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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.418; Armenia is lowest, at 25.071. The middle country reads 28.774. Against 2001, 221 values changed (142 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2002

HighestLibya

32.418

LowestArmenia

25.071

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.418
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.297
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.921
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.713
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.186
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.088
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.937
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.922
TongaTONPolynesia30.881
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.875
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.798
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.770
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.666
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.641
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia30.612
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.607
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean30.542
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.525
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.447
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.359
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.355
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.232
EritreaERIEastern Africa30.229
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa30.204
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe30.179

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.418
  2. Vatican City32.297
  3. Djibouti31.921
  4. Algeria31.713
  5. San Marino31.186

Lowest

  1. Armenia25.071
  2. Bulgaria25.252
  3. Bangladesh25.323
  4. Ukraine25.417
  5. India25.540

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 142 · 79rose · 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 2002.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.520. 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 (2002). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2002

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002?

Libya, at 32.418, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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