This is an incomplete list of the average ages of people when they first marry in various countries. This list is current, and does not treat the topic in history. Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...

See also: Marriageable age and Age of consent

. ... Age of consent laws Worldwide While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal statutes,[1] when used with reference to criminal law the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be capable of legally giving informed consent to any...

World (selected countries averaged)

• 28.7 years for men, 26.8 years for women, 27.8 final average.

_{* Note the average above does not take into account the population in each country or the average age would be lower}

Africa

•  Botswana: 30.8 for men, 26.7 for women.
•  Cameroon: 26.7 for men, 20.2 for women.
•  Chad: 24.1 for men, 18.0 for women.
•  Egypt: 27.9 for men, 22.2 for women.
•  Kenya: 26.3 for men, 21.7 for women.
•  Libya: 32.0 for men, 29.2 for women.
•  Mozambique: 22.6 for men, 18.0 for women.
•  Niger: 33.9 for men, 17.6 for women.
•  South Africa: 28.9 for men, 27.1 for women.
•  Togo: 27.0 for men, 21.3 for women.

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Americas

•  Argentina: 25.6 for men, 23.3 for women, 25 final average.
•  Brazil: 25.8 for men, 22.7 for women.
•  Canada: 30 for men, 27.4 for women, 28.2 final average.
•  Mexico: 24.6 for men, 22.4 for women, 23.5 final average.
•  Peru: 25.7 for men, 23.1 for women.
•  United States: 27 for men, 25 for women, 26 final average. (2007)

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Asia

•  Bangladesh: 21.0 for men, 16.0 for women
•  Pakistan: 22.8 for men, 19.7 for women
•  China: 23.8 for men, 22.1 for women.
•  Hong Kong :31.1 for men, 28.8 for women.
•  India: 23.9 for men, 19.3 for women.
•  Indonesia: 25.2 for men, 21.6 for women.
•  Iran: 27.7 for men, 23.9 for women (2004).
•  Israel: 25.5 for men, 24.3 for women.
•  Japan: 30 for men, 27.3 for women.
•  Philippines: 25.8 for men, 29.3 for women.
•  Taiwan: 31.8 for men, 27.7 for women
•  Kuwait: 29.6 for men, 25.0 for women.
•  Myanmar: 27.5 for men, 26.4 for women.
•  Nepal: 22.0 for men, 18.8 for women.
• Saudi Arabia: 25.5 for men, 19.3 for women.
•  South Korea: 30.1 for men, 27.3 for women (2004)
•  Thailand: 12.8 for men, 9.5 for women.

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Europe

•  Austria: 30.3 for men, 27.9 for women.
•  Belgium: 28.9 for men, 26.6 for women.
•  Denmark: 32.5 for men, 30.1 for women.
•  Finland: 30.5 for men, 28.3 for women.
•  France: 31.2 for men, 29.1 for women.
•  Germany: 30.9 for men, 28.2 for women.
•  Hungary: 29.3 for men, 27 for women (2005)
•  Ireland: 30 for men, 28.2 for women.
•  Italy: 30 for men, 27.1 for women.
•  Netherlands: 30.7 for men, 28.3 for women.
•  Norway: 31.6 for men, 28.9 for women. (1999)
•  Poland: 26.2 for men, 23 for women.
•  Sweden: 32.9 for men, 30.4 for women.
•  Switzerland: 30.8 for men, 28.2 for women.
•  United Kingdom: 29.8 for men, 27.7 for women

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Oceania

•  Australia: 30.6 for men, 28[1] for women.
•  New Zealand: 29.2 for men, 27.3 for women.

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External links

• Nation Master
• United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000