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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.348; Bulgaria is lowest, at 23.887. The middle country reads 28.282. Against 1980, 217 values changed (113 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1981

HighestVatican City

32.348

LowestBulgaria

23.887

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.348
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.300
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.214
EritreaERIEastern Africa31.204
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.007
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.994
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa30.763
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.746
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.741
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.623
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa30.594
TongaTONPolynesia30.565
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.472
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.467
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.400
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa30.333
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia30.325
TogoTGOWestern Africa30.305
HaitiHTICaribbean30.290
JordanJORWestern Asia30.273
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.261
GhanaGHAWestern Africa30.202
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.143
SyriaSYRWestern Asia30.076
South SudanSSDEastern Africa30.056

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.348
  2. Rwanda31.300
  3. Djibouti31.214
  4. Eritrea31.204
  5. Timor-Leste31.007

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria23.887
  2. Cuba24.434
  3. Czechia24.726
  4. Hungary24.740
  5. Montserrat24.924

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.282. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 222 in both
  • 113 · 104rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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 1981.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.786. 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 (1981). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1981

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981?

Vatican City, at 32.348, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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