Data for 1959
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959
1959, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.030; Bulgaria is lowest, at 25.209. The middle country reads 28.989. Against 1958, 211 values changed (86 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.
Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1959
HighestVatican City
32.030LowestBulgaria
25.209Shaded 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, 1959, 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
| 32.030 | |
| 31.488 | |
| 31.264 | |
| 31.218 | |
| 31.189 | |
| 31.123 | |
| 31.033 | |
| 31.012 | |
| 30.815 | |
| 30.764 | |
| 30.746 | |
| 30.745 | |
| 30.726 | |
| 30.719 | |
| 30.704 | |
| 30.703 | |
| 30.662 | |
| 30.588 | |
| 30.580 | |
| 30.558 | |
| 30.528 | |
| 30.473 | |
| 30.456 | |
| 30.427 | |
| 30.427 | |
| 30.297 | |
| 30.275 | |
| 30.203 | |
| 30.190 | |
| 30.174 | |
| 30.148 | |
| 30.144 | |
| 30.143 | |
| 30.125 | |
| 30.123 | |
| 30.087 | |
| 30.050 | |
| 30.030 | |
| 30.029 | |
| 30.028 | |
| 29.977 | |
| 29.962 | |
| 29.936 | |
| 29.932 | |
| 29.924 | |
| 29.907 | |
| 29.879 | |
| 29.840 | |
| 29.825 | |
| 29.818 | |
| 29.800 | |
| 29.774 | |
| 29.756 | |
| 29.732 | |
| 29.729 | |
| 29.714 | |
| 29.672 | |
| 29.654 | |
| 29.583 | |
| 29.573 | |
| 29.557 | |
| 29.557 | |
| 29.546 | |
| 29.539 | |
| 29.535 | |
| 29.534 | |
| 29.529 | |
| 29.521 | |
| 29.500 | |
| 29.468 | |
| 29.463 | |
| 29.462 | |
| 29.449 | |
| 29.438 | |
| 29.425 | |
| 29.423 | |
| 29.422 | |
| 29.388 | |
| 29.384 | |
| 29.383 | |
| 29.345 | |
| 29.327 | |
| 29.322 | |
| 29.321 | |
| 29.310 | |
| 29.298 | |
| 29.281 | |
| 29.268 | |
| 29.262 | |
| 29.261 | |
| 29.256 | |
| 29.249 | |
| 29.248 | |
| 29.243 | |
| 29.239 | |
| 29.234 | |
| 29.232 | |
| 29.194 | |
| 29.190 | |
| 29.184 | |
| 29.183 | |
| 29.157 | |
| 29.140 | |
| 29.125 | |
| 29.116 | |
| 29.104 | |
| 29.079 | |
| 29.033 | |
| 29.023 | |
| 29.014 | |
| 29.003 | |
| 28.975 | |
| 28.969 | |
| 28.960 | |
| 28.959 | |
| 28.929 | |
| 28.921 | |
| 28.892 | |
| 28.864 | |
| 28.846 | |
| 28.839 | |
| 28.835 | |
| 28.829 | |
| 28.804 | |
| 28.801 | |
| 28.795 | |
| 28.784 | |
| 28.760 | |
| 28.760 | |
| 28.757 | |
| 28.743 | |
| 28.743 | |
| 28.742 | |
| 28.741 | |
| 28.720 | |
| 28.707 | |
| 28.702 | |
| 28.658 | |
| 28.596 | |
| 28.577 | |
| 28.571 | |
| 28.555 | |
| 28.552 | |
| 28.545 | |
| 28.534 | |
| 28.519 | |
| 28.493 | |
| 28.476 | |
| 28.472 | |
| 28.451 | |
| 28.441 | |
| 28.427 | |
| 28.401 | |
| 28.336 | |
| 28.331 | |
| 28.312 | |
| 28.291 | |
| 28.287 | |
| 28.280 | |
| 28.273 | |
| 28.249 | |
| 28.234 | |
| 28.228 | |
| 28.209 | |
| 28.184 | |
| 28.169 | |
| 28.162 | |
| 28.151 | |
| 28.144 | |
| 28.107 | |
| 28.094 | |
| 28.069 | |
| 28.043 | |
| 28.036 | |
| 27.993 | |
| 27.967 | |
| 27.918 | |
| 27.915 | |
| 27.903 | |
| 27.884 | |
| 27.851 | |
| 27.839 | |
| 27.818 | |
| 27.812 | |
| 27.803 | |
| 27.740 | |
| 27.738 | |
| 27.733 | |
| 27.717 | |
| 27.704 | |
| 27.704 | |
| 27.702 | |
| 27.688 | |
| 27.672 | |
| 27.669 | |
| 27.666 | |
| 27.647 | |
| 27.632 | |
| 27.586 | |
| 27.524 | |
| 27.522 | |
| 27.519 | |
| 27.487 | |
| 27.414 | |
| 27.410 | |
| 27.357 | |
| 27.340 | |
| 27.339 | |
| 27.042 | |
| 27.015 | |
| 27.008 | |
| 26.851 | |
| 26.799 | |
| 26.789 | |
| 26.774 | |
| 26.724 | |
| 26.415 | |
| 26.102 | |
| 25.999 | |
| 25.899 | |
| 25.630 | |
| 25.209 |
02In 1959
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Vatican City32.030
Ireland31.488
Yemen31.264
Djibouti31.218
Somalia31.189
Lowest
Bulgaria25.209
Czechia25.630
Hungary25.899
Montserrat25.999
Cuba26.102
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.989. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031958 → 1959
Since 1958
What changed between 1958 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 211values changed, of 222 in both
- 86 · 125rose · fell
- 11unchanged
Rose most
Cyprus28.630 → 28.960+0.330
Israel27.665 → 27.993+0.328
Grenada27.475 → 27.672+0.197
Saint Kitts and Nevis27.659 → 27.818+0.159
Macau30.560 → 30.703+0.143
Fell most
Czechia26.020 → 25.630−0.390
Slovakia27.333 → 27.042−0.291
United States Virgin Islands27.087 → 26.799−0.288
Romania26.992 → 26.724−0.268
Bulgaria25.470 → 25.209−0.261
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.
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 1959.
217 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.427. 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
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The publisher’s original
UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
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 (1959). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959 [data set], describing 1959. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1959
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07Questions
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959: questions and answers
Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959?
Vatican City, at 32.030, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959 describe?
1959.
How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959 cover?
222.
Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1959?
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, 1959 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023.