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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005 covers 222 countries. Libya is highest, at 32.286; Bangladesh is lowest, at 25.312. The middle country reads 28.836. Against 2004, 218 values changed (128 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2005

HighestLibya

32.286

LowestBangladesh

25.312

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.286
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.242
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.930
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.824
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.578
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.368
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.160
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.057
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.038
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.963
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.880
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.858
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.805
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.706
TongaTONPolynesia30.694
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe30.634
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.546
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.535
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.477
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.458
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia30.370
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.353
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.216
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia30.210
MacauMACEastern Asia30.167

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Libya32.286
  2. Vatican City32.242
  3. Djibouti31.930
  4. Algeria31.824
  5. San Marino31.578

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh25.312
  2. Armenia25.405
  3. Puerto Rico25.888
  4. Dominican Republic25.906
  5. Bulgaria25.928

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.836. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 218values changed, of 222 in both
  • 128 · 90rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

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 2005.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 30.006. 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 (2005). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2005

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005?

Libya, at 32.286, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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