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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.222; Bangladesh is lowest, at 25.260. The middle country reads 28.835. Against 2005, 220 values changed (128 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2006

HighestVatican City

32.222

LowestBangladesh

25.260

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.222
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa32.183
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.949
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.772
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.732
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.561
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.242
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.064
RwandaRWAEastern Africa31.020
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.941
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.916
SpainESPSouthern Europe30.855
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe30.809
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.772
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.739
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia30.681
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.664
TongaTONPolynesia30.628
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.597
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.544
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.504
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia30.352
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa30.308
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.297
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand30.227

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.222
  2. Libya32.183
  3. Djibouti31.949
  4. Algeria31.772
  5. San Marino31.732

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh25.260
  2. Armenia25.475
  3. Puerto Rico25.890
  4. Dominican Republic25.906
  5. Azerbaijan25.995

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.835. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 128 · 92rose · 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 2006.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 28.492. 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 (2006). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2006

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006?

Vatican City, at 32.222, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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