|
Marriage |
|
Country or area |
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Women |
Men |
|
Women |
Men |
| Albania |
1989 |
|
8 |
1 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Algeria |
1992 |
|
4 |
... |
|
26 |
... |
| Argentina |
1991 |
|
12 |
3 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Armenia |
2000 |
|
9 |
... |
|
23 |
... |
| Australia |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
29 |
31 |
| Austria |
1991 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Azerbaijan |
1999 |
|
13 |
2 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Bahamas |
1990 |
|
4 |
1 |
|
27 |
29 |
| Bahrain |
1991 |
|
7 |
0 |
|
26 |
28 |
| Bangladesh |
2000 |
|
48 |
... |
|
19 |
... |
| Barbados |
1990 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
32 |
34 |
| Belarus |
1999 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
23 |
25 |
| Belgium |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
28 |
30 |
| Belize |
1991 |
|
8 |
1 |
|
26 |
28 |
| Benin |
1996 |
|
29 |
... |
|
20 |
... |
| Bhutan |
1990 |
|
27 |
8 |
|
21 |
24 |
| Bolivia |
1998 |
|
12 |
5 |
|
23 |
25 |
| Botswana |
1991 |
|
5 |
2 |
|
27 |
31 |
| Brazil |
1996 |
|
17 |
4 |
|
23 |
25 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
1991 |
|
8 |
1 |
|
25 |
27 |
| Bulgaria |
1985 |
|
16 |
3 |
|
21 |
25 |
| Burkina Faso |
1999 |
|
35 |
1 |
|
19 |
26 |
| Burundi |
1990 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Cambodia |
1998 |
|
12 |
3 |
|
22 |
24 |
| Cameroon |
1998 |
|
36 |
4 |
|
20 |
27 |
| Canada |
2002 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
27 |
30 |
| Cape Verde |
1990 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
26 |
28 |
| Central African Republic |
1995 |
|
42 |
8 |
|
20 |
24 |
| Chad |
1996 |
|
49 |
6 |
|
18 |
24 |
| Chile |
1992 |
|
12 |
5 |
|
23 |
26 |
| China1 |
1999 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
23 |
25 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR2 |
1996 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
29 |
31 |
| China, Macao SAR3 |
1991 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
27 |
29 |
| Colombia |
2000 |
|
18 |
3 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Comoros |
1996 |
|
12 |
3 |
|
24 |
28 |
| Costa Rica |
1986 |
|
20 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
1999 |
|
25 |
2 |
|
22 |
28 |
| Croatia |
2001 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
30 |
| Cyprus |
1992 |
|
8 |
1 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Czech Republic |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
25 |
28 |
| Denmark |
2001 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
31 |
33 |
| Dominican Republic |
1996 |
|
29 |
4 |
|
21 |
26 |
| Ecuador |
2001 |
|
22 |
7 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Egypt |
1996 |
|
15 |
2 |
|
22 |
28 |
| El Salvador |
2000 |
|
16 |
4 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Eritrea |
1995 |
|
38 |
2 |
|
20 |
25 |
| Estonia |
1989 |
|
9 |
3 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Ethiopia |
2000 |
|
30 |
3 |
|
21 |
26 |
| Fiji |
1996 |
|
10 |
2 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Finland |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| France |
2000 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| French Guiana |
1999 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
32 |
34 |
| French Polynesia |
1996 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| Gabon |
2001 |
|
22 |
4 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Gambia |
1993 |
|
39 |
2 |
|
20 |
28 |
| Georgia |
1999 |
|
16 |
... |
|
24 |
... |
| Ghana |
1998 |
|
16 |
3 |
|
21 |
27 |
| Greece |
1991 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
25 |
29 |
| Guadeloupe |
1990 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| Guam |
1990 |
|
6 |
2 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Guatemala |
1999 |
|
26 |
... |
|
20 |
... |
| Guinea |
1999 |
|
46 |
2 |
|
19 |
28 |
| Guyana |
1991 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
28 |
30 |
| Haiti |
2000 |
|
19 |
3 |
|
22 |
27 |
| Honduras |
1996 |
|
31 |
... |
|
20 |
... |
| Hungary |
2000 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Iceland |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
31 |
33 |
| India |
1999 |
|
30 |
4 |
|
20 |
25 |
| Indonesia |
2000 |
|
13 |
3 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
1996 |
|
18 |
3 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Iraq |
1987 |
|
21 |
6 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Ireland |
2002 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
31 |
32 |
| Israel |
1999 |
|
4 |
0 |
|
25 |
28 |
| Italy |
1999 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
28 |
32 |
| Jamaica |
1991 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
33 |
35 |
| Japan |
2000 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
29 |
31 |
| Jordan |
1994 |
|
8 |
2 |
|
25 |
... |
| Kazakhstan |
1999 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Kenya |
1998 |
|
17 |
1 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Kuwait |
1996 |
|
5 |
0 |
|
25 |
28 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1999 |
|
11 |
1 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
2000 |
|
27 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Latvia |
2002 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
27 |
29 |
| Lesotho |
1986 |
|
18 |
2 |
|
21 |
26 |
| Liberia |
1986 |
|
36 |
... |
|
20 |
... |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
1995 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
29 |
32 |
| Lithuania |
2001 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
25 |
27 |
| Luxembourg |
1991 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Madagascar |
1997 |
|
34 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Malawi |
2000 |
|
37 |
4 |
|
19 |
24 |
| Malaysia |
2000 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
25 |
29 |
| Maldives |
2000 |
|
12 |
1 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Mali |
1996 |
|
50 |
5 |
|
18 |
26 |
| Malta |
1985 |
|
3 |
0 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Martinique |
1990 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
31 |
33 |
| Mauritania |
2001 |
|
28 |
1 |
|
22 |
29 |
| Mauritius |
1990 |
|
11 |
1 |
|
24 |
28 |
| Mexico |
2000 |
|
17 |
6 |
|
23 |
25 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
1994 |
|
10 |
4 |
|
... |
... |
| Mongolia |
2000 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
24 |
26 |
| Montenegro4 |
1991 |
|
11 |
2 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Morocco |
1994 |
|
13 |
1 |
|
25 |
30 |
| Mozambique |
1997 |
|
47 |
4 |
|
18 |
23 |
| Myanmar |
1991 |
|
11 |
3 |
|
25 |
26 |
| Namibia |
1992 |
|
8 |
... |
|
26 |
... |
| Nepal |
2001 |
|
40 |
11 |
|
19 |
23 |
| Netherlands |
2002 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
33 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
2001 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
33 |
| New Caledonia |
1996 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| New Zealand |
1996 |
|
7 |
3 |
|
25 |
27 |
| Nicaragua |
1998 |
|
32 |
9 |
|
21 |
24 |
| Niger |
1998 |
|
62 |
4 |
|
18 |
24 |
| Nigeria |
1999 |
|
28 |
3 |
|
21 |
27 |
| Norway |
2002 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
31 |
34 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
1997 |
|
24 |
2 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Oman |
1995 |
|
16 |
1 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Pakistan |
1998 |
|
21 |
6 |
|
21 |
26 |
| Panama |
2000 |
|
22 |
5 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1996 |
|
21 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Paraguay |
1992 |
|
17 |
2 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Peru |
1996 |
|
13 |
3 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Philippines |
1995 |
|
10 |
3 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Poland |
1999 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
25 |
28 |
| Portugal |
1991 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Puerto Rico |
1996 |
|
19 |
... |
|
23 |
... |
| Qatar |
1998 |
|
4 |
0 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Republic of Korea |
1995 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Republic of Moldova |
1989 |
|
12 |
2 |
|
21 |
24 |
| Réunion |
1990 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
28 |
30 |
| Romania |
2000 |
|
6 |
0 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Russian Federation |
1989 |
|
11 |
3 |
|
22 |
24 |
| Rwanda |
2000 |
|
7 |
2 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Saint Lucia |
1991 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
34 |
35 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1991 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
31 |
34 |
| Samoa |
1999 |
|
8 |
1 |
|
24 |
27 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1991 |
|
20 |
2 |
|
18 |
23 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1987 |
|
16 |
1 |
|
22 |
26 |
| Senegal |
1997 |
|
29 |
... |
|
22 |
... |
| Serbia5 |
1991 |
|
11 |
2 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Sierra Leone |
1992 |
|
47 |
6 |
|
20 |
28 |
| Singapore |
2001 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
27 |
30 |
| Slovakia |
2001 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
25 |
28 |
| Slovenia |
2001 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
32 |
| South Africa |
1996 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
28 |
30 |
| Spain |
1991 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
26 |
28 |
| Sri Lanka |
1993 |
|
7 |
... |
|
25 |
... |
| Sudan |
1993 |
|
21 |
2 |
|
23 |
29 |
| Swaziland |
1991 |
|
9 |
1 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Sweden |
2001 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
32 |
35 |
| Switzerland |
2001 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
29 |
32 |
| Tajikistan |
1989 |
|
12 |
1 |
|
21 |
23 |
| Thailand |
1990 |
|
15 |
4 |
|
24 |
26 |
| TFYR of Macedonia6 |
1994 |
|
9 |
1 |
|
23 |
27 |
| Togo |
1998 |
|
20 |
2 |
|
21 |
27 |
| Tonga |
1996 |
|
5 |
2 |
|
26 |
28 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1990 |
|
9 |
1 |
|
27 |
30 |
| Tunisia |
1994 |
|
3 |
0 |
|
27 |
30 |
| Turkey |
1998 |
|
16 |
... |
|
22 |
... |
| Turkmenistan |
2000 |
|
6 |
... |
|
23 |
... |
| Uganda |
2001 |
|
32 |
7 |
|
20 |
23 |
| Ukraine |
1999 |
|
10 |
... |
|
22 |
... |
| United Arab Emirates |
1987 |
|
19 |
3 |
|
23 |
26 |
| United Kingdom7 |
1991 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
26 |
28 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
1996 |
|
25 |
3 |
|
21 |
25 |
| United States of America |
2000 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
26 |
29 |
| Uruguay |
1996 |
|
13 |
3 |
|
23 |
26 |
| Uzbekistan |
1996 |
|
13 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Vanuatu |
1989 |
|
12 |
2 |
|
23 |
25 |
| Venezuela |
1990 |
|
18 |
5 |
|
22 |
25 |
| Viet Nam |
1997 |
|
8 |
... |
|
22 |
... |
| Yemen |
1997 |
|
27 |
... |
|
21 |
... |
| Zambia |
2002 |
|
24 |
2 |
|
21 |
26 |
| Zimbabwe |
1999 |
|
23 |
1 |
|
21 |
26 |
|
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Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2004), World Fertility and Marriage Database 2003. Datasets in Excel Format (POP/DB/Fert/Rev.2004).
Footnotes:
1 |
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
|
2 |
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
3 |
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. |
6 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
7 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island. |
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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. These percentages are derived from census 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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