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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012 covers 222 countries. San Marino is highest, at 32.349; Bangladesh is lowest, at 24.921. The middle country reads 28.907. Against 2011, 220 values changed (133 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2012

HighestSan Marino

32.349

LowestBangladesh

24.921

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.349
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.007
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.850
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.797
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.785
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia31.761
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe31.596
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe31.583
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.535
AndorraANDSouthern Europe31.527
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.493
ItalyITASouthern Europe31.356
South KoreaKOREastern Asia31.268
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa31.131
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia31.096
BermudaBMUNorthern America31.061
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.969
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe30.960
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.917
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe30.867
SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.840
JapanJPNEastern Asia30.792
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia30.762
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.742
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia30.696

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. San Marino32.349
  2. Vatican City32.007
  3. Djibouti31.850
  4. Algeria31.797
  5. Libya31.785

Lowest

  1. Bangladesh24.921
  2. Nepal25.626
  3. Azerbaijan25.721
  4. Dominican Republic25.977
  5. Nicaragua26.015

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 133 · 87rose · 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 2012.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.037. 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 (2012). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2012

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012?

San Marino, at 32.349, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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