Mother's mean age at first birth
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| Afghanistan | 19.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.) |
| Albania | 25 years (2010 est.) |
| Angola | 19.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Armenia | 24.1 years (2013 est.) |
| Australia | 30.5 years (2006 est.) |
| Austria | 28.5 years (2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 23.5 years (2013 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 18.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Belarus | 25.4 years (2013 est.) |
| Belgium | 28.2 years (2010 est.) |
| Benin | 20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
| Bolivia | 21.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.7 years (2013 est.) |
| Botswana | 19 years (2007 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 26.5 years (2013 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 19.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Burma | 21.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Burundi | 21.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Cambodia | 22.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Cameroon | 19.7 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Canada | 28.1 years (2011 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 19.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2005 est.) |
| Chad | 17.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.) |
| Colombia | 21.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Comoros | 24.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 19.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 19.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 19.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
| Croatia | 28 years (2013 est.) |
| Cyprus | 28.5 years note: data represent only government-controlled areas (2010 est.) |
| Denmark | 29.1 years (2012 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 21.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| East Timor | 22.1 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009/10 est.) |
| Egypt | 22.7 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| El Salvador | 20.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Eritrea | 21.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Estonia | 26.5 years (2013 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 19.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Finland | 28.5 years (2012 est.) |
| France | 28.1 years (2010 est.) |
| Gabon | 20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 20.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 19 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2004 est.) |
| Georgia | 24.4 years note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2013 est.) |
| Germany | 29.2 years (2012 est.) |
| Ghana | 22.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Greece | 31.2 years (2010 est.) |
| Guatemala | 20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.) |
| Guinea | 18.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Guyana | 20.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Haiti | 22.7 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Honduras | 20.4 years note: median age a first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 29.8 years (2008 est.) |
| Hungary | 28.2 years (2013 est.) |
| Iceland | 27 years (2011 est.) |
| Indonesia | 22.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Ireland | 29.9 years (2012 est.) |
| Israel | 27.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Italy | 30.3 years (2011 est.) |
| Jamaica | 21.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Japan | 30.3 years (2012 est.) |
| Jordan | 24.7 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 25 years (2013 est.) |
| Kenya | 20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Kiribati | 23.1 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Korea, South | 31 years (2014 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23.3 years (2013 est.) |
| Latvia | 26.9 years (2013 est.) |
| Lesotho | 21 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Liberia | 19.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Lithuania | 26.8 years (2013 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 30.2 years (2012 est.) |
| Macedonia | 26.6 years (2013 est.) |
| Madagascar | 19.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.) |
| Malawi | 18.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Maldives | 23.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Mali | 18.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.) |
| Malta | 26.9 years note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 20.7 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Mexico | 21.3 years (2008 est.) |
| Moldova | 24 years (2013 est.) |
| Mongolia | 20.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 20-24 (2008 est.) |
| Montenegro | 26.3 years (2010 est.) |
| Mozambique | 18.9 years median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Namibia | 21.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Nauru | 22.1 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Nepal | 20.1 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands | 29.4 years (2011 est.) |
| New Zealand | 27.8 years note: median age at first birth (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 19.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.) |
| Niger | 18.1 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Nigeria | 20.3 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Norway | 28.5 years note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births (2012 est.) |
| Pakistan | 23.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.) |
| Paraguay | 22.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.) |
| Peru | 22.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Philippines | 23 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Poland | 27.2 years (2013 est.) |
| Portugal | 29.5 years (2012 est.) |
| Romania | 22 years (2013 est.) |
| Russia | 24.6 years (2009 est.) |
| Rwanda | 23 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.) |
| Samoa | 23.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 19.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008/09 est.) |
| Senegal | 21.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Serbia | 27.8 years (2013 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 19.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) |
| Singapore | 30.5 years median age (2015 est.) |
| Slovakia | 27.4 years (2013 est.) |
| Slovenia | 29 years (2013 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 21.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.) |
| Spain | 29.8 years (2010 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 25.4 years note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2006/07 est.) |
| Swaziland | 19.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.) |
| Sweden | 28.9 years (2010 est.) |
| Switzerland | 30.4 years (2012 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 22.8 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
| Tanzania | 19.6 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) |
| Thailand | 23.3 years (2009 est.) |
| Togo | 21 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.) |
| Tonga | 24.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 (2012 est.) |
| Turkey | 22.3 years (2010 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 24.6 years (2006 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 23.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Uganda | 18.9 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) |
| Ukraine | 25 years (2013 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 28.1 years note: data represent England and Wales only (2012 est.) |
| United States | 25.6 years (2011 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 23.4 years (2013 est.) |
| Yemen | 21.4 years median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013) |
| Zambia | 19.2 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013/14 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 20.5 years note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010/11 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
