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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950 covers 222 countries. Ireland is highest, at 31.617; Montserrat is lowest, at 26.195. The middle country reads 29.196.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1950

HighestIreland

31.617

LowestMontserrat

26.195

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.617
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.446
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.426
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe31.316
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.272
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.252
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia31.120
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.013
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe30.975
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.962
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.911
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia30.834
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.761
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.719
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.674
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.665
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.638
HaitiHTICaribbean30.621
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.600
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.567
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.540
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.514
MacauMACEastern Asia30.473
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe30.447

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Ireland31.617
  2. Vatican City31.446
  3. Yemen31.426
  4. Kosovo31.316
  5. Somalia31.272

Lowest

  1. Montserrat26.195
  2. Cuba26.211
  3. United States26.629
  4. Bulgaria26.660
  5. Gibraltar26.689

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • 212 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.976. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1950

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06Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950?

Ireland, at 31.617, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Mean Age at Childbearing, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023.

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