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

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STAT Canada Maldives HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 16%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Maldives
4%
Ranked 10th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method 74%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Maldives
34.7%
Ranked 15th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 74%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Maldives
34.7%
Ranked 15th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 15%
Ranked 7th. 61% more than Maldives
9.3%
Ranked 6th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 15%
Ranked 7th. 61% more than Maldives
9.3%
Ranked 6th.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is 15. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child discourages marriage before the age of 16.
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 <18
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th.
5.6
Ranked 9th. 81% more than Canada
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th. 26 times more than Maldives
2,731
Ranked 50th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th.
11.15
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Canada

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th. 23% more than Maldives
21.8 years
Ranked 22nd.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 29.6 years
Ranked 4th. 15% more than Maldives
25.7 years
Ranked 17th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72%
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Maldives
27%
Ranked 13th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 3rd.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72%
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Maldives
27%
Ranked 13th.

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; 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

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