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Average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Average age of mothers at childbirth was 27.05 years in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
27.05 years
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
224th
of 236 countries
All-time high
28.96 years
in 1950
All-time low
27.05 years
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea stood at 27.05 years. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 28.96 years in 1950 and was at its lowest, 27.05 years, in 2023.

That places Equatorial Guinea 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Year years Change
1950 28.96 years —
1951 28.95 years -0.0%
1952 28.93 years -0.0%
1953 28.92 years -0.0%
1954 28.91 years -0.0%
1955 28.89 years -0.1%
1956 28.88 years -0.0%
1957 28.86 years -0.1%
1958 28.85 years -0.1%
1959 28.83 years -0.1%
1960 28.81 years -0.1%
1961 28.79 years -0.1%
1962 28.78 years -0.1%
1963 28.76 years -0.1%
1964 28.74 years -0.1%
1965 28.73 years -0.1%
1966 28.71 years -0.1%
1967 28.69 years -0.1%
1968 28.67 years -0.1%
1969 28.64 years -0.1%
1970 28.62 years -0.1%
1971 28.6 years -0.1%
1972 28.57 years -0.1%
1973 28.55 years -0.1%
1974 28.53 years -0.1%
1975 28.5 years -0.1%
1976 28.48 years -0.1%
1977 28.45 years -0.1%
1978 28.42 years -0.1%
1979 28.38 years -0.1%
1980 28.35 years -0.1%
1981 28.31 years -0.1%
1982 28.28 years -0.1%
1983 28.25 years -0.1%
1984 28.25 years +0.0%
1985 28.26 years +0.0%
1986 28.26 years +0.0%
1987 28.26 years +0.0%
1988 28.26 years -0.0%
1989 28.26 years -0.0%
1990 28.25 years -0.0%
1991 28.25 years -0.0%
1992 28.24 years -0.0%
1993 28.24 years -0.0%
1994 28.23 years -0.0%
1995 28.23 years -0.0%
1996 28.22 years -0.0%
1997 28.2 years -0.0%
1998 28.18 years -0.1%
1999 28.16 years -0.1%
2000 28.12 years -0.1%
2001 28.08 years -0.1%
2002 28.02 years -0.2%
2003 27.94 years -0.3%
2004 27.87 years -0.3%
2005 27.82 years -0.2%
2006 27.77 years -0.2%
2007 27.7 years -0.2%
2008 27.64 years -0.2%
2009 27.59 years -0.2%
2010 27.55 years -0.1%
2011 27.51 years -0.1%
2012 27.49 years -0.1%
2013 27.45 years -0.1%
2014 27.41 years -0.1%
2015 27.37 years -0.1%
2016 27.33 years -0.1%
2017 27.3 years -0.1%
2018 27.26 years -0.2%
2019 27.21 years -0.2%
2020 27.19 years -0.1%
2021 27.14 years -0.2%
2022 27.09 years -0.2%
2023 27.05 years -0.2%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 27.05 years is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.64 years, 94% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 27.05 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28.9 years, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 28.9 years 28.83 years 28.96 years 10
1960s 28.73 years 28.64 years 28.81 years 10
1970s 28.51 years 28.38 years 28.62 years 10
1980s 28.27 years 28.25 years 28.35 years 10
1990s 28.22 years 28.16 years 28.25 years 10
2000s 27.86 years 27.59 years 28.12 years 10
2010s 27.39 years 27.21 years 27.55 years 10
2020s 27.12 years 27.05 years 27.19 years 4

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 221 Nauru 27.15 years compare
  2. 222 El Salvador 27.14 years compare
  3. 223 Marshall Islands 27.1 years compare
  4. 225 Uzbekistan 27.05 years compare
  5. 226 Guyana 27.01 years compare
  6. 227 Mexico 26.8 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea?
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Equatorial Guinea was 27.05 years in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 28.96 years in 1950.
What is the lowest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 27.05 years in 2023.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for average age of mothers at childbirth?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is average age of mothers at childbirth rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit
years
Source
Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
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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.