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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.369; Armenia is lowest, at 25.130. The middle country reads 28.778. Against 2002, 222 values changed (135 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2003

HighestLibya

32.369

LowestArmenia

25.130

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.369
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.283
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.929
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.742
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.318
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.089
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.011
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.993
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa30.977
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.860
TongaTONPolynesia30.837
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.816
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.790
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.746
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.596
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.531
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.413
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.387
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean30.321
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.298
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe30.292
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.253
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.235
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia30.234
BahrainBHRWestern Asia30.216

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.369
  2. Vatican City32.283
  3. Djibouti31.929
  4. Algeria31.742
  5. San Marino31.318

Lowest

  1. Armenia25.130
  2. Bangladesh25.250
  3. Bulgaria25.461
  4. Ukraine25.592
  5. India25.600

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.778. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 135 · 87rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2003.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.160. 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 (2003). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2003

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003?

Libya, at 32.369, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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