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

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STAT Belgium Japan HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 70.4%
Ranked 6th. 30% more than Japan
54.3%
Ranked 24th.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 25th.
20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Belgium
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 25th.
20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Belgium
Marriages 40,500
Ranked 17th.
661,895
Ranked 6th. 16 times more than Belgium

Marriages per thousand people 3.63
Ranked 42nd.
5.18
Ranked 48th. 42% more than Belgium

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <18 16
Rural divorces per million people 32.88
Ranked 36th.
151.64
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than Belgium

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0584
Ranked 39th.
0.382
Ranked 25th. 7 times more than Belgium

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 15th. The same as Japan
0.6
Ranked 28th.
Total divorces 27,400
Ranked 8th.
235,719
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Belgium

Total divorces per thousand people 2.46
Ranked 8th. 33% more than Japan
1.84
Ranked 39th.

Urban divorces 32,251
Ranked 9th.
216,337
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Belgium

Urban divorces per thousand people 2.99
Ranked 2nd. 76% more than Japan
1.69
Ranked 10th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 3.95
Ranked 18th.
4.8
Ranked 6th. 21% more than Belgium

Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years
Ranked 6th.
28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Belgium
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 70.4%
Ranked 6th. 30% more than Japan
54.3%
Ranked 24th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 6%
Ranked 11th.
40.7%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Belgium

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1
Ranked 15th.
0.3
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Belgium
Marriageable age > Notes Younger with parental and judicial consent, but permission is only granted in "extreme" situations such as pregnancy. url= http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7114a.html |title=American Citizen Services &#124; Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan |publisher=Tokyo.usembassy.gov |date=2012-10-17 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}&lt;/ref&gt;
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years
Ranked 6th.
30.8 years
Ranked 5th. 2% more than Belgium
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 38th.
20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Belgium
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 6%
Ranked 11th.
40.7%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 69.1%
Ranked 4th. 56% more than Japan
44.4%
Ranked 20th.

Urban marriages 42,673
Ranked 14th.
613,035
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Belgium

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 45th.
20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Belgium
Rural marriages 630
Ranked 38th.
48,860
Ranked 8th. 78 times more than Belgium

Rural divorces 355
Ranked 33th.
19,382
Ranked 4th. 55 times more than Belgium

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 69.1%
Ranked 4th. 56% more than Japan
44.4%
Ranked 20th.

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

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