The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 People and Society

Mother's mean age at first birth In 12 editions of 36.

Mother's mean age at first birth was published in 12 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2013 to 2025. The 2016 edition carries it in 134 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2016 edition
134
the first edition with it
2013
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Mother's mean age at first birth” (2013 to 2025).

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Africa

39 entries

Angola

19.4

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Benin

20.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)

Botswana

19 (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

19.4

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 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.)

Cameroon

19.7

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Chad

17.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)

Comoros

24.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

19.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

19.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

19.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)

Egypt

22.7

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Eritrea

21.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

19.5

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.)

Ethiopia

19.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Gabon

20.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

20.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)

Ghana

22.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Guinea

18.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Kenya

20.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Lesotho

21

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Liberia

19.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 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.)

Mali

18.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)

Mozambique

18.9

  • median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Namibia

21.5

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 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.)

Rwanda

23

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)

Sao Tome And Principe now 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 (2014 est.)

Sierra Leone

19.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)

Tanzania

19.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)

Togo

21

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)

Uganda

18.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Zambia

19.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.)

Zimbabwe

20.5

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010/11 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

27 (2011 est.)

Asia

19 entries

Afghanistan

20.1

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)

Armenia

24.1 (2013 est.)

Azerbaijan

23.5 (2013 est.)

Bangladesh

18.5

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Georgia

24.4

note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2013 est.)

India

19.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2005/06 est.)

Japan

30.3 (2012 est.)

Kazakhstan

25 (2013 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

31 (2014 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

23.3 (2013 est.)

Maldives

23.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)

Mongolia

20.5

note: median age at first birth among women 20-24 (2008 est.)

Nepal

20.1

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Pakistan

23.4

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)

Russia

24.6 (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka

25.4

note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2006/07 est.)

Tajikistan

22.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Turkmenistan

24.6 (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan

23.4 (2013 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

7 entries

Dominican Republic

21.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)

El Salvador

20.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)

Guatemala

20.3

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.)

Haiti

22.7

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Honduras

20.4

note: median age a first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.)

Jamaica

21.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)

Nicaragua

19.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)

Europe

37 entries

Albania

25 (2010 est.)

Austria

28.5 (2011 est.)

Belarus

25.4 (2013 est.)

Belgium

28.2 (2010 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

26.7 (2013 est.)

Bulgaria

26.5 (2013 est.)

Croatia

28 (2013 est.)

Czechia

28.1 (2013 est.)

Denmark

29.1 (2012 est.)

Estonia

26.5 (2013 est.)

Finland

28.5 (2012 est.)

France

28.1 (2010 est.)

Germany

29.2 (2012 est.)

Greece

31.2 (2010 est.)

Hungary

28.2 (2013 est.)

Ireland

29.9 (2012 est.)

Italy

30.3 (2011 est.)

Latvia

26.9 (2013 est.)

Lithuania

26.8 (2013 est.)

Luxembourg

30.2 (2012 est.)

Malta

26.9

note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.)

Moldova

24 (2013 est.)

Montenegro

26.3 (2010 est.)

Netherlands

29.4 (2011 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

26.6 (2013 est.)

Norway

28.5

note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births (2012 est.)

Poland

27.2 (2013 est.)

Portugal

29.5 (2012 est.)

Romania

22 (2013 est.)

Serbia

27.8 (2013 est.)

Slovakia

27.4 (2013 est.)

Slovenia

29 (2013 est.)

Spain

29.8 (2010 est.)

Sweden

28.9 (2010 est.)

Switzerland

30.4 (2012 est.)

Ukraine

25 (2013 est.)

United Kingdom

28.1

note: data represent England and Wales only (2012 est.)

Middle East

6 entries

Cyprus

28.5

note: data represent only government-controlled areas (2010 est.)

Gaza Strip

19

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.)

Israel

27.3 (2011 est.)

Jordan

24.7

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

22.3 (2010 est.)

Yemen

21.4

  • median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013)

North America

3 entries

Canada

28.1 (2011 est.)

Mexico

21.3 (2008 est.)

United States

25.6 (2011 est.)

Oceania

9 entries

Australia

30.5 (2006 est.)

Kiribati

23.1

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands

20.7

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)

Nauru

22.1

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)

New Zealand

27.8

note: median age at first birth (2009 est.)

Samoa

23.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)

Solomon Islands

21.6

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.)

Tonga

24.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 (2012 est.)

Tuvalu

23.5

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)

South America

5 entries

Bolivia

21.2

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)

Colombia

21.4

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)

Guyana

20.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 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.)

Southeast Asia

8 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

21.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)

Cambodia

22.9

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.)

Hong Kong

29.8 (2008 est.)

Indonesia

22.8

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)

Philippines

23

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.)

Singapore

30.5

  • median age (2015 est.)

Thailand

23.3 (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste

22.1

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009/10 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2016, “Mother's mean age at first birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/mother-s-mean-age-at-first-birth/2016.

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