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.

• Afghanistan

  19.9 years (2015 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Albania

  24.8 years (2017/18 est.)

• Angola

  19.4 years (2015/16 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Armenia

  24.8 years (2017 est.)

• Australia

  28.7 years (2014 est.)

• Austria

  29.3 years (2017 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  23.8 years (2017 est.)

• Bangladesh

  18.5 years (2014 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Belarus

  26.5 years (2017 est.)

• Belgium

  29 years (2018 est.)

• Benin

  20.4 years (2017/18 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Bolivia

  21.2 years (2008 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  27.3 years (2017 est.)

• Bulgaria

  27.1 years (2017 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  19.4 years (2010 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Burma

  25 years (2015/16 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Burundi

  21.3 years (2010 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Cambodia

  22.9 years (2014 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Cameroon

  19.7 years (2011 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Canada

  29 years (2017 est.)

• Chad

  17.9 years (2014/15 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Colombia

  21.7 years (2015 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Comoros

  24.6 years (2012 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  19.9 years (2013/14 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Congo, Republic of the

  19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Cote d'Ivoire

  19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Croatia

  28.9 years (2017 est.)

• Cyprus

  29.2 years (2017 est.)

  note: data represent only government-controlled areas

• Czechia

  28.4 years (2018 est.)

• Denmark

  29.2 years (2017 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  21.3 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Egypt

  22.7 years (2014 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• El Salvador

  20.8 years (2008 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Eritrea

  21.3 years (2010 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Estonia

  27.4 years (2017 est.)

• Ethiopia

  20 years (2016 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Finland

  29.2 years (2017 est.)

• France

  28.7 years (2018 est.)

• Gabon

  20.3 years (2012 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Gambia, The

  20.9 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Georgia

  25.4 years (2017 est.)

  note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia

• Germany

  29.6 years (2017 est.)

• Ghana

  22.3 years (2017 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Greece

  29.9 years (2017 est.)

• Guatemala

  21.2 years (2014/15 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Guinea

  19.5 years (2018 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Guyana

  20.8 years (2009 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Haiti

  22.8 years (2016/7 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Honduras

  20.4 years (2011/12 est.)

  note: median age a first birth among women 25-29

• Hong Kong

  29.8 years (2008 est.)

• Hungary

  28.6 years (2017 est.)

• Iceland

  27.8 years (2017 est.)

• Indonesia

  22.8 years (2012 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Ireland

  30.5 years (2018 est.)

• Israel

  27.6 years (2017 est.)

• Italy

  31.1 years (2017 est.)

• Jamaica

  21.2 years (2008 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Japan

  30.7 years (2015 est.)

• Jordan

  24.8 years (2017/18 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 30-34

• Kazakhstan

  28.5 years (2017 est.)

• Kenya

  20.3 years (2014 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Kiribati

  23.1 years (2009 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Korea, South

  31 years (2014 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  22.9 years (2017 est.)

• Latvia

  27.6 years (2017 est.)

• Lesotho

  21 years (2014 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Liberia

  19.2 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Liechtenstein

  31.3 years (2017)

• Lithuania

  27.5 years (2017 est.)

• Luxembourg

  30.7 years (2017 est.)

• Madagascar

  19.5 years (2008/09 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Malawi

  18.9 years (2015/16 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Maldives

  24.5 years (2009 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Mali

  18.9 years (2018 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Malta

  28.9 years (2017 est.)

  note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births

• Mexico

  21.3 years (2008 est.)

• Moldova

  24.8 years (2017 est.)

• Mongolia

  20.5 years (2008 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 20-24

• Montenegro

  26.3 years (2010 est.)

• Mozambique

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

• Namibia

  21.5 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Nepal

  20.8 years (2016 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Netherlands

  29.8 years (2017 est.)

• New Zealand

  27.8 years (2009 est.)

  note: median age at first birth

• Nicaragua

  19.2 years (2011/12 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Niger

  18.1 years (2012 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Nigeria

  20.3 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• North Macedonia

  27.2 years (2017 est.)

• Norway

  29.3 years (2017 est.)

  note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births

• Pakistan

  23.6 years (2017/18 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Paraguay

  22.9 years (2008 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Peru

  22.2 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Philippines

  22.8 years (2017 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Poland

  27.8 years (2017 est.)

• Portugal

  29.6 years (2017 est.)

• Romania

  27.1 years (2017 est.)

• Russia

  25.2 years (2013 est.)

• Rwanda

  23 years (2014/15 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Samoa

  23.6 years (2009 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• San Marino

  32 years (2017)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  19.4 years (2008/09 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Senegal

  21.9 years (2018 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Serbia

  28.4 years (2017 est.)

  note: data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija

• Sierra Leone

  19.2 years (2013 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Singapore

  30.5 years (2015 est.)
  
  median age

• Slovakia

  27.8 years (2014 est.)

• Slovenia

  29.4 years (2017 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  22.6 years (2015 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Spain

  30.9 years (2017 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  25.6 years (2016 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 30-34

• Sweden

  29.3 years (2015 est.)

• Switzerland

  30.7 years (2017 est.)

• Tajikistan

  23.2 years (2017 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Tanzania

  19.8 years (2015/16 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Thailand

  23.3 years (2009 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  22.1 years (2009/10 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Togo

  21 years (2013/14 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Tonga

  24.9 years (2012 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-49

• Turkey

  22.3 years (2010 est.)

• Uganda

  18.9 years (2011 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Ukraine

  25.6 years (2017 est.)

• United Kingdom

  28.8 years (2017 est.)

  note: data represent England and Wales only

• United States

  26.4 years (2015 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  23.8 years (2017 est.)

• Yemen

  21.4 years (2013 est.)
  
  median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Zambia

  19.2 years (2013/14 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

• Zimbabwe

  20 years (2015 est.)

  note: median age at first birth among women 25-29