People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Bangladesh & India

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STAT	Bangladesh	India	HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method	61.2% Ranked 5th. 12% more than India	54.8% Ranked 14th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage	61.2% Ranked 5th. 12% more than India	54.8% Ranked 14th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom	5.5% Ranked 6th. The same as India	5.5% Ranked 12th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage	5.5% Ranked 6th. The same as India	5.5% Ranked 12th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods	52.1% Ranked 5th. 8% more than India	48.1% Ranked 13th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage	52.1% Ranked 5th. 8% more than India	48.1% Ranked 13th.
Marriage rate for girls under 18	66% Ranked 3rd. 40% more than India	47% Ranked 12th.
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 20th. The same as India	18 Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males	21 Ranked 7th. The same as India	21 Ranked 2nd.
Marriageable age > Notes	Bangladeshi law provides for penal sanctions for the contraction of under-age marriages, though such unions are not considered invalid.	url= http://india.gov.in/howdo/howdoi.php?service=3 |title=Obtain Marriage Certificate - How do I: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> If any partner(s) engages in marriage at a younger age, (s)he can ask for the marriage to be declared void. A recent recommendation by the Law Commission aims to equalize the marriage age for males and females to 18. Official policy automatically declares marriages under 16 as "null and void", while marriages at the age of 16 or 17 are "voidable". In 2012, high court has declared that Muslim women can marry at 15. Additionally, the report declares that "In spite of these legal provisions, child marriage is still widely practiced and a marriage solemnized in contravention of these provisions is not void even under the new PCMA, 1929, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and also under the Muslim Law."
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men	21 Ranked 1st. The same as India	21 Ranked 14th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women	18 Ranked 1st. The same as India	18 Ranked 63th.
Teen marriage rate > Women	45.7 Ranked 1st. 66% more than India	27.6 Ranked 3rd.
Women denied family planning	13.5% Ranked 13th.	20.5% Ranked 4th. 52% more than Bangladesh
Years spent single before marriage > Females	18.7 years Ranked 26th.	19.9 years Ranked 17th. 6% more than Bangladesh

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