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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Canada & Egypt

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STAT Canada Egypt HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 16%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Egypt
6%
Ranked 2nd.
Contraception use among married women > Any method 74%
Ranked 9th. 23% more than Egypt
60.3%
Ranked 12th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 74%
Ranked 9th. 23% more than Egypt
60.3%
Ranked 12th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 15%
Ranked 7th. 21 times more than Egypt
0.7%
Ranked 21st.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th. The same as Egypt
18
Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th. The same as Egypt
18
Ranked 8th.
Marriages 147,288
Ranked 19th.
897,969
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Canada

Marriages per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 71st.
11.31
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Canada

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural marriages per thousand people 1.52
Ranked 17th.
6.86
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Canada

Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th.
13.5
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Canada
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th.
151,933
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Canada

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th. 10% more than Egypt
1.91
Ranked 36th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 7.15
Ranked 2nd. 61% more than Egypt
4.45
Ranked 9th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th. 20% more than Egypt
22.3 years
Ranked 14th.
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. The age was raised in 2008 from 16 to 18 for females.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 29.6 years
Ranked 4th. 6% more than Egypt
27.9 years
Ranked 7th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 16
Ranked 73th.
18
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd.
21
Ranked 5th. 17% more than Canada
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 15%
Ranked 7th. 21 times more than Egypt
0.7%
Ranked 21st.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72%
Ranked 5th. 25% more than Egypt
57.6%
Ranked 9th.

Urban marriages 150,261
Ranked 2nd.
353,048
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th.
21
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Canada
Rural marriages 31,922
Ranked 5th.
544,921
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 64th. The same as Egypt
16
Ranked 14th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72%
Ranked 5th. 25% more than Egypt
57.6%
Ranked 9th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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