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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016 covers 222 countries. San Marino is highest, at 32.581; Nepal is lowest, at 25.361. The middle country reads 28.975. Against 2015, 217 values changed (152 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2016

HighestSan Marino

32.581

LowestNepal

25.361

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.581
AndorraANDSouthern Europe32.115
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe32.086
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia32.038
South KoreaKOREastern Asia32.009
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.974
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe31.881
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.827
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.800
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.779
BermudaBMUNorthern America31.768
ItalyITASouthern Europe31.741
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe31.726
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia31.701
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.693
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia31.663
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.650
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia31.318
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.293
JapanJPNEastern Asia31.286
CyprusCYPWestern Asia31.283
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe31.267
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.078
SwedenSWENorthern Europe31.023
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.010

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. San Marino32.581
  2. Andorra32.115
  3. Ireland32.086
  4. Hong Kong32.038
  5. South Korea32.009

Lowest

  1. Nepal25.361
  2. Bangladesh25.393
  3. Azerbaijan25.499
  4. Nicaragua25.999
  5. Venezuela26.240

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.975. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 222 in both
  • 152 · 65rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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 2016.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 28.860. 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 (2016). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2016

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016?

San Marino, at 32.581, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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