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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Australia & Iceland

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STAT Australia Iceland HISTORY
Adoption > Adoption to live birth ratio 0.2
Ranked 8th.
0.8
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Australia
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 37th. The same as Iceland
18
Ranked 15th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 38th. The same as Iceland
18
Ranked 15th.
Marriageable age > Notes 16 with permission from a court and both parents (only granted in exceptional circumstances). Under 18 with parental consent and permission of the Ministry of the Interior.
Marriages 121,752
Ranked 19th. 84 times more than Iceland
1,456
Ranked 75th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.45
Ranked 38th. 19% more than Iceland
4.56
Ranked 60th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 106th. The same as Iceland
18
Ranked 38th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 94th. The same as Iceland
18
Ranked 31st.
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.4
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Iceland
0.1
Ranked 28th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.8
Ranked 15th. 60% more than Iceland
0.5
Ranked 29th.
Total divorces 48,935
Ranked 16th. 95 times more than Iceland
516
Ranked 64th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.19
Ranked 27th. 36% more than Iceland
1.62
Ranked 46th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.7 years
Ranked 4th.
30.5 years
Ranked 1st. 6% more than Australia
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.9 years
Ranked 4th.
32.6 years
Ranked 1st. 6% more than Australia

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Adoption (Modern period) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Trends in Foster Care and Adoption, ); 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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