| Field Listing :: Mother's mean age at first birth |
| This entry provides the mean (average) age of mothers at the birth of their first child. It is a useful indicator for gauging the success of family planning programs aiming to reduce maternal mortality, increase contraceptive use – particularly among married and unmarried adolescents, delay age at first marriage, and improve the health of newborns. | |
Country |
Mother's mean age at first birth |
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| Afghanistan |
20.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Albania | 23.4 (2010 est.) |
| Angola | 18 (2008-09 est.) |
| Armenia | 23.5 (2011 est.) |
| Australia | 30.5 (2006 est.) |
| Austria | 28.5 (2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 23.4 (2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
18.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Belarus | 25.1 (2011 est.) |
| Belgium | 28 (2010 est.) |
| Benin |
20.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.) |
| Bolivia |
21.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.3 (2011 est.) |
| Botswana | 19 (2007 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 26.3 (2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
19.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Burma | 22.8 (2007 est.) |
| Burundi |
21.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
19.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2005 est.) |
| Cambodia |
22.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Cameroon |
19.7
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Canada | 28.1 (2011 est.) |
| Chad |
18.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) |
| Chile | 23.7 (2004 est.) |
| Colombia |
21.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Comoros |
24.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
20.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
19.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
19.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.) |
| Croatia | 27.9 (2011 est.) |
| Cyprus |
28.5
note: data cover only government-controlled areas; data are based on events and not on fertility rates (2010 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 27.8 (2011 est.) |
| Denmark | 29.1 (2012 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
20.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Ecuador |
21.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) |
| Egypt |
22.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| El Salvador |
20.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Eritrea |
20.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2002 est.) |
| Estonia | 26.4 (2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
19.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Finland | 28.4 (2011 est.) |
| France | 28.1 (2010 est.) |
| Gabon |
20.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
19
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) |
| Georgia |
24
note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2011 est.) |
| Germany | 29.2 (2012 est.) |
| Ghana |
21.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Greece | 31.2 (2010 est.) |
| Guatemala |
20.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008-09 est.) |
| Guinea |
18.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Guyana |
20.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Haiti |
22.7
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012) |
| Honduras |
20.4
note: median age a first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 29.8 (2008 est.) |
| Hungary | 28.3 (2011 est.) |
| Iceland | 27 (2011 est.) |
| India | 19.9 (2005-06 est.) |
| Indonesia |
22.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Ireland |
29.8
note: data are based on events and not on fertility rates (2011 est.) |
| Israel | 27.3 (2011 est.) |
| Italy | 30.3 (2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
21.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Japan | 30.3 (2012 est.) |
| Jordan |
24.7
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 25 (2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
19.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008-09 est.) |
| Kiribati |
23.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Korea, South | 30.3 (2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
22.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Latvia | 26.4 (2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
21.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Liberia |
19
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Lithuania | 26.7 (2011 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
30.2
note: data are based on events and not on fertility rates (2012 est.) |
| Macedonia | 26.2 (2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
19.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008-09 est.) |
| Malawi |
18.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Maldives |
23.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Mali |
18.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.) |
| Malta |
26.9
note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
20.7
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Mauritania |
21.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2000-01 est.) |
| Mexico |
21.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.) |
| Moldova | 23.7 (2011 est.) |
| Mongolia |
21.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Montenegro | 26.3 (2010 est.) |
| Morocco |
25.4
note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2003-04 est.) |
| Mozambique |
18.9
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
21.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006-07 est.) |
| Nauru |
22.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Nepal |
20.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands | 29.4 (2011 est.) |
| New Zealand |
27.8
note: median age at first birth (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
19.7
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006-07 est.) |
| Niger |
18.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Nigeria |
20.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Norway |
28.5
note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births (2012 est.) |
| Pakistan |
23.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012-13 est.) |
| Paraguay |
22.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Peru |
22.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Philippines |
23.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Poland | 26.9 (2011 est.) |
| Portugal | 29.2 (2011 est.) |
| Romania | 26 (2011 est.) |
| Russia | 24.6 (2009 est.) |
| Rwanda |
22.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Samoa |
23.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
19.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008-09 est.) |
| Senegal |
21.4
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010-11 est.) |
| Serbia | 27.5 (2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
19
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Singapore | 29.8 (2010 est.) |
| Slovakia | 27.8 (2010 est.) |
| Slovenia | 28.8 (2011 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
21.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006-07 est.) |
| South Africa |
22.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2003-04 est.) |
| Spain | 29.8 (2010 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
25.4
note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2006-07 est.) |
| Swaziland |
19.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006-07 est.) |
| Sweden | 28.9 (2010 est.) |
| Switzerland | 30.2 (2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
22.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Tanzania |
19.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Thailand | 23.3 (2009 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
22.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009-10 est.) |
| Tonga |
24.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Turkey | 22.3 (2010 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 24.6 (2006 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
23.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Uganda |
18.9
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Ukraine | 25.8 (2010 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
27.8
note: data refer to England and Wales (2010 est.) |
| United States | 25.4 (2009 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 23.8 (2006 est.) |
| Vietnam |
22.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2002 est.) |
| West Bank |
20
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) |
| Zambia |
19.2
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
20.5
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010-11 est.) |