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Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023 covers 222 countries. South Korea is highest, at 33.424; Nepal is lowest, at 25.346. The middle country reads 29.079. Against 2022, 208 values changed (94 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 2023

HighestSouth Korea

33.424

LowestNepal

25.346

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South KoreaKOREastern Asia33.424
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia32.929
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.848
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe32.702
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.544
AndorraANDSouthern Europe32.518
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe32.323
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.309
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.295
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia32.291
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe32.182
MacauMACEastern Asia32.107
BermudaBMUNorthern America32.103
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.969
JapanJPNEastern Asia31.915
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia31.897
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa31.885
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia31.875
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe31.779
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.727
CyprusCYPWestern Asia31.700
OmanOMNWestern Asia31.652
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.638
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.580
SwedenSWENorthern Europe31.575

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Korea33.424
  2. Hong Kong32.929
  3. San Marino32.848
  4. Ireland32.702
  5. Spain32.544

Lowest

  1. Nepal25.346
  2. Azerbaijan25.930
  3. Nicaragua25.969
  4. Bangladesh26.041
  5. Cuba26.216

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.079. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 222 in both
  • 94 · 114rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

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 2023.

  • 215 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 29.823. 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 (2023). Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/2023

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07Questions

Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023?

South Korea, at 33.424, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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