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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Botswana & South Africa

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STAT Botswana South Africa HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 52.8%
Ranked 15th.
59.9%
Ranked 11th. 13% more than Botswana

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 52.8%
Ranked 15th.
59.9%
Ranked 11th. 13% more than Botswana

Contraception use among married women > Condom 41.7%
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Africa
4.6%
Ranked 13th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 41.7%
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Africa
4.6%
Ranked 13th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 51.2%
Ranked 10th.
59.8%
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Botswana

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 18 15
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 13th. The same as South Africa
18
Ranked 7th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21
Ranked 16th. The same as South Africa
21
Ranked 11th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21
Ranked 11th. The same as South Africa
21
Ranked 8th.
Orphans 140,000
Ranked 30th.
3.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 25 times more than Botswana
Orphans per thousand people 70.47
Ranked 9th. 2% more than South Africa
69.19
Ranked 10th.
Teen marriage rate > Men 1.2
Ranked 3rd. 71% more than South Africa
0.7
Ranked 13th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 5.3
Ranked 6th. 56% more than South Africa
3.4
Ranked 13th.
Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.9 years
Ranked 6th.
27.9 years
Ranked 4th. 4% more than Botswana
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.9 years
Ranked 4th. 2% more than South Africa
30.3 years
Ranked 4th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 3rd. 20% more than South Africa
15
Ranked 67th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 51.2%
Ranked 10th.
59.8%
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Botswana

SOURCES: 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; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. 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

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