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Denmark

Denmark Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 32nd out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 33th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes 15 with an exemption named "Kongebrev" (which is a "letter from the king [granting an exemption]"). Today, local authorities may give approval if the couple has their own home. A foreigner marrying a Dane does not receive residency permission, unless both spouses are at least 24 years old under the 24 year rule . 2014
Marriages 28,503 2012 25th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 5.1 2012 26th out of 50
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 2011
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 15 2011 79th out of 86
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 2011 77th out of 92
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 101st out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2011 89th out of 144
Rural divorces 6,564 1970 2nd out of 14
Rural divorces per million people 1,331.78 1970 1st out of 14
Rural marriages 18,101 1969 10th out of 20
Rural marriages per thousand people 3.7 1969 7th out of 20
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients Everyone 2014
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 12 children 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment 200-500 DKK 2014
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.0 2011 24th out of 25
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.1 2011 24th out of 25
Total divorces 15,709 2012 15th out of 36
Total divorces per thousand people 2.81 2012 5th out of 36
Urban divorces 2,960 1970 9th out of 14
Urban divorces per thousand people 0.601 1970 6th out of 14
Urban marriages 20,369 1969 12th out of 20
Urban marriages per thousand people 4.16 1969 13th out of 20
Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.7 years 2001 2nd out of 14
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.9 years 2001 2nd out of 14

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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