Statizoid

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin

Benin: Average age of mothers at childbirth was 29.08 years in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
29.08 years
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
125th
of 236 countries
All-time high
30.11 years
in 1989
All-time low
28.73 years
in 1961
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin, 1950–2023

0102030195019862023

Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin is 29.08 years, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin peaked at 30.11 years in 1989 and was at its lowest, 28.73 years, in 1961.

That places Benin 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin, year by year

Year years Change
1950 28.92 years —
1951 28.93 years +0.0%
1952 28.93 years +0.0%
1953 28.94 years +0.0%
1954 28.92 years -0.1%
1955 28.87 years -0.2%
1956 28.82 years -0.2%
1957 28.76 years -0.2%
1958 28.75 years -0.0%
1959 28.74 years -0.0%
1960 28.73 years -0.0%
1961 28.73 years -0.0%
1962 28.78 years +0.2%
1963 28.86 years +0.3%
1964 28.94 years +0.3%
1965 28.99 years +0.2%
1966 29.05 years +0.2%
1967 29.11 years +0.2%
1968 29.15 years +0.2%
1969 29.2 years +0.2%
1970 29.21 years +0.1%
1971 29.24 years +0.1%
1972 29.28 years +0.1%
1973 29.32 years +0.1%
1974 29.34 years +0.1%
1975 29.32 years -0.1%
1976 29.31 years -0.0%
1977 29.31 years -0.0%
1978 29.36 years +0.2%
1979 29.4 years +0.1%
1980 29.43 years +0.1%
1981 29.54 years +0.3%
1982 29.65 years +0.4%
1983 29.82 years +0.6%
1984 29.89 years +0.2%
1985 29.93 years +0.2%
1986 29.95 years +0.1%
1987 29.93 years -0.1%
1988 29.96 years +0.1%
1989 30.11 years +0.5%
1990 30.04 years -0.2%
1991 30.01 years -0.1%
1992 30.03 years +0.1%
1993 29.92 years -0.4%
1994 29.87 years -0.2%
1995 29.85 years -0.1%
1996 29.79 years -0.2%
1997 29.75 years -0.1%
1998 29.63 years -0.4%
1999 29.52 years -0.3%
2000 29.48 years -0.1%
2001 29.42 years -0.2%
2002 29.39 years -0.1%
2003 29.33 years -0.2%
2004 29.28 years -0.1%
2005 29.34 years +0.2%
2006 29.35 years +0.0%
2007 29.32 years -0.1%
2008 29.36 years +0.1%
2009 29.38 years +0.1%
2010 29.37 years -0.0%
2011 29.38 years +0.0%
2012 29.36 years -0.1%
2013 29.36 years -0.0%
2014 29.34 years -0.1%
2015 29.29 years -0.1%
2016 29.26 years -0.1%
2017 29.24 years -0.0%
2018 29.22 years -0.1%
2019 29.21 years -0.0%
2020 29.19 years -0.1%
2021 29.15 years -0.1%
2022 29.11 years -0.1%
2023 29.08 years -0.1%

Benin compared with similar countries

  • Benin's 29.08 years is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28.56 years, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Benin's 29.08 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28.9 years, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 28.86 years 28.74 years 28.94 years 10
1960s 28.95 years 28.73 years 29.2 years 10
1970s 29.31 years 29.21 years 29.4 years 10
1980s 29.82 years 29.43 years 30.11 years 10
1990s 29.84 years 29.52 years 30.04 years 10
2000s 29.37 years 29.28 years 29.48 years 10
2010s 29.3 years 29.21 years 29.38 years 10
2020s 29.13 years 29.08 years 29.19 years 4

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 122 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 29.12 years compare
  2. 123 Niue 29.11 years compare
  3. 124 Niger 29.09 years compare
  4. 125 Ethiopia 29.08 years compare
  5. 127 Kiribati 29.08 years compare
  6. 127 Togo 29.08 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More reference data data for Benin

All data for Benin →

Frequently asked questions

What is average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin?
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin was 29.08 years in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 30.11 years in 1989.
What is the lowest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 28.73 years in 1961.
How does Benin rank for average age of mothers at childbirth?
Benin ranks 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is average age of mothers at childbirth rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Benin data come from?
The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin. Statizoid, drawing on Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/period-average-age-of-mothers/benin/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/period-average-age-of-mothers/benin/">Average age of mothers at childbirth in Benin</a> — Statizoid

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.