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Afghanistan19.9 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Albania24.8 years (2019 est.)
Andorra32.8 years (2019)
Angola19.4 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Armenia25.2 years (2019 est.)
Australia28.7 years (2019 est.)
Austria29.7 years (2019 est.)
Azerbaijan24 years (2019 est.)
Bangladesh18.6 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Belarus26.8 years (2019 est.)
Belgium29.2 years (2019 est.)
Benin20.5 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Bolivia21.2 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Bosnia and Herzegovina27.7 years (2019 est.)
Bulgaria26.3 years (2019 est.)
Burkina Faso19.4 years (2010 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Burma24.7 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Burundi21.5 years (2016/17 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Cambodia22.4 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Cameroon20.1 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Canada29.4 years (2019 est.)
Chad18.1 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Colombia21.7 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Comoros23 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Congo, Democratic Republic of the19.9 years (2013/14 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Congo, Republic of the19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Cote d'Ivoire19.6 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Croatia28.9 years (2019 est.)
Cyprus29.2 years (2019 est.)

note: data represent only government-controlled areas
Denmark29.7 years (2019 est.)
Dominican Republic20.9 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Egypt22.6 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
El Salvador20.8 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Eritrea21.3 years (2010 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Estonia28.2 years (2019 est.)
Ethiopia19.3 years (2019 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Finland29.4 years (2019 est.)
France28.8 years (2019 est.)
Gabon19.6 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Gambia, The20.7 years (2019/20 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Georgia25.9 years (2019 est.)

note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Germany29.8 years (2019 est.)
Ghana20.7 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Greece29.9 years (2019 est.)
Guatemala20.6 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Guinea19.9 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Guyana20.8 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Haiti22.4 years (2016/7 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Honduras20.3 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age a first birth among women 25-49
Hong Kong29.8 years (2008 est.)
Hungary28.3 years (2019 est.)
Iceland28.7 years (2019 est.)
India21 years (2015/16)

note: median age a first birth among women 25-49
Indonesia22.4 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Ireland30.7 years (2019 est.)
Israel27.7 years (2019 est.)
Italy31.3 years (2019 est.)
Jamaica21.2 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Japan30.7 years (2018 est.)
Jordan24.6 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Kazakhstan28.9 years (2019 est.)
Kenya20.3 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Kiribati23.1 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Korea, South32.2 years (2019 est.)
Kyrgyzstan22.6 years (2019 est.)
Latvia27.3 years (2019 est.)
Lesotho20.9 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Liberia19.1 years (2019/20 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Liechtenstein31.3 years (2017)
Lithuania27.5 years (2019 est.)
Luxembourg31.1 years (2019 est.)
Madagascar19.5 years (2008/09 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Malawi19.1 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Maldives24.5 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Mali19.2 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Malta29 years (2019 est.)

note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births
Mexico21.3 years (2008 est.)
Moldova25.2 years (2019 est.)
Mongolia20.5 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-24
Montenegro26.3 years (2010 est.)
Mozambique19.2 years (2011 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Namibia21.6 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Nepal21.6 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Netherlands30.1 years (2019 est.)
New Zealand27.8 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth
Nicaragua19.2 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Niger20.4 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Nigeria20.4 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Norway29.7 years (2019 est.)

note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births
Pakistan22.8 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Papua New Guineanote: median age a first birth among women 25-49
Paraguay22.9 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Peru21.9 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Philippines23.5 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Poland27.6 years (2019 est.)
Portugal29.9 years (2019 est.)
Romania26.9 years (2019 est.)
Russia25.2 years (2013 est.)
Rwanda22.7 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Samoa23.6 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
San Marino31.9 years (2019)
Sao Tome and Principe19.4 years (2008/09 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Senegal21.9 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Serbia28.1 years (2019 est.)

note: data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija
Sierra Leone19.6 years (2019 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Singapore30.5 years (2015 est.)

median age
Slovakia27.2 years (2019 est.)
Slovenia28.9 years (2019 est.)
Solomon Islands22.6 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Spain31.1 years (201 est.)
Sri Lanka25.6 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 30-34
Sweden29.5 years (2019 est.)
Switzerland30.7 years (2019 est.)
Tajikistan21.9 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Tanzania19.8 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Thailand23.3 years (2009 est.)
Togo20.9 years (2013/14 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Tonga24.9 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Turkey26.4 years (2019 est.)
Turkmenistan24.2 years (2019)
Uganda19.4 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Ukraine26.2 years (2019 est.)
United Kingdom29 years (2018 est.)

note: data represent England and Wales only
United States27 years (2019 est.)
Uzbekistan23.7 years (2019 est.)
Yemen20.8 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Zambia19.2 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
Zimbabwe20.3 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49

Source: CIA Factbook