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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.096; Bulgaria is lowest, at 25.137. The middle country reads 28.968. Against 1960, 213 values changed (96 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1961

HighestVatican City

32.096

LowestBulgaria

25.137

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.096
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.351
YemenYEMWestern Asia31.228
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.176
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.045
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia31.017
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.011
MacauMACEastern Asia30.992
HaitiHTICaribbean30.837
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.796
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe30.786
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.742
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.735
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.711
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia30.704
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.680
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe30.648
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.619
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.564
TongaTONPolynesia30.562
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia30.470
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.449
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.439
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.410

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.096
  2. Ireland31.351
  3. Yemen31.228
  4. Djibouti31.218
  5. Somalia31.176

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria25.137
  2. Czechia25.506
  3. Hungary25.767
  4. Montserrat25.925
  5. United States Virgin Islands26.093

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 213values changed, of 222 in both
  • 96 · 117rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

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 1961.

  • 213 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.682. 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 (1961). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1961

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961?

Vatican City, at 32.096, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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