Ireland (2024)
31.2
years
-1.3% YoY
YoY Change
-1.3%
years
Trend
down
Series length
18
years of data

Data

Ireland Mean Age of Women at Birth of First Child (2024) — source data. Eurostat.
Year years YoY Change
2024 31.2 -1.3%
2023 31.6 +0.6%
2022 31.4 +1.0%
2021 31.1 +0.6%
2020 30.9 +0.7%
2019 30.7 +0.7%
2018 30.5 +0.7%
2017 30.3 +0.7%
2016 30.1 +0.7%
2015 29.9 +0.3%
2014 29.8 +0.7%
2013 29.6 +1.0%
2012 29.3 unchanged
2011 29.3 +0.3%
2010 29.2 +0.7%
2009 29 +0.3%
2008 28.9 +0.3%
2007 28.8 n/a

About this Dataset

Ireland recorded 31.2 years in 2024. The latest change was -0.4. Across 2007–2024 the series ranges from 28.8 in 2007 to 31.6 in 2023.

This page tracks the mean age of women at the birth of their first child in Ireland from 2005 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the mean age of women at the birth of their first child in Ireland from 2005 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2024 (18 observations).

The series peaked at 31.6 years in 2023 and reached its lowest recorded value of 28.8 in 2007. The latest reading of 31.2 in 2024 represents a change of -0.4.