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Average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands: Average age of mothers at childbirth was 30.33 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
30.33 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
66th
of 236 countries
All-time high
30.34 years
in 2021
All-time low
27.13 years
in 1976
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands, 1950–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands stood at 30.33 years.

The figure is up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands peaked at 30.34 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 27.13 years, in 1976.

That places Faroe Islands 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands, year by year

Year years Change
1950 29.77 years —
1951 29.77 years +0.0%
1952 29.69 years -0.3%
1953 29.64 years -0.2%
1954 29.54 years -0.3%
1955 29.45 years -0.3%
1956 29.31 years -0.5%
1957 29.19 years -0.4%
1958 29.08 years -0.4%
1959 28.93 years -0.5%
1960 28.78 years -0.5%
1961 28.64 years -0.5%
1962 28.57 years -0.2%
1963 28.48 years -0.3%
1964 28.36 years -0.4%
1965 28.27 years -0.3%
1966 28.14 years -0.4%
1967 28 years -0.5%
1968 27.85 years -0.5%
1969 27.64 years -0.8%
1970 27.5 years -0.5%
1971 27.35 years -0.6%
1972 27.31 years -0.1%
1973 27.23 years -0.3%
1974 27.18 years -0.2%
1975 27.15 years -0.1%
1976 27.13 years -0.1%
1977 27.14 years +0.1%
1978 27.2 years +0.2%
1979 27.25 years +0.2%
1980 27.15 years -0.4%
1981 27.24 years +0.3%
1982 27.34 years +0.4%
1983 27.46 years +0.4%
1984 27.67 years +0.8%
1985 27.96 years +1.0%
1986 28.16 years +0.7%
1987 28.29 years +0.5%
1988 28.46 years +0.6%
1989 28.59 years +0.5%
1990 28.65 years +0.2%
1991 28.6 years -0.2%
1992 28.61 years +0.0%
1993 28.67 years +0.2%
1994 28.71 years +0.1%
1995 28.86 years +0.5%
1996 29.04 years +0.6%
1997 29.17 years +0.5%
1998 29.19 years +0.1%
1999 29.26 years +0.2%
2000 29.39 years +0.4%
2001 29.36 years -0.1%
2002 29.53 years +0.6%
2003 29.59 years +0.2%
2004 29.7 years +0.4%
2005 29.79 years +0.3%
2006 29.81 years +0.1%
2007 29.89 years +0.2%
2008 29.88 years -0.0%
2009 29.86 years -0.1%
2010 29.9 years +0.2%
2011 29.84 years -0.2%
2012 29.94 years +0.3%
2013 29.97 years +0.1%
2014 30.02 years +0.2%
2015 30.01 years -0.0%
2016 30.1 years +0.3%
2017 30.16 years +0.2%
2018 30.18 years +0.1%
2019 30.24 years +0.2%
2020 30.3 years +0.2%
2021 30.34 years +0.1%
2022 30.33 years -0.0%
2023 30.33 years +0.0%

Faroe Islands compared with similar countries

  • Faroe Islands's 30.33 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 30.49 years, 99% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Faroe Islands's 30.33 years is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.36 years, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 29.44 years 28.93 years 29.77 years 10
1960s 28.27 years 27.64 years 28.78 years 10
1970s 27.24 years 27.13 years 27.5 years 10
1980s 27.83 years 27.15 years 28.59 years 10
1990s 28.87 years 28.6 years 29.26 years 10
2000s 29.68 years 29.36 years 29.89 years 10
2010s 30.04 years 29.84 years 30.24 years 10
2020s 30.32 years 30.3 years 30.34 years 4

Countries ranked near Faroe Islands

  1. 63 Turks and Caicos Islands 30.38 years compare
  2. 64 Reunion 30.37 years compare
  3. 65 Afghanistan 30.37 years compare
  4. 67 Kuwait 30.33 years compare
  5. 68 Lithuania 30.32 years compare
  6. 69 Latvia 30.32 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands?
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Faroe Islands was 30.33 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 Faroe Islands?
The highest recorded value was 30.34 years in 2021.
What is the lowest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Faroe Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 27.13 years in 1976.
How does Faroe Islands rank for average age of mothers at childbirth?
Faroe Islands ranks 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is average age of mothers at childbirth rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Faroe Islands 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.

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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
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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.