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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.125; Bangladesh is lowest, at 24.985. The middle country reads 28.868. Against 2008, 221 values changed (124 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2009

HighestVatican City

32.125

LowestBangladesh

24.985

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.125
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.064
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.958
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.877
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.793
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.353
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia31.220
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe31.146
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.124
ItalyITASouthern Europe31.117
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.103
AndorraANDSouthern Europe31.045
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.004
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.847
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia30.754
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia30.728
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.719
South KoreaKOREastern Asia30.701
RwandaRWAEastern Africa30.673
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.672
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe30.597
BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.574
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.533
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.489
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.476

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.125
  2. San Marino32.064
  3. Djibouti31.958
  4. Libya31.877
  5. Algeria31.793

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh24.985
  2. Puerto Rico25.818
  3. Armenia25.927
  4. Dominican Republic25.981
  5. Azerbaijan25.984

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.868. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 124 · 97rose · 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 2009.

  • 212 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.908. 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 (2009). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2009

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009?

Vatican City, at 32.125, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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