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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957

1957, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 31.933; Bulgaria is lowest, at 25.604. The middle country reads 29.019. Against 1956, 206 values changed (80 up, 126 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1957

HighestVatican City

31.933

LowestBulgaria

25.604

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, 1957, 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, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.933
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.615
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.308
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.205
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.157
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia31.050
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.012
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.836
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia30.800
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe30.761
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.748
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe30.727
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.719
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.697
HaitiHTICaribbean30.674
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.647
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.572
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.553
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.544
MacauMACEastern Asia30.506
TongaTONPolynesia30.492
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia30.461
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.419
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.408

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City31.933
  2. Ireland31.615
  3. Yemen31.308
  4. Djibouti31.218
  5. Somalia31.205

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria25.604
  2. Cuba26.056
  3. Montserrat26.072
  4. Hungary26.242
  5. Czechia26.368

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.019. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 222 in both
  • 80 · 126rose · 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 1957.

  • 210 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.175. 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 (1957). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1957

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957?

Vatican City, at 31.933, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1957?

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, 1957 the newest?

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

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