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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020 covers 222 countries. South Korea is highest, at 32.867; Nepal is lowest, at 25.323. The middle country reads 29.023. Against 2019, 214 values changed (136 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2020

HighestSouth Korea

32.867

LowestNepal

25.323

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South KoreaKOREastern Asia32.867
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.818
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe32.535
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia32.490
AndorraANDSouthern Europe32.489
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.329
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe32.250
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe32.162
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.146
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.126
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia32.103
BermudaBMUNorthern America32.040
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32.040
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.856
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.684
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe31.659
CyprusCYPWestern Asia31.656
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia31.604
JapanJPNEastern Asia31.603
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.593
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.562
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.553
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa31.476
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe31.464
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.432

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Korea32.867
  2. San Marino32.818
  3. Ireland32.535
  4. Hong Kong32.490
  5. Andorra32.489

Lowest

  1. Nepal25.323
  2. Azerbaijan25.751
  3. Bangladesh25.780
  4. Nicaragua25.983
  5. Cuba26.250

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.023. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 214values changed, of 222 in both
  • 136 · 78rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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 2020.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 32.040. 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 (2020). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2020

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020?

South Korea, at 32.867, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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