Age distribution of mothers at childbirth by year
Use escrito dataset owid.age-of-mothers-at-childbirth-by-year
Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1900. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1910. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1920. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1930. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1940. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1950. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1960. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1970. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1980. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 1990. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 2000. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 2010. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 2020. Average number of children a woman would have at each age if she experienced the fertility rates of year 2023.
Cite as: Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “1900” [dataset]. Human Fertility Database, “Human Fertility Database”; United Nations, “World Population Prospects”; United Nations, “World Population Prospects – Interim Update” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 0012–0055
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2025-10-22
- Units
- births per women
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/age-of-mothers-at-childbirth-by-year
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1900 | number | 1900 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1910 | number | 1910 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1920 | number | 1920 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1930 | number | 1930 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1940 | number | 1940 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1950 | number | 1950 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1960 | number | 1960 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1970 | number | 1970 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1980 | number | 1980 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_1990 | number | 1990 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_2000 | number | 2000 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_2010 | number | 2010 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_2020 | number | 2020 (births per women) |
| asfr__year_as_dimension_2023 | number | 2023 (births per women) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |