List of countries by mean age at childbearing
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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]
Rank | Country or territory | Mean age at childbearing |
---|---|---|
1 | Hong Kong | 32.8 |
2 | 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 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.9 |
76 | Mayotte | 29.9 |
77 | Mauritania | 29.9 |
78 | Bahrain | 29.9 |
79 | Yemen | 29.9 |
80 | Federated States of 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 | United States 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 |
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.