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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.338; Bulgaria is lowest, at 23.954. The middle country reads 28.474. Against 1984, 218 values changed (114 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1985

HighestVatican City

32.338

LowestBulgaria

23.954

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.338
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.540
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.387
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.355
EritreaERIEastern Africa31.136
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.096
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.008
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa30.944
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.904
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa30.777
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.756
TongaTONPolynesia30.705
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.674
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.487
JordanJORWestern Asia30.333
TogoTGOWestern Africa30.330
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia30.324
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia30.292
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.277
HaitiHTICaribbean30.272
ComorosCOMEastern Africa30.211
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.147
SamoaWSMPolynesia30.100
SudanSDNNorthern Africa30.078
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.064

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.338
  2. Rwanda31.540
  3. Libya31.387
  4. Djibouti31.355
  5. Eritrea31.136

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria23.954
  2. Czechia24.572
  3. Cuba24.742
  4. Hungary25.050
  5. Slovakia25.136

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.474. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 218values changed, of 222 in both
  • 114 · 104rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

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 1985.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.707. 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 (1985). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1985

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985?

Vatican City, at 32.338, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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