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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.713; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.247. The middle country reads 28.595. Against 1995, 219 values changed (130 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1996

HighestLibya

32.713

LowestBulgaria

24.247

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.713
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.335
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.869
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.420
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia31.127
BurundiBDIEastern Africa31.111
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.010
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.005
TongaTONPolynesia30.974
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.591
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.590
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.551
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa30.438
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.408
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.377
SenegalSENWestern Africa30.374
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.371
TogoTGOWestern Africa30.264
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.259
YemenYEMWestern Asia30.259
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.211
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa30.186
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa30.185
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.166
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.153

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.713
  2. Vatican City32.335
  3. Djibouti31.869
  4. Algeria31.420
  5. Saudi Arabia31.127

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.247
  2. Ukraine24.417
  3. Armenia24.715
  4. Moldova24.848
  5. Belarus24.974

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.595. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 130 · 89rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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 1996.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.259. 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 (1996). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1996

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996?

Libya, at 32.713, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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