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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.364; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.465. The middle country reads 28.697. Against 1971, 214 values changed (63 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1972

HighestVatican City

32.364

LowestBulgaria

24.465

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.364
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.136
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.122
MacauMACEastern Asia31.113
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.007
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.981
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.936
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.887
YemenYEMWestern Asia30.881
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.815
HaitiHTICaribbean30.730
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.703
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.622
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.621
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.601
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.569
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.564
TongaTONPolynesia30.546
JordanJORWestern Asia30.397
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa30.366
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.308
ParaguayPRYSouth America30.159
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia30.145
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.129

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.364
  2. Djibouti31.218
  3. Somalia31.136
  4. Tunisia31.122
  5. Macau31.113

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.465
  2. Czechia25.133
  3. Montserrat25.280
  4. Hungary25.294
  5. Cuba25.626

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.697. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 214values changed, of 222 in both
  • 63 · 151rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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 1972.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.910. 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 (1972). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1972

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972?

Vatican City, at 32.364, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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