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Mean Age of Childbearing by Country in 1960

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In the year 1960, women of world had a mean age at childbearing of 28.62 years.

The country with the highest mean age of childbearing was 🇻🇦Holy See where the mean is 32.07 years. Closely followed by 🇮🇪Ireland with a mean age of childbearing of 31.41 years, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 31.24.

The country with the lowest mean age of childbearing for the year was 🇧🇬Bulgaria where the mean is 25.15 years. Followed by 🇨🇿Czechia with a mean age of childbearing of 25.54, and 🇭🇺Hungary with 25.84 years.

The geographic region with the highest mean age of childbearing was Africa with a mean of 29.33 years. Closely followed by Asia with a mean age of childbearing of 28.99 years, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 28.97 years of mean age of childbearing.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest mean age of childbearing of 30.12 years. Closely followed by Central Asia with a mean age of childbearing of 30.03 years, and Eastern Asia with 29.81 years of mean age of childbearing.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest mean age of childbearing of 29.46 years. While the lowest mean age of childbearing is recorded by High-income countries with a mean age of childbearing of only 27.86.

Similar Population Metrics for 1960

Countries with the Highest Mean Age of Childbearing in 1960

Rank Country Mean Age of Childbearing
1 🇻🇦Holy See 32.071
2 🇮🇪Ireland 31.41
3 🇾🇪Yemen 31.243
4 🇩🇯Djibouti 31.218
5 🇸🇴Somalia 31.183
6 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 31.101
7 🇻🇳Viet Nam 31.025
8 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 31.012
9 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 30.878
10 🇦🇱Albania 30.813
11 🇦🇴Angola 30.805
12 🇭🇹Haiti 30.798
13 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 30.748
14 🇹🇯Tajikistan 30.743
15 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 30.74
16 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 30.734
17 🇪🇷Eritrea 30.73
18 🇧🇮Burundi 30.707
19 🇳🇦Namibia 30.669
20 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 30.603
21 🇲🇳Mongolia 30.561
22 🇹🇴Tonga 30.546
23 🇲🇶Martinique 30.491
24 🇹🇭Thailand 30.463
25 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 30.441
26 🇲🇲Myanmar 30.437
27 🇷🇼Rwanda 30.432
28 🇹🇳Tunisia 30.35
29 🇷🇪Réunion 30.304
30 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 30.258
31 🇵🇾Paraguay 30.25
32 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 30.199
33 🇩🇿Algeria 30.19
34 🇵🇭Philippines 30.174
35 🇿🇦South Africa 30.133
36 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 30.124
37 🇲🇷Mauritania 30.108
38 🇦🇩Andorra 30.077
39 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 30.073
40 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 30.073
41 🇪🇸Spain 30.06
42 🇸🇸South Sudan 30.05
43 🇰🇭Cambodia 30.022
44 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 29.977
45 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 29.976
46 🇧🇼Botswana 29.969
47 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 29.93
48 🇱🇾Libya 29.907
49 🇨🇳China 29.899
50 🇪🇹Ethiopia 29.898
51 🇱🇸Lesotho 29.893
52 🇲🇾Malaysia 29.865
53 🇦🇸American Samoa 29.854
54 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 29.853
55 🇳🇱Netherlands 29.82
56 🇵🇸State of Palestine 29.811
57 🇬🇱Greenland 29.782
58 🇳🇷Nauru 29.77
59 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 29.748
60 🇾🇹Mayotte 29.723
61 🇪🇨Ecuador 29.677
62 🇵🇹Portugal 29.672
63 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 29.654
64 🇦🇲Armenia 29.593
65 🇵🇪Peru 29.592
66 🇰🇪Kenya 29.567
67 🇯🇴Jordan 29.557
68 🇬🇭Ghana 29.554
69 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 29.546
70 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 29.533
71 🇹🇰Tokelau 29.531
72 🇲🇼Malawi 29.519
73 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 29.498
74 🇹🇻Tuvalu 29.488
75 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29.484
76 🇦🇼Aruba 29.484
77 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 29.474
78 🇲🇿Mozambique 29.454
79 🇳🇬Nigeria 29.451
80 🇴🇲Oman 29.439
81 🇻🇺Vanuatu 29.439
82 🇮🇶Iraq 29.425
83 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 29.425
84 🇸🇨Seychelles 29.416
85 🇸🇬Singapore 29.416
86 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 29.403
87 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 29.384
88 🇱🇹Lithuania 29.381
89 🇦🇫Afghanistan 29.359
90 🇲🇹Malta 29.358
91 🇼🇸Samoa 29.357
92 🇧🇷Brazil 29.321
93 🇸🇿Eswatini 29.302
94 🇵🇼Palau 29.296
95 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 29.294
96 🇨🇴Colombia 29.293
97 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 29.265
98 🇰🇮Kiribati 29.264
99 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 29.263
100 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 29.252
101 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 29.243
102 🇨🇷Costa Rica 29.236
103 🇨🇼Curaçao 29.234
104 🇨🇱Chile 29.225
105 🇪🇭Western Sahara 29.224
106 🇹🇬Togo 29.219
107 🇵🇰Pakistan 29.192
108 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.188
109 🇳🇵Nepal 29.173
110 🇮🇹Italy 29.155
111 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 29.144
112 🇲🇪Montenegro 29.112
113 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 29.089
114 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 29.077
115 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 29.071
116 🇨🇾Cyprus 29.056
117 🇳🇪Niger 29.055
118 🇲🇰North Macedonia 29.044
119 🇩🇲Dominica 29.03
120 🇲🇽Mexico 28.998
121 🇱🇧Lebanon 28.972
122 🇭🇳Honduras 28.967
123 🇿🇲Zambia 28.963
124 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 28.931
125 🇧🇸Bahamas 28.909
126 🇧🇾Belarus 28.884
127 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 28.847
128 🇳🇨New Caledonia 28.838
129 🇨🇬Congo 28.836
130 🇲🇦Morocco 28.822
131 🇰🇲Comoros 28.815
132 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 28.812
133 🇸🇻El Salvador 28.795
134 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 28.777
135 🇫🇯Fiji 28.773
136 🇬🇷Greece 28.77
137 🇳🇮Nicaragua 28.749
138 🇨🇰Cook Islands 28.738
139 🇧🇯Benin 28.733
140 🇵🇫French Polynesia 28.733
141 🇲🇻Maldives 28.714
142 🇺🇬Uganda 28.712
143 🇨🇭Switzerland 28.693
144 🇸🇩Sudan 28.684
145 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 28.643
146 🇬🇳Guinea 28.631
147 🇸🇳Senegal 28.592
148 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 28.592
149 🇨🇲Cameroon 28.584
150 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28.583
151 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 28.572
152 🇲🇬Madagascar 28.57
153 🇲🇱Mali 28.563
154 🇪🇬Egypt 28.551
155 🇬🇫French Guiana 28.526
156 🇬🇹Guatemala 28.507
157 🇬🇺Guam 28.505
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 28.451
159 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 28.439
160 🇲🇺Mauritius 28.433
161 🇬🇪Georgia 28.427
162 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 28.412
163 🇳🇺Niue 28.411
164 🇫🇮Finland 28.374
165 🇦🇮Anguilla 28.369
166 🇱🇷Liberia 28.328
167 🇸🇲San Marino 28.311
168 🇧🇿Belize 28.307
169 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 28.287
170 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 28.27
171 🇮🇩Indonesia 28.253
172 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 28.223
173 🇬🇦Gabon 28.211
174 🇦🇷Argentina 28.172
175 🇸🇷Suriname 28.159
176 🇳🇴Norway 28.151
177 🇵🇦Panama 28.14
178 🇱🇻Latvia 28.088
179 🇲🇨Monaco 28.064
180 🇷🇺Russian Federation 28.055
181 🇧🇭Bahrain 28.042
182 🇮🇸Iceland 28.041
183 🇧🇪Belgium 28.018
184 🇸🇮Slovenia 28.0
185 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.985
186 🇯🇵Japan 27.937
187 🇬🇩Grenada 27.921
188 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 27.91
189 🇮🇳India 27.899
190 🇮🇱Israel 27.897
191 🇹🇷Türkiye 27.892
192 🇨🇦Canada 27.88
193 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 27.873
194 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 27.857
195 🇨🇫Central African Republic 27.833
196 🇮🇲Isle of Man 27.833
197 🇬🇾Guyana 27.829
198 🇪🇪Estonia 27.826
199 🇬🇲Gambia 27.752
200 🇵🇱Poland 27.751
201 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.743
202 🇶🇦Qatar 27.721
203 🇹🇩Chad 27.709
204 🇫🇷France 27.685
205 🇺🇾Uruguay 27.668
206 🇱🇺Luxembourg 27.652
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 27.639
208 🇬🇧United Kingdom 27.629
209 🇸🇭Saint Helena 27.625
210 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 27.621
211 🇯🇪Jersey 27.61
212 🇧🇩Bangladesh 27.602
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 27.591
214 🇦🇹Austria 27.58
215 🇧🇧Barbados 27.565
216 🇸🇪Sweden 27.521
217 🇯🇲Jamaica 27.519
218 🇦🇺Australia 27.497
219 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 27.494
220 🇩🇪Germany 27.469
221 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 27.424
222 🇺🇦Ukraine 27.386
223 🇰🇼Kuwait 27.356
224 🇩🇰Denmark 26.999
225 🇸🇰Slovakia 26.972
226 🇬🇮Gibraltar 26.887
227 🇭🇷Croatia 26.863
228 🇧🇲Bermuda 26.772
229 🇷🇸Serbia 26.71
230 🇷🇴Romania 26.549
231 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 26.428
232 🇺🇸United States of America 26.413
233 🇨🇺Cuba 26.137
234 🇲🇸Montserrat 25.962
235 🇭🇺Hungary 25.84
236 🇨🇿Czechia 25.544
237 🇧🇬Bulgaria 25.15

Regions with the Highest Mean Age of Childbearing in 1960

Rank Region Mean Age of Childbearing
1 Africa 29.334
2 Asia 28.99
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 28.972
4 Europe 28.017
5 Oceania 27.92
6 Americas 27.883
7 Northern America 26.549

Sub-regions with the Highest Mean Age of Childbearing in 1960

Rank Sub-region Mean Age of Childbearing
1 Southern Africa 30.118
2 Central Asia 30.027
3 Eastern Asia 29.814
4 South-Eastern Asia 29.572
5 Eastern Africa 29.566
6 Polynesia 29.433
7 Melanesia 29.412
8 Western Africa 29.227
9 Southern Europe 29.216
10 Middle Africa 29.122
11 South America 29.111
12 Northern Africa 29.067
13 Micronesia 28.989
14 Western Asia 28.926
15 Central America 28.926
16 Caribbean 28.279
17 Southern Asia 28.106
18 Northern Europe 27.895
19 Western Europe 27.83
20 Eastern Europe 27.63
21 Australia/New Zealand 27.52

Income Groups with the Highest Mean Age of Childbearing in 1960

Rank Income Group Mean Age of Childbearing
1 Low-income countries 29.462
2 Upper-middle-income countries 29.246
3 Low-and-middle-income countries 28.91
4 Middle-income countries 28.877
5 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 28.728
6 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 28.679
7 No income group available 28.585
8 Lower-middle-income countries 28.556
9 High-income countries 27.859

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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