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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.322; Bangladesh is lowest, at 25.174. The middle country reads 28.807. Against 2003, 220 values changed (129 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2004

HighestLibya

32.322

LowestBangladesh

25.174

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.322
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.271
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.930
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.778
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.449
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.190
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.096
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.004
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.986
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe30.956
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.843
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.837
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.767
TongaTONPolynesia30.759
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.703
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.491
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe30.471
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.453
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.402
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.376
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.375
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.204
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia30.178
ComorosCOMEastern Africa30.133
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.133

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.322
  2. Vatican City32.271
  3. Djibouti31.930
  4. Algeria31.778
  5. San Marino31.449

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh25.174
  2. Armenia25.206
  3. Bulgaria25.658
  4. Ukraine25.742
  5. India25.797

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.807. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 129 · 91rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 2004.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.133. 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 (2004). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2004

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004?

Libya, at 32.322, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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