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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.365; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.081. The middle country reads 28.403. Against 1977, 216 values changed (85 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1978

HighestVatican City

32.365

LowestBulgaria

24.081

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.365
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.287
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.216
EritreaERIEastern Africa31.215
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa31.099
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.005
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.810
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.731
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.655
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa30.631
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.619
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.571
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.520
TongaTONPolynesia30.502
JordanJORWestern Asia30.491
HaitiHTICaribbean30.426
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.377
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa30.347
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.194
GhanaGHAWestern Africa30.171
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia30.165
MacauMACEastern Asia30.149
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia30.137
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.136
American SamoaASMPolynesia30.123

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.365
  2. Rwanda31.287
  3. Djibouti31.216
  4. Eritrea31.215
  5. Somalia31.099

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.081
  2. Cuba24.754
  3. Hungary24.777
  4. Montserrat24.942
  5. Czechia24.950

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.403. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 216values changed, of 222 in both
  • 85 · 131rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

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 1978.

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.653. 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 (1978). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1978

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978?

Vatican City, at 32.365, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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