People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Cyprus & India

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Childless women, aged 40-44	4% Ranked 7th.	8% Ranked 14th. Twice as much as Cyprus
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 30th. The same as India	18 Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males	18 Ranked 31st.	21 Ranked 2nd. 17% more than Cyprus
Marriageable age > Notes	author=cyprus-wedding.com |url= http://www.cyprus-wedding.com/Cyprus_marriage_rules.htm |title=Cyprus marriage rules and regulations - Cyprus wedding paperwork |publisher=Cyprus-wedding.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>	url= http://india.gov.in/howdo/howdoi.php?service=3 |title=Obtain Marriage Certificate - How do I: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> If any partner(s) engages in marriage at a younger age, (s)he can ask for the marriage to be declared void. A recent recommendation by the Law Commission aims to equalize the marriage age for males and females to 18. Official policy automatically declares marriages under 16 as "null and void", while marriages at the age of 16 or 17 are "voidable". In 2012, high court has declared that Muslim women can marry at 15. Additionally, the report declares that "In spite of these legal provisions, child marriage is still widely practiced and a marriage solemnized in contravention of these provisions is not void even under the new PCMA, 1929, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and also under the Muslim Law."
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men	18 Ranked 69th.	21 Ranked 14th. 17% more than Cyprus
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women	18 Ranked 58th. The same as India	18 Ranked 63th.
Teen marriage rate > Women	1.7 Ranked 15th.	27.6 Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than Cyprus
Years spent single before marriage > Females	23.1 years Ranked 4th. 16% more than India	19.9 years Ranked 17th.
Years spent single before marriage > Males	27 years Ranked 2nd. 8% more than India	24.9 years Ranked 15th.

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