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

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STAT Australia Maldives HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 72.3%
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Maldives
34.7%
Ranked 15th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 72.3%
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Maldives
34.7%
Ranked 15th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 14.6%
Ranked 10th. 57% more than Maldives
9.3%
Ranked 6th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 14.6%
Ranked 10th. 57% more than Maldives
9.3%
Ranked 6th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 68.1%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Maldives
27%
Ranked 13th.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 37th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 38th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Notes 16 with permission from a court and both parents (only granted in exceptional circumstances). 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 94th. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.8
Ranked 15th.
5.6
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Australia
Total divorces 48,935
Ranked 16th. 18 times more than Maldives
2,731
Ranked 50th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.19
Ranked 27th.
11.15
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Australia

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.7 years
Ranked 4th. 32% more than Maldives
21.8 years
Ranked 22nd.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.9 years
Ranked 4th. 20% more than Maldives
25.7 years
Ranked 17th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 106th. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 3rd.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 68.1%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Maldives
27%
Ranked 13th.

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

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