Data for 1974
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974
1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.345; Bulgaria is lowest, at 24.487. The middle country reads 28.570. Against 1973, 217 values changed (61 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.
Mean Age at Childbearing · Data for 1974
HighestVatican City
32.345LowestBulgaria
24.487Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort
| 32.345 | |
| 31.217 | |
| 31.131 | |
| 31.042 | |
| 31.042 | |
| 31.006 | |
| 30.964 | |
| 30.949 | |
| 30.836 | |
| 30.783 | |
| 30.689 | |
| 30.634 | |
| 30.633 | |
| 30.621 | |
| 30.608 | |
| 30.575 | |
| 30.524 | |
| 30.496 | |
| 30.495 | |
| 30.465 | |
| 30.454 | |
| 30.276 | |
| 30.175 | |
| 30.130 | |
| 30.096 | |
| 30.082 | |
| 30.055 | |
| 30.008 | |
| 29.997 | |
| 29.990 | |
| 29.985 | |
| 29.972 | |
| 29.960 | |
| 29.952 | |
| 29.916 | |
| 29.914 | |
| 29.910 | |
| 29.868 | |
| 29.867 | |
| 29.862 | |
| 29.827 | |
| 29.825 | |
| 29.811 | |
| 29.798 | |
| 29.796 | |
| 29.771 | |
| 29.751 | |
| 29.736 | |
| 29.732 | |
| 29.685 | |
| 29.673 | |
| 29.653 | |
| 29.622 | |
| 29.590 | |
| 29.547 | |
| 29.534 | |
| 29.510 | |
| 29.501 | |
| 29.498 | |
| 29.459 | |
| 29.453 | |
| 29.452 | |
| 29.446 | |
| 29.393 | |
| 29.381 | |
| 29.375 | |
| 29.370 | |
| 29.365 | |
| 29.352 | |
| 29.339 | |
| 29.293 | |
| 29.292 | |
| 29.292 | |
| 29.283 | |
| 29.247 | |
| 29.245 | |
| 29.241 | |
| 29.175 | |
| 29.170 | |
| 29.151 | |
| 29.093 | |
| 29.059 | |
| 29.049 | |
| 29.048 | |
| 29.015 | |
| 29.007 | |
| 29.006 | |
| 28.980 | |
| 28.973 | |
| 28.965 | |
| 28.957 | |
| 28.955 | |
| 28.945 | |
| 28.937 | |
| 28.903 | |
| 28.897 | |
| 28.894 | |
| 28.868 | |
| 28.863 | |
| 28.859 | |
| 28.850 | |
| 28.843 | |
| 28.835 | |
| 28.801 | |
| 28.798 | |
| 28.796 | |
| 28.784 | |
| 28.718 | |
| 28.587 | |
| 28.582 | |
| 28.577 | |
| 28.563 | |
| 28.539 | |
| 28.535 | |
| 28.526 | |
| 28.503 | |
| 28.490 | |
| 28.475 | |
| 28.451 | |
| 28.429 | |
| 28.428 | |
| 28.400 | |
| 28.386 | |
| 28.379 | |
| 28.368 | |
| 28.353 | |
| 28.339 | |
| 28.338 | |
| 28.318 | |
| 28.261 | |
| 28.248 | |
| 28.243 | |
| 28.228 | |
| 28.226 | |
| 28.213 | |
| 28.149 | |
| 28.128 | |
| 28.115 | |
| 28.089 | |
| 28.065 | |
| 28.014 | |
| 28.001 | |
| 27.992 | |
| 27.978 | |
| 27.970 | |
| 27.903 | |
| 27.885 | |
| 27.882 | |
| 27.870 | |
| 27.859 | |
| 27.766 | |
| 27.754 | |
| 27.735 | |
| 27.725 | |
| 27.675 | |
| 27.673 | |
| 27.636 | |
| 27.595 | |
| 27.575 | |
| 27.573 | |
| 27.551 | |
| 27.541 | |
| 27.537 | |
| 27.511 | |
| 27.500 | |
| 27.496 | |
| 27.483 | |
| 27.473 | |
| 27.464 | |
| 27.432 | |
| 27.413 | |
| 27.394 | |
| 27.348 | |
| 27.175 | |
| 27.146 | |
| 27.110 | |
| 27.093 | |
| 27.031 | |
| 27.016 | |
| 27.000 | |
| 26.992 | |
| 26.988 | |
| 26.962 | |
| 26.957 | |
| 26.938 | |
| 26.933 | |
| 26.931 | |
| 26.915 | |
| 26.905 | |
| 26.871 | |
| 26.837 | |
| 26.824 | |
| 26.797 | |
| 26.783 | |
| 26.749 | |
| 26.724 | |
| 26.704 | |
| 26.694 | |
| 26.610 | |
| 26.604 | |
| 26.569 | |
| 26.528 | |
| 26.475 | |
| 26.462 | |
| 26.434 | |
| 26.379 | |
| 26.350 | |
| 26.270 | |
| 26.210 | |
| 26.174 | |
| 26.130 | |
| 26.115 | |
| 26.083 | |
| 26.065 | |
| 26.020 | |
| 25.789 | |
| 25.774 | |
| 25.395 | |
| 25.320 | |
| 25.212 | |
| 25.124 | |
| 24.487 |
02In 1974
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Vatican City32.345
Djibouti31.217
Somalia31.131
Eritreashared31.042
Rwandashared31.042
Lowest
Bulgaria24.487
Montserrat25.124
Czechia25.212
Hungary25.320
Cuba25.395
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.570. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031973 → 1974
Since 1973
What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 217values changed, of 222 in both
- 61 · 156rose · fell
- 5unchanged
Rose most
Sudan28.739 → 28.945+0.206
Bahrain29.421 → 29.547+0.126
Cambodia30.056 → 30.175+0.119
Morocco29.979 → 30.096+0.117
Madagascar28.850 → 28.957+0.107
Fell most
Cyprus27.825 → 27.496−0.329
South Korea29.268 → 28.955−0.313
Singapore28.541 → 28.228−0.313
New Caledonia28.260 → 28.014−0.246
Armenia27.142 → 26.905−0.237
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1974.
220 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 31.042. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (1974). Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/mean-age-childbearing/1974
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07Questions
Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974: questions and answers
Which country has the highest mean age at childbearing in Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974?
Vatican City, at 32.345, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974 describe?
1974.
How many countries does Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974 cover?
222.
Where can I download Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Mean Age at Childbearing, 1974 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Mean Age at Childbearing, 2023.