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.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Australia	30.50		2006 est.
2	.	Switzerland	30.20		2010 est.
3	.	United Kingdom	30.00		2006 est.
4	.	Ireland	29.80		2011 est.
5	.	Hong Kong	29.80		2008 est.
6	.	Korea, South	29.60		2008 est.
7	.	Singapore	29.40		2008 est.
8	.	Japan	29.40		2007 est.
9	.	Spain	29.30		2006 est.
10	.	Luxembourg	29.30		2008 est.
11	.	Greece	29.20		2007 est.
12	.	Denmark	29.10		2010 est.
13	.	Netherlands	28.90		2005 est.
14	.	Germany	28.90		2010 est.
15	.	Slovenia	28.70		2010 est.
16	.	Sweden	28.60		2005 est.
17	.	France	28.60		2006 est.
18	.	Austria	28.50		2011 est.
19	.	Norway	28.40		2011 est.
20	.	Hungary	28.20		2010 est.
21	.	Belgium	28.00		2008 est.
22	.	Finland	27.90		2005 est.
23	.	New Zealand	27.70		2008 est.
24	.	Croatia	27.70		2010 est.
25	.	Italy	27.70		2010 est.
26	.	Kazakhstan	27.60		2010 est.
27	.	Canada	27.60		2007 est.
28	.	Czech Republic	27.60		2010 est.
29	.	Cyprus	27.50		2005 est.
30	.	Portugal	27.40		2005 est.
31	.	Slovakia	27.30		2010 est.
32	.	Israel	27.30		2011 est.
33	.	Serbia	27.20		2010 est.
34	.	Iceland	27.00		2011 est.
35	.	Lithuania	26.60		2010 est.
36	.	Poland	26.60		2010 est.
37	.	Malta	26.50		2008 est.
38	.	Latvia	26.40		2010 est.
39	.	Montenegro	26.30		2009 est.
40	.	Estonia	26.30		2010 est.
41	.	Bulgaria	26.20		2010 est.
42	.	Macedonia	26.00		2010 est.
43	.	Romania	26.00		2010 est.
44	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.90		2010 est.
45	.	Morocco	25.40		2004 est.
46	.	United States	25.00		2006 est.
47	.	Belarus	24.90		2010 est.
48	.	Jordan	24.70		2012 est.
49	.	Turkmenistan	24.60		2006 est.
50	.	Azerbaijan	24.40		2010 est.
51	.	Armenia	24.10		2010 est.
52	.	Maldives	23.90		2009 est.
53	.	Albania	23.90		2009 est.
54	.	Georgia	23.90		2010 est.
55	.	Uzbekistan	23.80		2006 est.
56	.	Chile	23.70		2004 est.
57	.	Kyrgyzstan	23.60		2010 est.
58	.	Samoa	23.60		2009 est.
59	.	Moldova	23.50		2010 est.
60	.	Ukraine	23.10		2007 est.
61	.	Philippines	23.10		2008 est.
62	.	Thailand	23.00		1987 est.
63	.	Turkey	22.90		2003 est.
64	.	Paraguay	22.90		2008 est.
65	.	Rwanda	22.90		2010 est.
66	.	Egypt	22.90		2008 est.
67	.	Tajikistan	22.80		2012 est.
68	.	Cambodia	22.80		2010 est.
69	.	Indonesia	22.80		2012 est.
70	.	Pakistan	22.70		2007 est.
71	.	Haiti	22.70		2012
72	.	Sri Lanka	22.60		2000 est.
73	.	Vietnam	22.60		2002 est.
74	.	South Africa	22.50		2003 est.
75	.	Peru	22.30		2012 est.
76	.	Timor-Leste	22.10		2010 est.
77	.	Mauritania	21.90		2001 est.
78	.	Ecuador	21.80		2004 est.
79	.	Ghana	21.80		2008 est.
80	.	Namibia	21.40		2007 est.
81	.	Senegal	21.40		2011 est.
82	.	Colombia	21.40		2010 est.
83	.	Mexico	21.30		2006 est.
84	.	Burundi	21.30		2010 est.
85	.	Lesotho	21.20		2009 est.
86	.	Jamaica	21.20		2008 est.
87	.	Bolivia	21.20		2008 est.
88	.	Panama	21.10		1976 est.
89	.	Honduras	21.10		2011-12
90	.	Nigeria	20.90		2008 est.
91	.	El Salvador	20.80		2008 est.
92	.	Guyana	20.80		2009 est.
93	.	Eritrea	20.60		2002 est.
94	.	Zimbabwe	20.50		2011 est.
95	.	Dominican Republic	20.30		2007 est.
96	.	Gabon	20.30		2012 est.
97	.	Guatemala	20.30		2009 est.
98	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20.20		2007 est.
99	.	Nepal	20.10		2011 est.
100	.	Afghanistan	20.10		2010 est.
101	.	Togo	20.00		1998 est.
102	.	Benin	20.00		2006 est.
103	.	India	19.90		2006 est.
104	.	Kenya	19.80		2009 est.
105	.	Cote d'Ivoire	19.80		2011-12 est.
106	.	Congo, Republic of the	19.80		2011-12 est.
107	.	Nicaragua	19.70		2007 est.
108	.	Cameroon	19.70		2011 est.
109	.	Tanzania	19.60		2010 est.
110	.	Ethiopia	19.60		2011 est.
111	.	Swaziland	19.50		2007 est.
112	.	Madagascar	19.50		2009 est.
113	.	Cabo Verde	19.50		2005 est.
114	.	Sao Tome and Principe	19.40		2009 est.
115	.	Burkina Faso	19.40		2010 est.
116	.	Yemen	19.20		1997 est.
117	.	Zambia	19.20		2007 est.
118	.	Liberia	19.10		2007 est.
119	.	Sierra Leone	19.00		2008 est.
120	.	Uganda	18.90		2011 est.
121	.	Malawi	18.90		2010 est.
122	.	Mozambique	18.80		2003 est.
123	.	Guinea	18.80		2005 est.
124	.	Mali	18.60		2006 est.
125	.	Chad	18.20		2004 est.
126	.	Bangladesh	18.10		2011 est.
127	.	Niger	18.00		2006 est.
128	.	West Bank	NA		NA
129	.	World	NA		NA
130	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
131	.	Suriname	NA		NA
132	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
133	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
134	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
135	.	Somalia	NA		NA
136	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
137	.	Sudan	NA		NA
138	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
139	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
140	.	Tonga	NA		NA
141	.	Tunisia	NA		NA
142	.	Trinidad and Tobago	NA		NA
143	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
144	.	Syria	NA		NA
145	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
146	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
147	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
148	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
149	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
150	.	United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
151	.	Uruguay	NA		NA
152	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
153	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
154	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
155	.	Venezuela	NA		NA
156	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
157	.	Laos	NA		NA
158	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
159	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
160	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
161	.	Jersey	NA		NA
162	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
163	.	Libya	NA		NA
164	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
165	.	Macau	NA		NA
166	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
167	.	Malaysia	NA		NA
168	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
169	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
170	.	Nauru	NA		NA
171	.	Monaco	NA		NA
172	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
173	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
174	.	Mongolia	NA		NA
175	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
176	.	Niue	NA		NA
177	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
178	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
179	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
180	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
181	.	Qatar	NA		NA
182	.	Palau	NA		NA
183	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
184	.	Oman	NA		NA
185	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
186	.	Argentina	NA		NA
187	.	Aruba	NA		NA
188	.	Angola	NA		NA
189	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
190	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
191	.	Andorra	NA		NA
192	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
193	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
194	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
195	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
196	.	Algeria	NA		NA
197	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
198	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
199	.	San Marino	NA		NA
200	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
201	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
202	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
203	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
204	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
205	.	Russia	NA		NA
206	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
207	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
208	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
209	.	Brunei	NA		NA
210	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
211	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
212	.	China	NA		NA
213	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
214	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
215	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
216	.	Burma	NA		NA
217	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
218	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
219	.	Cuba	NA		NA
220	.	Comoros	NA		NA
221	.	Costa Rica	NA		NA
222	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
223	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
224	.	Curacao	NA		NA
225	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
226	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
227	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
228	.	Dominica	NA		NA
229	.	Fiji	NA		NA
230	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
231	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
232	.	European Union	NA		NA
233	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
234	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
235	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
236	.	Greenland	NA		NA
237	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
238	.	Grenada	NA		NA
239	.	Guam	NA		NA
240	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
241	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
242	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
243	.	Iraq	NA		NA
244	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
245	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
246	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
247	.	Iran	NA		NA
248	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
249	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
250	.	Brazil	NA		NA
251	.	Barbados	NA		NA
252	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
253	.	Belize	NA		NA
254	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
255	.	Botswana	NA		NA
256	.	Bhutan	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Mother's mean age at first birth (years) 2014 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Mother's mean age at first birth (years) 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mother's mean age at first birth (years) 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.