Mean age of women at childbirth and at birth of first child

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for mean age of women at childbirth and at birth of first child was 31.3 .

That is a 0.3% rose versus 2023 (31.2).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 1.3% higher.

Across member states, Ireland reported the highest value (32.7, 2024) and Bulgaria the lowest (28.2, 2024).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00017; every value links back to the canonical source.