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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.398; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.922. The middle country reads 28.730. Against 1999, 219 values changed (128 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2000

HighestLibya

32.398

LowestBulgaria

24.922

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.398
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.312
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.966
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.706
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia31.303
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.048
BurundiBDIEastern Africa31.019
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia31.010
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.900
TongaTONPolynesia30.857
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean30.790
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.724
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.717
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.676
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.581
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.447
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.444
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.440
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.437
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.383
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.380
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.345
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.323
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.285
SenegalSENWestern Africa30.257

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.398
  2. Vatican City32.312
  3. Djibouti31.966
  4. Algeria31.706
  5. Saudi Arabia31.303

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria24.922
  2. Ukraine25.038
  3. Armenia25.065
  4. Moldova25.176
  5. Bangladesh25.302

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.730. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 128 · 91rose · 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 2000.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.049. 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 (2000). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2000

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000?

Libya, at 32.398, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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