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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 31.876; Bulgaria is lowest, at 25.913. The middle country reads 29.015. Against 1955, 207 values changed (78 up, 129 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1956

HighestVatican City

31.876

LowestBulgaria

25.913

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, 1956, 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, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.876
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.589
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.322
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.213
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.190
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia31.058
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.012
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe30.929
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe30.914
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.846
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia30.805
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.750
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.717
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.689
HaitiHTICaribbean30.655
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.639
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.580
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.572
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.551
MacauMACEastern Asia30.501
TongaTONPolynesia30.475
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia30.454
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia30.448
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.416

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City31.876
  2. Ireland31.589
  3. Yemen31.322
  4. Djibouti31.218
  5. Somalia31.213

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria25.913
  2. Cuba26.094
  3. Montserrat26.107
  4. United States26.449
  5. Czechia26.605

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.015. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 222 in both
  • 78 · 129rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

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 1956.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 28.974. 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 (1956). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1956

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956?

Vatican City, at 31.876, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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