List of countries by mean age at childbearing

Last updated May 19, 2024

The following list sorts countries and dependent territories by mean age at childbearing. The mean age at childbearing indicates the age of a woman at their childbearing events, if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in that given year.^[1] In countries with very high fertility rates women can have their first child at a much younger age than the mean age at childbearing.

List of countries (2021)

Countries and dependent territories by the mean age at childbearing in 2021 according to the World Population Prospects 2022 of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.^[2]

	Country or territory	Age
1	Hong Kong	32.8
2	South Korea	32.5
3	Bermuda	32.2
4	San Marino	32.2
5	Ireland	32.2
6	Luxembourg	32.2
7	Spain	32.1
8	Andorra	32.0
9	Switzerland	32.0
10	Italy	32.0
11	Liechtenstein	31.9
12	Singapore	31.9
13	Libya	31.9
14	Cyprus	31.6
15	Greece	31.5
16	Netherlands	31.5
17	Taiwan	31.5
18	Denmark	31.4
19	Japan	31.4
20	United Arab Emirates	31.4
21	Algeria	31.4
22	Portugal	31.4
23	Oman	31.4
24	Djibouti	31.3
25	Guadeloupe	31.2
26	Australia	31.2
27	Norway	31.2
28	Sweden	31.2
29	Germany	31.1
30	Canada	31.1
31	Finland	31.0
32	Tunisia	31.0
33	Monaco	31.0
34	Malaysia	31.0
35	Austria	30.9
36	Saudi Arabia	30.9
37	Macao	30.9
38	Cayman Islands	30.8
39	Belgium	30.8
40	Iceland	30.7
41	Rwanda	30.7
42	Israel	30.7
43	Burundi	30.7
44	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.7
45	Martinique	30.7
46	New Zealand	30.6
47	Malta	30.6
48	France	30.6
49	United Kingdom	30.6
50	Comoros	30.5
51	Estonia	30.5
52	Brunei	30.5
53	Niue	30.4
54	Croatia	30.4
55	Jersey	30.4
56	Tonga	30.4
57	Guernsey	30.4
58	Gambia	30.4
59	Saint Martin	30.4
60	Slovenia	30.4
61	Faroe Islands	30.3
62	Morocco	30.3
63	Gibraltar	30.2
64	Qatar	30.2
65	Saint Barthélemy	30.2
66	Lithuania	30.1
67	Senegal	30.1
68	Czech Republic	30.1
69	Western Sahara	30.1
70	Wallis and Futuna	30.0
71	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	30.0
72	Montenegro	30.0
73	Kosovo	30.0
74	Latvia	29.9
75	DR Congo	29.9
76	Mayotte	29.9
77	Mauritania	29.9
78	Bahrain	29.9
79	Yemen	29.9
80	Micronesia	29.8
81	Maldives	29.8
82	Réunion	29.8
83	Hungary	29.7
84	South Sudan	29.7
85	Falkland Islands	29.6
86	Jordan	29.6
87	Poland	29.6
88	Sudan	29.6
89	Kiribati	29.6
90	United States	29.6
91	Ghana	29.6
92	East Timor	29.6
93	American Samoa	29.5
94	Ethiopia	29.5
95	Tokelau	29.5
96	Guinea-Bissau	29.5
97	Kuwait	29.5
98	Haiti	29.5
99	French Guiana	29.5
100	Nigeria	29.5
101	Serbia	29.5
102	Aruba	29.5
103	Sri Lanka	29.5
104	Eritrea	29.5
105	Lebanon	29.4
106	New Caledonia	29.4
107	Samoa	29.4
108	Isle of Man	29.4
109	Chile	29.4
110	Papua New Guinea	29.4
111	Syria	29.3
112	Chad	29.3
113	Somalia	29.3
114	Mongolia	29.2
115	Benin	29.1
116	Niger	29.1
117	Namibia	29.1
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.1
119	Togo	29.1
120	Grenada	29.0
121	Solomon Islands	29.0
122	Tuvalu	29.0
123	Turkey	29.0
124	Myanmar	29.0
125	Mali	28.9
126	Iran	28.9
127	Guinea	28.9
128	Côte d'Ivoire	28.9
129	Guam	28.9
130	Afghanistan	28.9
131	Burkina Faso	28.9
132	Sint Maarten	28.9
133	Curaçao	28.9
134	French Polynesia	28.9
135	Albania	28.9
136	Angola	28.9
137	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	28.8
138	Republic of the Congo	28.8
139	Iraq	28.8
140	Central African Republic	28.8
141	North Korea	28.8
142	Slovakia	28.8
143	Tanzania	28.8
144	China	28.8
145	Mauritius	28.8
146	Uganda	28.8
147	Palestinian Territory	28.7
148	Sao Tome and Principe	28.7
149	Bhutan	28.7
150	Argentina	28.7
151	Fiji	28.7
152	Macedonia	28.7
153	Sierra Leone	28.7
154	Kazakhstan	28.7
155	Russia	28.7
156	Vanuatu	28.7
157	Philippines	28.7
158	Pakistan	28.6
159	Cook Islands	28.6
160	Indonesia	28.6
161	Belarus	28.6
162	British Virgin Islands	28.6
163	Palau	28.6
164	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	28.6
165	Zambia	28.5
166	Bahamas	28.5
167	Liberia	28.5
168	Kenya	28.5
169	Gabon	28.5
170	Botswana	28.5
171	Northern Mariana Islands	28.4
172	Cameroon	28.4
173	Bolivia	28.3
174	Peru	28.3
175	Uruguay	28.3
176	Anguilla	28.2
177	Mozambique	28.2
178	Dominica	28.1
179	Romania	28.1
180	Georgia	28.1
181	Thailand	28.1
182	Equatorial Guinea	28.1
183	Ukraine	28.0
184	Kyrgyzstan	28.0
185	Swaziland	28.0
186	Saint Lucia	28.0
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28.0
188	Antigua and Barbuda	28.0
189	Malawi	28.0
190	Madagascar	28.0
191	Paraguay	27.9
192	Greenland	27.9
193	Zimbabwe	27.9
194	Costa Rica	27.9
195	Guatemala	27.9
196	India	27.9
197	Jamaica	27.9
198	Lesotho	27.9
199	Republic of Moldova	27.9
200	Barbados	27.9
201	Turkmenistan	27.9
202	Suriname	27.8
203	US Virgin Islands	27.8
204	Seychelles	27.7
205	Egypt	27.7
206	Trinidad and Tobago	27.7
207	Bulgaria	27.7
208	South Africa	27.7
209	Brazil	27.7
210	Marshall Islands	27.6
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	27.6
212	Cape Verde	27.6
213	Cambodia	27.5
214	Montserrat	27.5
215	Ecuador	27.4
216	Nauru	27.4
217	Uzbekistan	27.4
218	Vietnam	27.4
219	Armenia	27.3
220	Guyana	27.2
221	Honduras	27.2
222	Belize	27.2
223	Puerto Rico	27.1
224	El Salvador	27.1
225	Panama	27.0
226	Mexico	27.0
227	Colombia	26.9
228	Laos	26.9
229	Dominican Republic	26.8
230	Nicaragua	26.6
231	Tajikistan	26.5
232	Venezuela	26.3
233	Cuba	26.1
234	Nepal	25.8
235	Azerbaijan	25.7
236	Bangladesh	25.7

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References

↑ "Definition of mean age at childbearing". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2022). "World Population Prospects 2022 Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XLS (91MB)). United Nations Population Division . 27 (Online ed.). New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. ,cols AC. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09.

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[1] "Definition of mean age at childbearing". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-08-15.

[2] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2022). "World Population Prospects 2022 Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XLS (91MB)). United Nations Population Division . 27 (Online ed.). New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. ,cols AC. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09.

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