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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952 covers 222 countries. Ireland is highest, at 31.637; Cuba is lowest, at 26.141. The middle country reads 29.182. Against 1951, 206 values changed (88 up, 118 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1952

HighestIreland

31.637

LowestCuba

26.141

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, 1952, 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, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.637
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.593
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.387
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe31.339
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.256
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.251
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia31.098
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe31.060
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.013
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.889
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia30.825
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.757
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.717
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.715
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.676
HaitiHTICaribbean30.639
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.616
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.611
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.606
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.569
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.543
MacauMACEastern Asia30.490
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.481
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia30.473

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Ireland31.637
  2. Vatican City31.593
  3. Yemen31.387
  4. Kosovo31.339
  5. South Korea31.256

Lowest

  1. Cuba26.141
  2. Montserrat26.189
  3. Bulgaria26.494
  4. United States26.616
  5. Bermuda26.755

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.182. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 222 in both
  • 88 · 118rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1952.

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.096. 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.

05The files

Download and cite

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 (1952). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1952

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952?

Ireland, at 31.637, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1952?

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, 1952 the newest?

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

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