From 2012 to 2022, the average age of women at the birth of their first child was constantly lower in Iceland than in the other four Nordic countries. In 2022, the average age of women at their first birth was 28.9 years, whereas at was just below or slightly over 30 years in all other Nordic countries. That year, Sweden had the highest average age with 30.3 years.
Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022
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Finland
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Nordic Statistics database. (March 28, 2023). Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/
Nordic Statistics database. "Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022." Chart. March 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/
Nordic Statistics database. (2023). Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/
Nordic Statistics database. "Average Age of Women at The Birth of The First Child in The Nordic Countries from 2012 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/
Nordic Statistics database, Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/ (last visited July 09, 2024)
Average age of women at the birth of the first child in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 [Graph], Nordic Statistics database, March 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297799/average-age-women-birth-first-child-nordic-countries/