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

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STAT Belgium France HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 70.4%
Ranked 6th.
76.4%
Ranked 6th. 9% more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 70.4%
Ranked 6th.
76.4%
Ranked 6th. 9% more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Condom 6%
Ranked 11th.
7.9%
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Belgium

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 25th. The same as France
18
Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 25th. The same as France
18
Ranked 6th.
Marriages 40,500
Ranked 17th.
235,000
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Belgium

Marriages per thousand people 3.63
Ranked 42nd. 2% more than France
3.58
Ranked 43th.

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0584
Ranked 39th.
0.794
Ranked 30th. 14 times more than Belgium

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1
Ranked 15th. The same as France
0.1
Ranked 12th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 15th. 20% more than France
0.5
Ranked 16th.
Total divorces 27,400
Ranked 8th.
129,802
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Belgium

Total divorces per thousand people 2.46
Ranked 8th. 24% more than France
1.99
Ranked 34th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 3.95
Ranked 18th. 35% more than France
2.93
Ranked 24th.

Women denied family planning 3.4%
Ranked 12th. Twice as much as France
1.7%
Ranked 17th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years
Ranked 6th.
30.2 years
Ranked 2nd. 8% more than Belgium
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 6 children 5 children
Marriageable age > Notes Younger with parental and judicial consent, but permission is only granted in "extreme" situations such as pregnancy. url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4838090.stm | work=BBC News | title=France raises marriage age limit | date=23 March 2006}}</ref> but the age condition may be waived with a special dispense granted by the authorities if at least one parent consents to the marriage (or one grandparent if both parents are dead or unable to give consent, or a family council if all parents and grandparents are dead or unable to give consent). After 18, parents (or grandparents) may still prevent the marriage by refusing their consent, but their opposition may be waived by the authorities, whereas before 18, their consent is absolutely needed.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years
Ranked 6th.
32.3 years
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Belgium
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 38th. The same as France
18
Ranked 112th.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data no data
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies date=November 2012}}</ref>
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data no data
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 6%
Ranked 11th.
7.9%
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 69.1%
Ranked 4th.
74.1%
Ranked 3rd. 7% more than Belgium

Urban marriages 42,673
Ranked 14th.
190,401
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Belgium

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 45th. The same as France
18
Ranked 125th.
Rural marriages 630
Ranked 38th.
51,644
Ranked 9th. 82 times more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 69.1%
Ranked 4th.
74.1%
Ranked 3rd. 7% 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. 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; 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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