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

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STAT Canada Japan HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 74%
Ranked 9th. 36% more than Japan
54.3%
Ranked 24th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 74%
Ranked 9th. 36% more than Japan
54.3%
Ranked 24th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 15%
Ranked 7th.
40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Canada

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th.
20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Canada
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th.
20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Canada
Marriages 147,288
Ranked 19th.
661,895
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Canada

Marriages per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 71st.
5.18
Ranked 48th. 17% more than Canada

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural marriages per thousand people 1.52
Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Japan
0.382
Ranked 25th.

Teen marriage rate > Men 1.3
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Japan
0.3
Ranked 22nd.
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Japan
0.6
Ranked 28th.
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th.
235,719
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Canada

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th. 14% more than Japan
1.84
Ranked 39th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 7.15
Ranked 2nd. 49% more than Japan
4.8
Ranked 6th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th.
28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 7% more than Canada
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. url= http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7114a.html |title=American Citizen Services | Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan |publisher=Tokyo.usembassy.gov |date=2012-10-17 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 29.6 years
Ranked 4th.
30.8 years
Ranked 5th. 4% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 16
Ranked 73th.
18
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd.
20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Canada
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 15%
Ranked 7th.
40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72%
Ranked 5th. 62% more than Japan
44.4%
Ranked 20th.

Urban marriages 150,261
Ranked 2nd.
613,035
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th.
20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Canada
Rural marriages 31,922
Ranked 5th.
48,860
Ranked 8th. 53% more than Canada

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 64th. The same as Japan
16
Ranked 22nd.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72%
Ranked 5th. 62% more than Japan
44.4%
Ranked 20th.

SOURCES: 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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