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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.354; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.429. The middle country reads 28.617. Against 1972, 214 values changed (52 up, 162 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1973

HighestVatican City

32.354

LowestBulgaria

24.429

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.354
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.218
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.133
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.047
EritreaERIEastern Africa31.046
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.007
MacauMACEastern Asia30.983
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.978
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.876
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.821
YemenYEMWestern Asia30.756
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.695
HaitiHTICaribbean30.669
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.630
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.607
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.566
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia30.537
TongaTONPolynesia30.522
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.512
JordanJORWestern Asia30.452
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa30.445
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.302
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.129
ParaguayPRYSouth America30.066
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia30.056

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.354
  2. Djibouti31.218
  3. Somalia31.133
  4. Tunisia31.047
  5. Eritrea31.046

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.429
  2. Montserrat25.206
  3. Czechia25.230
  4. Hungary25.245
  5. Cuba25.513

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.617. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 214values changed, of 222 in both
  • 52 · 162rose · 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 1973.

  • 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 (1973). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1973

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973?

Vatican City, at 32.354, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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