Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Angola or Mauritania?

Mauritania, at 17.12 years against 16.45 years in Angola as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Angola and Mauritania?

0.67 years, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Mauritania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Mauritania: Median age vs. births per woman

Angola

16.45 years

in 2023

Mauritania

17.12 years

in 2023

Angola rank

228th

Mauritania rank

224th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Angola
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 17.12 years against 16.45 years in Angola, a difference of 0.67 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 228th and Mauritania ranks 224th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	19.13 years	17.28 years	1.85 years	Angola
1960s	17.68 years	17.61 years	0.0699 years	Angola
1970s	16.06 years	16.3 years	0.2459 years	Mauritania
1980s	16.61 years	15.91 years	0.6965 years	Angola
1990s	16.12 years	16.34 years	0.2209 years	Mauritania
2000s	16.18 years	16.57 years	0.386 years	Mauritania
2010s	16.3 years	16.73 years	0.4257 years	Mauritania
2020s	16.38 years	16.96 years	0.5802 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Angola or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 17.12 years against 16.45 years in Angola as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Angola and Mauritania?: 0.67 years, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Angola and Mauritania rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Angola ranks 228th and Mauritania ranks 224th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Median age vs. births per woman
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.