2024-03-16 05:29:23
Women in Chile and Romania tend to have their first child just after turning 27.
An investigation showed that Countries whose women become mothers at an older age tend to have a longer population.
This, while in developed or developing countries the average age to become a mother is 29 years and three months. according to a new study by The Calculator Site, which analyzed the latest available data on fertility and life expectancy in 37 countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Fertility indicators relate to the national average age of mothers at the time of their first live birth, measured in 2021 or earlier, while life expectancy estimates use the average number of years that both men and women who reach birth expect to live. at age 65 in each country, measured mainly in 2021.
Older and younger mothers
The oldest first-time mothers among the OECD countries assessed live in Korea, Spain and Italy. New mothers in Korea are generally 32 years and seven months old. Both those from Spain and Italy have an average age of 31 years and seven months. In total, women in 13 countries become mothers after turning 30, and another 10 countries do so just before, at the age of 29.
The youngest mothers live in Bulgaria, where the average age at which women give birth for the first time is 26 and a half years. New mothers in Türkiye only delay this for a month. Women in Chile and Romania tend to have their first child just after turning 27.
Luckiest grandchildren
In countries where grandparents live longer, women also tend to give birth later. The same thing happens in reverse: the shorter the life expectancy, the earlier women in that country tend to start a family. The time that grandparents could spend with their grandchildren is the longest in Chile, France and Israel. The grandchildren who most quickly lose their last grandparent live in Hungary, Croatia and Bulgaria.