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

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STAT Belgium Canada HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 70.4%
Ranked 6th.
74%
Ranked 9th. 5% more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 70.4%
Ranked 6th.
74%
Ranked 9th. 5% more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Condom 6%
Ranked 11th.
15%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Belgium

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 25th. The same as Canada
18
Ranked 20th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 25th. The same as Canada
18
Ranked 20th.
Marriages 40,500
Ranked 17th.
147,288
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Belgium

Marriages per thousand people 3.63
Ranked 42nd.
4.42
Ranked 71st. 22% more than Belgium

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <18 16
Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0584
Ranked 39th.
1.52
Ranked 17th. 26 times more than Belgium

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1
Ranked 15th.
1.3
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than Belgium
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 15th.
3.1
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Belgium
Total divorces 27,400
Ranked 8th.
70,226
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Belgium

Total divorces per thousand people 2.46
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Canada
2.11
Ranked 37th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 3.95
Ranked 18th.
7.15
Ranked 2nd. 81% more than Belgium

Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years
Ranked 6th. 4% more than Canada
26.8 years
Ranked 5th.
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 6 children 25 children per population of 800,000
Marriageable age > Notes Younger with parental and judicial consent, but permission is only granted in "extreme" situations such as pregnancy. Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Canada
29.6 years
Ranked 4th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 38th. The same as Canada
18
Ranked 122nd.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data no data
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies author= |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2826462/ |title=Disclosing the identity of sperm donors |publisher=Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-11-13}}&lt;/ref&gt;
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data no data
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 6%
Ranked 11th.
15%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 69.1%
Ranked 4th.
72%
Ranked 5th. 4% more than Belgium

Urban marriages 42,673
Ranked 14th.
150,261
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Belgium

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 45th. The same as Canada
18
Ranked 136th.
Rural marriages 630
Ranked 38th.
31,922
Ranked 5th. 51 times more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 69.1%
Ranked 4th.
72%
Ranked 5th. 4% more than Belgium

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; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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