Country
| MOTHER'S MEAN AGE AT FIRST BIRTH
|
Afghanistan
|
19.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.)
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Albania
|
24.5 years (2014 est.)
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Angola
|
19.4 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015/16 est.)
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Armenia
|
24.4 years (2015/16 est.)
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Australia
|
28.7 years (2014 est.)
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Austria
|
29 years (2014 est.)
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Azerbaijan
|
23.2 years (2014 est.)
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Bangladesh
|
18.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
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Belarus
|
25.7 years (2014 est.)
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Belgium
|
28.6 years (2013 est.)
|
Benin
|
20.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
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Bolivia
|
21.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
27 years (2014 est.)
|
Botswana
|
19 years (2007 est.)
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Bulgaria
|
26.7 years (2014 est.)
|
Burkina Faso
|
19.4 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)
|
Burma
|
25 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015/16 est.)
|
Burundi
|
21.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)
|
Cambodia
|
22.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
|
Cameroon
|
19.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)
|
Canada
|
28.1 years (2012 est.)
|
Chad
|
17.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)
|
Colombia
|
21.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.)
|
Comoros
|
24.6 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
19.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
19.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
19.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|
Croatia
|
28 years (2014 est.)
|
Cyprus
|
28.8 years
note:
data represent only government-controlled areas (2014 est.)
|
Czechia
|
28.1 years (2014 est.)
|
Denmark
|
29.1 years (2015 est.)
|
Dominican Republic
|
21.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Egypt
|
22.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
|
El Salvador
|
20.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
|
Eritrea
|
21.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)
|
Estonia
|
26.6 years (2014 est.)
|
Ethiopia
|
20 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2016 est.)
|
Finland
|
28.8 years (2015 est.)
|
France
|
28.1 years (2010 est.)
|
Gabon
|
20.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Gambia, The
|
20.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Georgia
|
24.5 years
note:
data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2014 est.)
|
Germany
|
29.4 years (2015 est.)
|
Ghana
|
22.6 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
|
Greece
|
29.8 years (2014 est.)
|
Guatemala
|
21.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)
|
Guinea
|
18.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Guyana
|
20.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|
Haiti
|
22.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Honduras
|
20.4 years
note:
median age a first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|
Hong Kong
|
29.8 years (2008 est.)
|
Hungary
|
28.3 years (2014 est.)
|
Iceland
|
27.4 years (2015 est.)
|
Indonesia
|
22.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Ireland
|
30.7 years (2015 est.)
|
Israel
|
27.6 years (2015 est.)
|
Italy
|
30.7 years (2014 est.)
|
Jamaica
|
21.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
|
Japan
|
30.7 years (2015 est.)
|
Jordan
|
24.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Kazakhstan
|
25 years (2014 est.)
|
Kenya
|
20.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
|
Kiribati
|
23.1 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|
Korea, South
|
31 years (2014 est.)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
23.2 years (2014 est.)
|
Latvia
|
27.2 years (2014 est.)
|
Lesotho
|
21 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)
|
Liberia
|
19.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Lithuania
|
27 years (2014 est.)
|
Luxembourg
|
30.1 years (2015 est.)
|
Macedonia
|
26.8 years (2014 est.)
|
Madagascar
|
19.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.)
|
Malawi
|
18.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015/16 est.)
|
Maldives
|
23.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|
Mali
|
18.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)
|
Malta
|
26.9 years
note:
data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.)
|
Marshall Islands
|
20.7 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
|
Mexico
|
21.3 years (2008 est.)
|
Moldova
|
24 years (2014 est.)
|
Mongolia
|
20.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 20-24 (2008 est.)
|
Montenegro
|
26.3 years (2010 est.)
|
Mozambique
|
18.9 years
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)
|
Namibia
|
21.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Nauru
|
22.1 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
|
Nepal
|
20.1 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)
|
Netherlands
|
29.6 years (2015 est.)
|
New Zealand
|
27.8 years
note:
median age at first birth (2009 est.)
|
Nicaragua
|
19.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|
Nigeria
|
20.3 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Niger
|
18.1 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
|
Norway
|
28.9 years
note:
data is calculated based on actual age at first births (2015 est.)
|
Pakistan
|
23.4 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)
|
Paraguay
|
22.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
|
Peru
|
22.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Philippines
|
23 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Poland
|
27.4 years (2014 est.)
|
Portugal
|
30.2 years (2015 est.)
|
Romania
|
26.7 years (2014 est.)
|
Russia
|
24.6 years (2009 est.)
|
Rwanda
|
23 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)
|
Samoa
|
23.6 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
19.4 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.)
|
Senegal
|
21.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2016 est.)
|
Serbia
|
27.9 years
note:
data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija (2014 est.)
|
Sierra Leone
|
19.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Singapore
|
30.5 years
median age (2015 est.)
|
Slovakia
|
27.6 years (2014 est.)
|
Slovenia
|
29.1 years (2014 est.)
|
Solomon Islands
|
21.6 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.)
|
Spain
|
30.7 years (2015 est.)
|
Sri Lanka
|
25.4 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2006/07 est.)
|
Swaziland
|
19.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.)
|
Sweden
|
29.1 years (2015 est.)
|
Switzerland
|
30.7 years (2014 est.)
|
Tajikistan
|
22.9 years (2014 est.)
|
Tanzania
|
19.8 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015/16 est.)
|
Thailand
|
23.3 years (2009 est.)
|
Timor-Leste
|
22.1 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009/10 est.)
|
Togo
|
21 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)
|
Tonga
|
24.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-49 (2012 est.)
|
Turkey
|
22.3 years (2010 est.)
|
Turkmenistan
|
24.6 years (2006 est.)
|
Tuvalu
|
23.5 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
|
Uganda
|
18.9 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)
|
Ukraine
|
24.9 years (2014 est.)
|
United Kingdom
|
28.5 years
note:
data represent England and Wales only (2014 est.)
|
United States
|
26.4 years (2015 est.)
|
Uzbekistan
|
23.4 years (2014 est.)
|
Yemen
|
21.4 years
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)
|
Zambia
|
19.2 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)
|
Zimbabwe
|
20 years
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.)
|