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

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STAT Belgium Denmark HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 25th. The same as Denmark
18
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 25th. The same as Denmark
18
Ranked 33th.
Marriages 40,500
Ranked 17th. 42% more than Denmark
28,503
Ranked 25th.

Marriages per thousand people 3.63
Ranked 42nd.
5.1
Ranked 26th. 40% more than Belgium

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <18 15
Rural divorces per million people 32.88
Ranked 36th.
1,331.78
Ranked 1st. 41 times more than Belgium

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0584
Ranked 39th.
3.7
Ranked 7th. 63 times more than Belgium

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1
Ranked 15th.
0.0
Ranked 24th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 15th. 6 times more than Denmark
0.1
Ranked 24th.
Total divorces 27,400
Ranked 8th. 74% more than Denmark
15,709
Ranked 15th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.46
Ranked 8th.
2.81
Ranked 5th. 14% more than Belgium

Urban divorces 32,251
Ranked 9th. 11 times more than Denmark
2,960
Ranked 9th.

Urban divorces per thousand people 2.99
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Denmark
0.601
Ranked 6th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 3.95
Ranked 18th.
4.16
Ranked 13th. 5% more than Belgium

Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years
Ranked 6th.
30.7 years
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than Belgium
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 6 children 12 children
Marriageable age > Notes Younger with parental and judicial consent, but permission is only granted in "extreme" situations such as pregnancy. 15 with an exemption named "Kongebrev" (which is a "letter from the king [granting an exemption]"). Today, local authorities may give approval if the couple has their own home. A foreigner marrying a Dane does not receive residency permission, unless both spouses are at least 24 years old under the 24 year rule .
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years
Ranked 6th.
32.9 years
Ranked 2nd. 9% more than Belgium
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 38th. The same as Denmark
18
Ranked 89th.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data Everyone
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies varies
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data 200-500 DKK
Urban marriages 42,673
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Denmark
20,369
Ranked 12th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 45th. The same as Denmark
18
Ranked 101st.
Rural marriages 630
Ranked 38th.
18,101
Ranked 10th. 29 times more than Belgium

Rural divorces 355
Ranked 33th.
6,564
Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than Belgium

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

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