Submitted by 23degrees_io t3_124ifbm in dataisbeautiful
EqualityZucchini t1_je0k4cc wrote
If anyone is curious about the US, we are on average ~30:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/motherhood-deferred-us-median-age-giving-birth-hits-30-rcna27827
Up from 27 not that long ago:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db232.htm
Like in Europe there are big gaps between areas (this is outdated but the geo-patterns are still probably relevant):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html
I always find things like this fascinating... I was exactly the average age of a first-time mother in my county, when I had my first child.
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