Mothers’ age at first birth in South Africa

20.8

years (women aged 20–50) · 2019

36th highest of 57 countries

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Senegal 20.9
  2. Togo 20.9
  3. Papua New Guinea 20.8
  4. South Africa 20.8
  5. Burundi 20.7
  6. Dominican Rep. 20.6
  7. India 20.6

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About the data

Unit
years (women aged 20–50)
Years
1992–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Global Data Lab
License
Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab
Credit
Data retrieved from the Gender database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/gender/