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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021 covers 222 countries. South Korea is highest, at 33.156; Nepal is lowest, at 25.338. The middle country reads 29.091. Against 2020, 215 values changed (135 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2021

HighestSouth Korea

33.156

LowestNepal

25.338

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South KoreaKOREastern Asia33.156
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.865
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia32.830
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe32.684
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.529
AndorraANDSouthern Europe32.505
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe32.364
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.283
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia32.280
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.259
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe32.195
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32.128
BermudaBMUNorthern America32.098
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.929
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.868
JapanJPNEastern Asia31.779
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe31.753
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.729
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia31.717
CyprusCYPWestern Asia31.688
MacauMACEastern Asia31.639
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.612
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.584
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.539
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.498

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Korea33.156
  2. San Marino32.865
  3. Hong Kong32.830
  4. Ireland32.684
  5. Spain32.529

Lowest

  1. Nepal25.338
  2. Bangladesh25.945
  3. Nicaragua25.979
  4. Azerbaijan26.014
  5. Cuba26.267

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.091. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 215values changed, of 222 in both
  • 135 · 80rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

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 2021.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.941. 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 (2021). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2021

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021?

South Korea, at 33.156, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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