99 years 2023 up 2.1% falling
194 Egypt 27.99 years 2023 up 0.9% flat
195 Bulgaria 27.95 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
196 Jamaica 27.93 years 2023 up 0.7% flat
197 Greenland 27.92 years 2023 up 1.2% falling
198 Lesotho 27.91 years 2023 down 1.0% falling
199 Cambodia 27.9 years 2023 up 0.2% falling
200 Eswatini 27.89 years 2023 down 0.7% falling
201 Madagascar 27.87 years 2023 down 1.1% flat
202 Turkmenistan 27.82 years 2023 down 0.2% falling
203 Brazil 27.81 years 2023 up 4.2% falling
204 Armenia 27.78 years 2023 up 4.6% falling
205 Trinidad and Tobago 27.77 years 2023 up 0.3% flat
206 Puerto Rico 27.75 years 2023 up 5.7% falling
207 Barbados 27.73 years 2023 up 0.0% flat
208 Malawi 27.69 years 2023 down 2.7% falling
209 United States Virgin Islands 27.67 years 2023 up 1.3% flat
210 Paraguay 27.67 years 2023 down 0.1% falling
211 Seychelles 27.58 years 2023 up 0.6% falling
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.55 years 2023 up 0.4% flat
213 India 27.53 years 2023 up 5.0% falling
214 Dominican Republic 27.43 years 2023 up 4.9% falling
215 Ecuador 27.37 years 2023 up 1.6% falling
216 Panama 27.33 years 2023 up 2.9% falling
217 Guatemala 27.33 years 2023 down 2.0% flat
218 Honduras 27.23 years 2023 down 0.5% falling
219 Vietnam 27.19 years 2023 up 0.8% falling
220 Belize 27.18 years 2023 up 0.5% falling
221 Nauru 27.15 years 2023 down 1.3% falling
222 El Salvador 27.14 years 2023 up 1.1% falling
223 Marshall Islands 27.1 years 2023 down 0.1% falling
224 Equatorial Guinea 27.05 years 2023 down 1.4% falling
225 Uzbekistan 27.05 years 2023 up 2.3% falling
226 Guyana 27.01 years 2023 up 0.4% flat
227 Mexico 26.8 years 2023 up 1.1% falling
228 Colombia 26.55 years 2023 up 2.0% falling
229 Tajikistan 26.52 years 2023 down 0.9% falling
230 Venezuela 26.29 years 2023 up 0.7% falling
231 Laos 26.26 years 2023 down 2.3% falling
232 Cuba 26.22 years 2023 down 0.0% flat
233 Bangladesh 26.04 years 2023 up 4.5% falling
234 Nicaragua 25.97 years 2023 down 0.2% falling
235 Azerbaijan 25.93 years 2023 up 1.0% falling
236 Nepal 25.35 years 2023 down 0.5% falling

About this data

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

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.