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Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.472; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.664. The middle country reads 28.661. Against 1998, 221 values changed (118 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1999

HighestLibya

32.472

LowestBulgaria

24.664

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.472
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.324
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.953
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.631
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia31.253
BurundiBDIEastern Africa31.061
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.016
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.010
TongaTONPolynesia30.830
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean30.743
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.718
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.671
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.666
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.617
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.612
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.477
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.409
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.369
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.347
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.342
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.302
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.291
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.279
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.258
SenegalSENWestern Africa30.220

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.472
  2. Vatican City32.324
  3. Djibouti31.953
  4. Algeria31.631
  5. Saudi Arabia31.253

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.664
  2. Ukraine24.905
  3. Armenia24.956
  4. Moldova25.152
  5. Belarus25.413

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.661. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 118 · 103rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1999.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.668. 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 (1999). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1999

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999?

Libya, at 32.472, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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