List of countries by mean age at childbearing

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Note that the "mean" used is specifically the "median age". ^[2]

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
Hong Kong	32.8
South Korea	32.5
Bermuda	32.2
San Marino	32.2
Ireland	32.2
Luxembourg	32.2
Spain	32.1
Andorra	32.0
Switzerland	32.0
Italy	32.0
Liechtenstein	31.9
Singapore	31.9
Libya	31.9
Cyprus	31.6
Greece	31.5
Netherlands	31.5
Taiwan	31.5
Denmark	31.4
Japan	31.4
United Arab Emirates	31.4
Algeria	31.4
Portugal	31.4
Oman	31.4
Djibouti	31.3
Guadeloupe	31.2
Australia	31.2
Norway	31.2
Sweden	31.2
Germany	31.1
Canada	31.1
Finland	31.0
Tunisia	31.0
Monaco	31.0
Malaysia	31.0
Austria	30.9
Saudi Arabia	30.9
Macao	30.9
Cayman Islands	30.8
Belgium	30.8
Iceland	30.7
Rwanda	30.7
Israel	30.7
Burundi	30.7
Turks and Caicos Islands	30.7
Martinique	30.7
New Zealand	30.6
Malta	30.6
France	30.6
United Kingdom	30.6
Comoros	30.5
Estonia	30.5
Brunei	30.5
Niue	30.4
Croatia	30.4
Jersey	30.4
Tonga	30.4
Guernsey	30.4
Gambia	30.4
Saint Martin	30.4
Slovenia	30.4
Faroe Islands	30.3
Morocco	30.3
Gibraltar	30.2
Qatar	30.2
Saint Barthélemy	30.2
Lithuania	30.1
Senegal	30.1
Czech Republic	30.1
Western Sahara	30.1
Wallis and Futuna	30.0
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	30.0
Montenegro	30.0
Kosovo	30.0
Latvia	29.9
DR Congo	29.9
Mayotte	29.9
Mauritania	29.9
Bahrain	29.9
Yemen	29.9
Micronesia	29.8
Maldives	29.8
Réunion	29.8
Hungary	29.7
South Sudan	29.7
Falkland Islands	29.6
Jordan	29.6
Poland	29.6
Sudan	29.6
Kiribati	29.6
United States	29.6
Ghana	29.6
East Timor	29.6
American Samoa	29.5
Ethiopia	29.5
Tokelau	29.5
Guinea-Bissau	29.5
Kuwait	29.5
Haiti	29.5
French Guiana	29.5
Nigeria	29.5
Serbia	29.5
Aruba	29.5
Sri Lanka	29.5
Eritrea	29.5
Lebanon	29.4
New Caledonia	29.4
Samoa	29.4
Isle of Man	29.4
Chile	29.4
Papua New Guinea	29.4
Syria	29.3
Chad	29.3
Somalia	29.3
Mongolia	29.2
Benin	29.1
Niger	29.1
Namibia	29.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.1
Togo	29.1
Grenada	29.0
Solomon Islands	29.0
Tuvalu	29.0
Turkey	29.0
Myanmar	29.0
Mali	28.9
Iran	28.9
Guinea	28.9
Côte d'Ivoire	28.9
Guam	28.9
Afghanistan	28.9
Burkina Faso	28.9
Sint Maarten	28.9
Curaçao	28.9
French Polynesia	28.9
Albania	28.9
Angola	28.9
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	28.8
Republic of the Congo	28.8
Iraq	28.8
Central African Republic	28.8
North Korea	28.8
Slovakia	28.8
Tanzania	28.8
China	28.8
Mauritius	28.8
Uganda	28.8
Palestinian Territory	28.7
Sao Tome and Principe	28.7
Bhutan	28.7
Argentina	28.7
Fiji	28.7
Macedonia	28.7
Sierra Leone	28.7
Kazakhstan	28.7
Russia	28.7
Vanuatu	28.7
Philippines	28.7
Pakistan	28.6
Cook Islands	28.6
Indonesia	28.6
Belarus	28.6
British Virgin Islands	28.6
Palau	28.6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	28.6
Zambia	28.5
Bahamas	28.5
Liberia	28.5
Kenya	28.5
Gabon	28.5
Botswana	28.5
Northern Mariana Islands	28.4
Cameroon	28.4
Bolivia	28.3
Peru	28.3
Uruguay	28.3
Anguilla	28.2
Mozambique	28.2
Dominica	28.1
Romania	28.1
Georgia	28.1
Thailand	28.1
Equatorial Guinea	28.1
Ukraine	28.0
Kyrgyzstan	28.0
Swaziland	28.0
Saint Lucia	28.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28.0
Antigua and Barbuda	28.0
Malawi	28.0
Madagascar	28.0
Paraguay	27.9
Greenland	27.9
Zimbabwe	27.9
Costa Rica	27.9
Guatemala	27.9
India	27.9
Jamaica	27.9
Lesotho	27.9
Republic of Moldova	27.9
Barbados	27.9
Turkmenistan	27.9
Suriname	27.8
US Virgin Islands	27.8
Seychelles	27.7
Egypt	27.7
Trinidad and Tobago	27.7
Bulgaria	27.7
South Africa	27.7
Brazil	27.7
Marshall Islands	27.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	27.6
Cape Verde	27.6
Cambodia	27.5
Montserrat	27.5
Ecuador	27.4
Nauru	27.4
Uzbekistan	27.4
Vietnam	27.4
Armenia	27.3
Guyana	27.2
Honduras	27.2
Belize	27.2
Puerto Rico	27.1
El Salvador	27.1
Panama	27.0
Mexico	27.0
Colombia	26.9
Laos	26.9
Dominican Republic	26.8
Nicaragua	26.6
Tajikistan	26.5
Venezuela	26.3
Cuba	26.1
Nepal	25.8
Azerbaijan	25.7
Bangladesh	25.7

References

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.