Statistics
and indicators on women and men |
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| Table 2b. Indicators on marriage |
Last update: June 2009 |
| Country or area |
Year |
|
|
|
Source |
| Albania |
2001 |
9.6 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Algeria |
1992 |
3.6 |
|
... |
|
|
26 |
... |
SRV |
|
| Argentina |
1991 |
12.4 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Armenia |
2001 |
7.9 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Australia |
2001 |
0.5 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
29 |
31 |
EST |
|
| Austria |
2001 |
1.2 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
29 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Azerbaijan |
1999 |
12.8 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
24 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Bahamas |
1990 |
3.7 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
27 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Bahrain |
2001 |
4.2 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
26 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Bangladesh |
2004 |
47.9 |
|
... |
|
|
19 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Barbados |
1990 |
0.6 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
32 |
34 |
CEN |
|
| Belarus |
1999 |
6.3 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
23 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Belgium |
2001 |
0.1 |
|
... |
|
|
30 |
... |
CEN |
|
| Belize |
1991 |
7.9 |
|
1.4 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Benin |
2001 |
23.9 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
20 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Bhutan |
1990 |
26.6 |
|
7.9 |
|
|
20 |
24 |
SRV |
|
| Bolivia |
2003 |
12.4 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
23 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Botswana |
2001 |
4.4 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
27 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Brazil |
2000 |
16.6 |
|
3.6 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
1991 |
8.0 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
25 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Bulgaria |
2001 |
10.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
|
24 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Burkina Faso |
2003 |
32.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
19 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Burundi |
1990 |
7.0 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Cambodia |
2000 |
12.9 |
|
... |
|
|
22 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Cameroon |
2004 |
33.2 |
|
... |
|
|
20 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Canada |
2004 |
2.9 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
27 |
29 |
EST |
|
| Cape Verde |
1990 |
6.7 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Central African Republic |
1995 |
42.3 |
|
8.1 |
|
|
19 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Chad |
2004 |
45.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
18 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Chile |
1992 |
11.7 |
|
5.3 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| China |
2000 |
1.2 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
23 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
1996 |
1.7 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
29 |
31 |
CEN |
|
| China, Macao SAR |
1991 |
2.3 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Colombia |
2005 |
17.2 |
|
... |
|
|
23 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Comoros |
1996 |
11.5 |
|
3.1 |
|
|
24 |
28 |
DHS |
|
| Costa Rica |
2003 |
11.5 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
EST |
|
| Croatia |
2001 |
2.4 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
26 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Cyprus |
2001 |
2.8 |
|
0.7 |
|
|
25 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Czech Republic |
2004 |
0.4 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
EST |
|
| Denmark |
2005 |
0.2 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
31 |
33 |
CEN |
|
| Dominican Republic |
2002 |
24.6 |
|
4.6 |
|
|
21 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Ecuador |
2001 |
22.0 |
|
7.0 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Egypt |
2000 |
11.9 |
|
... |
|
|
23 |
... |
DHS |
|
| El Salvador |
2000 |
15.9 |
|
4.5 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Eritrea |
2002 |
31.0 |
|
... |
|
|
21 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Estonia |
2001 |
1.4 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Ethiopia |
2000 |
30.0 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
21 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Fiji |
1996 |
10.3 |
|
1.8 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Finland |
2004 |
0.5 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
31 |
32 |
EST |
|
| France |
2003 |
0.3 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
31 |
33 |
EST |
|
| French Guiana |
1999 |
0.8 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
32 |
34 |
CEN |
|
| French Polynesia |
1996 |
1.5 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Gabon |
2000 |
22.4 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Gambia |
1993 |
38.8 |
|
1.7 |
|
|
20 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Georgia |
1999 |
15.8 |
|
... |
|
|
22 |
... |
CEN |
|
| Germany |
2001 |
0.3 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
30 |
33 |
EST |
|
| Ghana |
2003 |
13.7 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
22 |
27 |
DHS |
|
| Greece |
2001 |
3.6 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
27 |
31 |
CEN |
|
| Guadeloupe |
1999 |
0.8 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
32 |
34 |
CEN |
|
| Guam |
1990 |
5.8 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
24 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Guatemala |
1998 |
26.0 |
|
... |
|
|
20 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Guinea |
1999 |
46.1 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
19 |
28 |
SRV |
|
| Guyana |
1991 |
6.9 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Haiti |
2000 |
19.4 |
|
... |
|
|
22 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Honduras |
1996 |
30.5 |
|
... |
|
|
20 |
... |
NEFHS |
|
| Hungary |
2003 |
1.1 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
28 |
31 |
EST |
|
| Iceland |
2003 |
1.4 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
28 |
29 |
EST |
|
| India |
1998 |
30.0 |
|
4.1 |
|
|
20 |
25 |
NFHS |
|
| Indonesia |
2003 |
14.6 |
|
... |
|
|
22 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
1996 |
17.9 |
|
2.6 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Iraq |
1997 |
11.6 |
|
2.2 |
|
|
25 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Ireland |
2002 |
0.3 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
31 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Israel |
2003 |
2.7 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
26 |
29 |
EST |
|
| Italy |
2002 |
0.7 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
29 |
32 |
EST |
|
| Jamaica |
2001 |
0.5 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
33 |
35 |
CEN |
|
| Japan |
2000 |
0.9 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
29 |
31 |
CEN |
|
| Jordan |
2002 |
6.2 |
|
... |
|
|
26 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Kazakhstan |
1999 |
7.4 |
|
1.4 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Kenya |
2003 |
20.3 |
|
1.9 |
|
|
21 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Kuwait |
1996 |
13.2 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
25 |
30 |
EST |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
1999 |
11.5 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
22 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Latvia |
2005 |
1.0 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
EST |
|
| Lesotho |
1986 |
18.1 |
|
1.6 |
|
|
21 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Liberia |
1986 |
36.0 |
|
... |
|
|
20 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
1995 |
1.0 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
29 |
32 |
MCHS |
|
| Lithuania |
2005 |
1.8 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
EST |
|
| Luxembourg |
2001 |
1.4 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
28 |
31 |
CEN |
|
| Madagascar |
2004 |
33.0 |
|
6.5 |
|
|
20 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Malawi |
2000 |
36.8 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
19 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Malaysia |
2000 |
4.9 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
25 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Maldives |
2000 |
12.0 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Mali |
2001 |
48.6 |
|
6.2 |
|
|
18 |
25 |
DHS |
|
| Martinique |
1999 |
0.4 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
33 |
36 |
CEN |
|
| Mauritania |
2001 |
27.8 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
22 |
29 |
DHS |
|
| Mauritius |
2000 |
9.8 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
23 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Mexico |
2000 |
17.1 |
|
5.9 |
|
|
23 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Mongolia |
2000 |
5.6 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
24 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Montenegro* |
2002 |
5.3 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
26 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Morocco |
2004 |
11.0 |
|
... |
|
|
26 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Mozambique |
2003 |
43.3 |
|
... |
|
|
19 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Myanmar |
1991 |
10.7 |
|
3.3 |
|
|
25 |
26 |
PCFS |
|
| Namibia |
2000 |
6.1 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
DHS |
|
| Nepal |
2001 |
40.3 |
|
11.3 |
|
|
19 |
23 |
DHS |
|
| Netherlands |
2005 |
0.5 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
31 |
33 |
EST |
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
2001 |
0.8 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
30 |
33 |
CEN |
|
| New Caledonia |
1996 |
1.2 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| New Zealand |
2001 |
0.8 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Nicaragua |
2001 |
30.4 |
|
... |
|
|
20 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Niger |
1998 |
61.9 |
|
4.2 |
|
|
18 |
24 |
DHS |
|
| Nigeria |
2003 |
33.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
21 |
28 |
DHS |
|
| Norway |
2004 |
0.4 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
32 |
34 |
EST |
|
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
2000 |
13.4 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
EST |
|
| Oman |
1995 |
15.5 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
FHS |
|
| Pakistan |
2001 |
14.1 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
SRV |
|
| Panama |
2000 |
22.0 |
|
4.8 |
|
|
22 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Paraguay |
2002 |
12.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Peru |
2000 |
11.3 |
|
... |
|
|
24 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Philippines |
2003 |
9.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Poland |
2002 |
1.6 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
25 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Qatar |
2004 |
3.6 |
|
2.3 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Republic of Korea |
2000 |
0.7 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
27 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
1997 |
12.0 |
|
... |
|
|
21 |
... |
RHS |
|
| Réunion |
1999 |
1.2 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
31 |
33 |
CEN |
|
| Romania |
2003 |
4.3 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
25 |
29 |
EST |
|
| Russian Federation |
2002 |
7.7 |
|
1.6 |
|
|
24 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Rwanda |
2000 |
7.2 |
|
1.5 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
DHS |
|
| Saint Lucia |
2001 |
6.8 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
23 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2002 |
16.7 |
|
4.5 |
|
|
21 |
28 |
EST |
|
| Samoa |
1999 |
8.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
24 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1991 |
19.9 |
|
1.9 |
|
|
18 |
23 |
CEN |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
1999 |
5.9 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
26 |
29 |
EST |
|
| Senegal |
1997 |
29.0 |
|
... |
|
|
22 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Serbia* |
2002 |
5.3 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
26 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Sierra Leone |
1992 |
47.4 |
|
6.0 |
|
|
20 |
28 |
DSMS |
|
| Singapore |
2000 |
1.0 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
27 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Slovakia |
2003 |
1.8 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
26 |
29 |
EST |
|
| Slovenia |
2003 |
0.2 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
EST |
|
| Solomon Islands |
1986 |
19.1 |
|
3.1 |
|
|
21 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| South Africa |
1996 |
3.4 |
|
0.8 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Spain |
2001 |
1.2 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
29 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| Sri Lanka |
1993 |
7.1 |
|
... |
|
|
25 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Sudan |
1993 |
20.6 |
|
1.8 |
|
|
23 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Swaziland |
1991 |
9.1 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
26 |
29 |
CEN |
|
| Sweden |
2003 |
0.5 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
32 |
35 |
CEN |
|
| Switzerland |
2001 |
0.7 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
29 |
32 |
EST |
|
| Tajikistan |
1989 |
11.6 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
21 |
23 |
CEN |
|
| Thailand |
2000 |
11.2 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
24 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| TFYR Macedonia |
1994 |
9.1 |
|
1.5 |
|
|
23 |
27 |
CEN |
|
| Togo |
1998 |
19.9 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
21 |
27 |
DHS |
|
| Tonga |
1996 |
5.0 |
|
1.7 |
|
|
26 |
28 |
CEN |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1990 |
9.0 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
27 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Tunisia |
1994 |
3.0 |
|
0.0 |
|
|
27 |
30 |
CEN |
|
| Turkey |
2001 |
12.9 |
|
2.2 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Turkmenistan |
2000 |
5.9 |
|
... |
|
|
23 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Uganda |
2002 |
29.7 |
|
6.4 |
|
|
20 |
24 |
CEN |
|
| Ukraine |
2001 |
7.7 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
1987 |
18.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
AHS |
|
| United Kingdom |
2001 |
1.4 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
CEN |
|
| United Republic of Tanzania |
2004 |
27.9 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
20 |
25 |
DHS |
|
| United States of America |
2005 |
2.8 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
27 |
29 |
CPS |
|
| United States Virgin Islands |
1995 |
3.2 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
30 |
32 |
EST |
|
| Uruguay |
1996 |
12.8 |
|
3.5 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Uzbekistan |
1996 |
13.0 |
|
... |
|
|
21 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Vanuatu |
1989 |
11.9 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
23 |
25 |
CEN |
|
| Venezuela |
2001 |
17.1 |
|
5.1 |
|
|
23 |
26 |
CEN |
|
| Viet Nam |
2002 |
4.2 |
|
... |
|
|
23 |
... |
DHS |
|
| Yemen |
1997 |
26.9 |
|
... |
|
|
21 |
... |
MCH |
|
| Zambia |
2002 |
27.0 |
|
1.8 |
|
|
21 |
25 |
DHS |
|
| Zimbabwe |
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
26 |
|
|
|
Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Marriage Data 2006. Datasets in Excel Format (POP/DB/Mar/Rev.2007).
Footnotes:
| … |
Not available. |
| * |
Refers to Serbia and Montenegro. |
| AHS |
Arab-Gulf Family-Child Health Survey. |
| CENSUS |
Population and Housing Census. |
| CPS |
Current Population Survey. |
| DHS |
Demographic and Health Survey. |
| DSMS |
Demographic and Social Monitoring Survey. |
| EST |
Estimate. |
| FHS |
National Fertility, Family Planning or Health Survey. |
| MCH |
Maternal and Child Health Survey. |
| MCHS |
Maternal and Child Health Survey. |
| NEFHS |
National Epidemiologic and Family Health Survey. |
| NFHS |
National Family Health Survey. |
| NDS |
National Demographic Survey. |
| PCFS |
Population Change and Fertility Survey. |
| RHS |
Reproductive Health Survey. |
| SRV |
Survey. |
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Technical notes:
The percentage of ever married women and men in the age group 15 to 19 years refers to the percentage of women and men in that age group who are currently married and those who had been married in the past and are currently divorced or widowed. In general, these percentages are derived from census or survey data on the population classified by their current marital status, sex and age group. The indicator is a useful measure of the prevalence of marriage at young ages.
The singulate mean age at marriage is an estimate of the average number of years lived prior to first marriage by a hypothetical cohort, if they marry before age 50. The singulate mean age at marriage is calculated on the basis of a single census or survey according to procedures described by Hajnal in "Age at marriage and proportions marrying" (Population Studies, vol. 7, No. 2. 1953). The singulate mean age at marriage is a summary measure of differences in the timing of first marriage among women and men.
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