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Share of births by age of mother by country

Number of live births in a calendar year.

Countries reporting
236
Highest
26.5%
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Vatican
Median
6.9%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Share of births by age of mother is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 26.5% in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 0.0% in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.9%, and the mean is 8.2%.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 192 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Barthelemy (up 183.0%), and the largest decrease in Falkland Islands (down 100.0%).

Share of births by age of mother: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Equatorial Guinea 26.5% 2023 up 15.3% rising
2 Nicaragua 23.9% 2023 down 5.6% rising
3 Liberia 23.7% 2023 up 13.3% flat
4 Central African Republic 23.6% 2023 down 1.2% rising
5 Mozambique 23.5% 2023 down 2.3% rising
6 South Sudan 23.3% 2023 up 51.2% rising
7 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 23.3% 2023 up 0.4% rising
8 Madagascar 23.2% 2023 down 4.0% rising
9 Malawi 22.0% 2023 up 8.1% rising
10 Angola 21.5% 2023 up 11.7% rising
11 Mali 20.3% 2023 up 2.8% flat
12 Zambia 20.3% 2023 up 7.2% falling
13 Marshall Islands 19.9% 2023 up 45.2% rising
14 Niger 19.8% 2023 down 3.7% falling
15 Congo 19.6% 2023 up 14.8% flat
16 Guinea 19.6% 2023 down 9.4% rising
17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.7% 2023 down 2.5% rising
18 Honduras 18.6% 2023 down 10.4% rising
19 Zimbabwe 18.5% 2023 up 18.0% flat
20 Bangladesh 18.4% 2023 down 32.4% rising
21 Uganda 18.1% 2023 down 7.6% falling
22 Sao Tome and Principe 18.1% 2023 up 11.6% rising
23 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.8% 2023 up 3.3% falling
24 Cameroon 17.8% 2023 down 0.7% falling
25 Guatemala 17.7% 2023 down 11.3% rising
26 Nepal 17.7% 2023 down 22.4% rising
27 Chad 17.5% 2023 down 13.7% falling
28 Colombia 17.5% 2023 down 26.8% rising
29 Sierra Leone 17.2% 2023 down 12.6% falling
30 Ecuador 16.6% 2023 down 21.7% rising
31 Mexico 16.5% 2023 down 12.8% rising
32 Mauritania 16.4% 2023 up 1.3% flat
33 Gabon 15.9% 2023 down 5.9% falling
34 Burkina Faso 15.6% 2023 down 6.7% flat
35 El Salvador 15.4% 2023 down 29.5% rising
36 Paraguay 15.3% 2023 down 16.1% rising
37 Lesotho 15.3% 2023 down 7.0% rising
38 Eswatini 15.2% 2023 down 5.3% falling
39 Somalia 15.2% 2023 down 5.1% rising
40 Guinea-Bissau 15.2% 2023 down 5.0% rising
41 Côte d'Ivoire 15.2% 2023 down 2.6% falling
42 Cuba 15.0% 2023 up 3.5% falling
43 Guyana 14.9% 2023 down 23.9% rising
44 Nigeria 14.8% 2023 down 11.6% falling
45 Panama 14.7% 2023 down 26.3% rising
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.7% 2023 down 8.9% rising
47 Belize 14.5% 2023 down 18.1% rising
48 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.1% 2023 down 8.8% falling
49 Eritrea 14.1% 2023 up 5.2% flat
50 Cape Verde 13.9% 2023 down 25.6% rising
51 Naoero 13.9% 2023 up 39.4% rising
52 Anguilla 13.1% 2023 down 6.5% falling
53 Barbados 13.0% 2023 up 3.8% falling
54 Togo 12.9% 2023 up 13.1% falling
55 Brazil 12.7% 2023 down 33.9% rising
56 Dominican Republic 12.6% 2023 down 40.3% rising
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.6% 2023 down 28.6% falling
58 Jamaica 12.6% 2023 down 31.1% falling
59 Suriname 12.3% 2023 down 12.8% rising
60 Benin 12.3% 2023 down 7.3% falling
61 Namibia 12.3% 2023 down 14.9% rising
62 Ethiopia 12.2% 2023 down 16.2% falling
63 Seychelles 12.2% 2023 down 11.4% rising
64 Kenya 12.1% 2023 down 25.5% falling
65 Peru 12.0% 2023 down 19.3% rising
66 Iraq 11.7% 2023 down 14.1% rising
67 Haiti 11.6% 2023 down 11.6% rising
68 Ghana 11.5% 2023 up 0.3% falling
69 South Africa 11.5% 2023 down 18.5% rising
70 Vanuatu 11.3% 2023 down 3.8% rising
71 Senegal 11.3% 2023 down 0.9% falling
72 Sudan 11.1% 2023 down 15.8% falling
73 American Samoa 11.1% 2023 up 7.9% rising
74 Yemen 11.0% 2023 down 5.7% falling
75 Botswana 10.9% 2023 up 6.0% falling
76 Papua New Guinea 10.7% 2023 down 7.9% rising
77 Tokelau 10.6% 2023 down 31.9% falling
78 Bulgaria 10.6% 2023 down 1.3% falling
79 Gambia 10.6% 2023 down 20.2% falling
80 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5% 2023 up 3.4% falling
81 Dominica 10.4% 2023 down 27.8% falling
82 Micronesia (country) 10.4% 2023 down 13.4% falling
83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.4% 2023 down 15.7% falling
84 Cambodia 10.3% 2023 down 11.9% rising
85 French Guiana 10.3% 2023 down 15.2% flat
86 Syria 10.3% 2023 up 15.5% falling
87 Romania 10.2% 2023 up 0.5% flat
88 Afghanistan 10.2% 2023 down 21.5% falling
89 Mayotte 9.9% 2023 down 14.6% falling
90 Comoros 9.8% 2023 down 17.8% falling
91 Azerbaijan 9.7% 2023 down 19.3% rising
92 Philippines 9.7% 2023 down 18.5% rising
93 Thailand 9.6% 2023 down 43.7% rising
94 Antigua and Barbuda 9.4% 2023 down 19.6% falling
95 Solomon Islands 9.4% 2023 up 1.1% falling
96 Palau 9.3% 2023 up 15.2% falling
97 Costa Rica 9.2% 2023 down 49.2% rising
98 Argentina 9.2% 2023 down 41.1% rising
99 Uruguay 9.1% 2023 down 44.7% rising
100 Egypt 9.0% 2023 down 1.8% falling
101 Grenada 9.0% 2023 down 18.1% falling
102 Burundi 9.0% 2023 up 19.2% falling
103 Viet Nam 8.8% 2023 down 8.0% rising
104 Saint Lucia 8.6% 2023 down 40.7% falling
105 Northern Mariana Islands 8.6% 2023 up 9.7% falling
106 United States Virgin Islands 8.4% 2023 down 17.1% falling
107 French Polynesia 8.4% 2023 down 21.2% falling
108 Samoa 8.4% 2023 down 2.5% falling
109 Myanmar 8.2% 2023 down 4.4% rising
110 Kiribati 8.0% 2023 down 12.8% falling
111 Bahamas 8.0% 2023 down 24.6% falling
112 Greenland 7.7% 2023 down 29.9% flat
113 Mauritius 7.7% 2023 down 19.8% falling
114 Pakistan 7.6% 2023 down 10.7% falling
115 Cook Islands 7.3% 2023 down 32.2% falling
116 Timor-Leste 7.1% 2023 down 9.1% falling
117 Western Sahara 6.9% 2023 up 7.9% falling
118 Puerto Rico 6.9% 2023 down 55.5% falling
119 Palestine, State of 6.9% 2023 down 19.1% falling
120 Iran 6.8% 2023 down 17.3% falling
121 Tajikistan 6.8% 2023 down 16.6% rising
122 Guam 6.7% 2023 down 37.7% flat
123 Indonesia 6.7% 2023 down 28.4% falling
124 Republic of Moldova 6.4% 2023 down 15.9% rising
125 Slovakia 6.4% 2023 up 4.1% falling
126 Aruba 6.4% 2023 down 39.0% rising
127 Rwanda 6.2% 2023 down 8.5% falling
128 British Virgin Islands 6.2% 2023 up 6.8% falling
129 Morocco 6.1% 2023 down 7.1% falling
130 Tonga 6.0% 2023 up 23.2% falling
131 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5.6% 2023 down 34.7% rising
132 Lebanon 5.5% 2023 up 13.2% falling
133 Kyrgyzstan 5.3% 2023 down 33.7% rising
134 Georgia 5.2% 2023 down 45.3% rising
135 Fiji 5.2% 2023 down 29.2% falling
136 Ukraine 5.1% 2023 down 20.9% rising
137 Montserrat 5.1% 2023 down 62.4% volatile
138 Wallis and Futuna 5.1% 2023 up 28.4% falling
139 Hungary 5.0% 2023 down 24.6% falling
140 Curacao 4.9% 2023 down 47.9% falling
141 Tuvalu 4.9% 2023 down 28.1% falling
142 Uzbekistan 4.7% 2023 down 13.4% falling
143 Djibouti 4.6% 2023 down 1.5% falling
144 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.4% 2023 down 30.6% falling
145 Jordan 4.3% 2023 down 38.3% falling
146 Sri Lanka 4.2% 2023 down 10.2% falling
147 Reunion 4.1% 2023 down 42.8% flat
148 North Macedonia 4.0% 2023 down 33.4% flat
149 Niue 4.0% 2023 down 44.0% falling
150 United States 4.0% 2023 down 42.9% falling
151 Serbia 4.0% 2023 down 25.0% falling
152 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 3.9% 2023 down 40.8% falling
153 Russian Federation 3.8% 2023 down 25.9% volatile
154 Saint Barthelemy 3.8% 2023 up 183.0% volatile
155 India 3.8% 2023 down 54.6% falling
156 Albania 3.7% 2023 down 51.1% rising
157 Mongolia 3.7% 2023 down 22.2% flat
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.7% 2023 up 2.4% falling
159 Türkiye 3.5% 2023 down 49.4% falling
160 Armenia 3.4% 2023 down 44.0% volatile
161 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3.3% 2023 — volatile
162 Kazakhstan 3.3% 2023 down 42.2% flat
163 Turkmenistan 3.3% 2023 down 35.9% flat
164 Saint Martin (French part) 3.2% 2023 down 13.6% falling
165 Bhutan 3.1% 2023 down 50.3% falling
166 New Caledonia 3.1% 2023 down 38.5% falling
167 Belarus 3.0% 2023 down 36.6% volatile
168 New Zealand 2.9% 2023 down 49.1% falling
169 Jersey 2.8% 2023 down 26.5% falling
170 Malta 2.6% 2023 down 39.5% rising
171 Latvia 2.6% 2023 down 38.9% rising
172 Greece 2.6% 2023 up 6.5% volatile
173 Isle of Man 2.6% 2023 down 13.5% falling
173 Saint Helena 2.6% 2023 down 37.2% falling
175 Montenegro 2.5% 2023 down 26.7% falling
176 Guernsey 2.5% 2023 down 44.0% falling
177 Martinique 2.5% 2023 down 54.4% falling
178 Gibraltar 2.4% 2023 down 14.9% falling
179 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.4% 2023 down 44.3% falling
180 Saudi Arabia 2.4% 2023 down 24.4% falling
181 Guadeloupe 2.3% 2023 down 50.8% falling
182 Cayman Islands 2.3% 2023 down 55.3% falling
183 Chile 2.2% 2023 down 83.8% falling
184 China 2.2% 2023 down 17.9% volatile
185 Brunei Darussalam 2.2% 2023 down 36.5% falling
186 Portugal 2.1% 2023 down 39.2% falling
187 Croatia 2.1% 2023 down 35.5% falling
188 Monaco 1.9% 2023 down 2.4% falling
189 Malaysia 1.9% 2023 down 48.0% volatile
190 Poland 1.8% 2023 down 54.4% falling
191 Lithuania 1.8% 2023 down 58.3% rising
192 Czechia 1.8% 2023 down 35.1% volatile
193 Spain 1.8% 2023 down 16.2% falling
194 Australia 1.7% 2023 down 50.6% falling
195 Estonia 1.6% 2023 down 55.0% falling
196 Algeria 1.6% 2023 up 1.3% volatile
197 Bahrain 1.6% 2023 down 43.3% volatile
198 Cyprus 1.6% 2023 up 3.1% falling
199 Libya 1.5% 2023 up 9.9% volatile
200 Germany 1.4% 2023 down 37.8% volatile
201 Canada 1.4% 2023 down 55.5% falling
202 Maldives 1.3% 2023 down 56.2% volatile
203 Faroe Islands 1.3% 2023 down 53.4% volatile
204 Ireland 1.3% 2023 down 34.1% rising
205 Israel 1.3% 2023 down 29.6% volatile
206 Belgium 1.2% 2023 down 36.9% volatile
207 Taiwan 1.1% 2023 down 24.0% falling
208 France 1.1% 2023 down 50.7% volatile
209 Andorra 1.1% 2023 down 26.6% volatile
210 Finland 1.1% 2023 down 46.9% volatile
211 Austria 1.1% 2023 down 55.9% volatile
212 Tunisia 1.1% 2023 down 35.5% volatile
213 Italy 1.0% 2023 down 34.6% volatile
214 Qatar 1.0% 2023 down 38.3% volatile
215 Slovenia 1.0% 2023 down 8.6% volatile
216 Luxembourg 1.0% 2023 down 36.9% volatile
217 Oman 1.0% 2023 down 56.7% volatile
218 Iceland 0.9% 2023 down 58.5% volatile
219 Singapore 0.8% 2023 down 40.4% volatile
220 United Arab Emirates 0.7% 2023 down 52.4% volatile
221 Japan 0.6% 2023 down 48.7% falling
222 Netherlands 0.5% 2023 down 51.6% volatile
223 Sweden 0.5% 2023 down 59.7% volatile
224 Norway 0.4% 2023 down 71.3% volatile
225 Kuwait 0.4% 2023 down 68.7% volatile
226 Bermuda 0.4% 2023 down 83.6% volatile
227 Hong Kong 0.4% 2023 down 55.0% volatile
228 Switzerland 0.4% 2023 down 55.1% volatile
229 Denmark 0.3% 2023 down 74.5% volatile
230 Liechtenstein 0.3% 2023 down 69.7% volatile
231 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2023 down 60.8% volatile
232 Macao 0.2% 2023 down 80.7% volatile
233 North Korea 0.1% 2023 down 32.6% volatile
234 San Marino 0.0% 2023 — volatile
234 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% falling
234 Vatican 0.0% 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of births by age of mother
Unit
%
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
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Number of live births in a calendar year.