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

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STAT Canada Puerto Rico HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 16%
Ranked 3rd. 45% more than Puerto Rico
11%
Ranked 3rd.
Contraception use among married women > Any method 74%
Ranked 9th.
84.1%
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 74%
Ranked 9th.
84.1%
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Canada

Contraception use among married women > Condom 15%
Ranked 7th. 70% more than Puerto Rico
8.8%
Ranked 11th.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 20th.
21
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Canada
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 20th.
21
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Canada
Marriageable age > Notes Varies by province , but generally 18 years old, 16 years with parental consent, and 15 years with judicial consent. (Younger parties may obtain license in case of pregnancy or birth of child), and 18 with parental consent.
Marriages 147,288
Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
18,620
Ranked 65th.

Marriages per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 71st.
4.95
Ranked 64th. 12% more than Canada

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Teen marriage rate > Men 1.3
Ranked 8th.
3.9
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Canada
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.1
Ranked 11th.
11.9
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Canada
Total divorces 70,226
Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Puerto Rico
14,849
Ranked 33th.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.11
Ranked 37th.
3.95
Ranked 3rd. 87% more than Canada

Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.8 years
Ranked 5th. 19% more than Puerto Rico
22.6 years
Ranked 13th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 16
Ranked 73th.
18
Ranked 4th. 13% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 122nd.
21
Ranked 7th. 17% more than Canada
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 15%
Ranked 7th. 70% more than Puerto Rico
8.8%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72%
Ranked 5th.
72.2%
Ranked 4th. About the same as Canada

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 136th.
21
Ranked 10th. 17% more than Canada
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 64th. The same as Puerto Rico
16
Ranked 19th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72%
Ranked 5th.
72.2%
Ranked 4th. About the same as Canada

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

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