Country | MOTHER'S MEAN AGE AT FIRST BIRTH |
---|---|
Afghanistan |
19.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.) |
Albania |
24.5 years (2014 est.) |
Angola |
19.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015/16 est.) |
Armenia |
24.4 years (2015/16 est.) |
Australia |
28.7 years (2014 est.) |
Austria |
29 years (2014 est.) |
Azerbaijan |
23.2 years (2014 est.) |
Bangladesh |
18.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
Belarus |
25.7 years (2014 est.) |
Belgium |
28.6 years (2013 est.) |
Benin |
20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
Bolivia |
21.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
27 years (2014 est.) |
Botswana |
19 years (2007 est.) |
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.) |