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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Denmark & Germany

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STAT Denmark Germany HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 32nd. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 13th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 33th. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 13th.
Marriageable age > Notes 15 with an exemption named "Kongebrev" (which is a "letter from the king [granting an exemption]"). Today, local authorities may give approval if the couple has their own home. A foreigner marrying a Dane does not receive residency permission, unless both spouses are at least 24 years old under the 24 year rule . 16 with court permission and parental consent.
Marriages 28,503
Ranked 25th.
386,000
Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Denmark

Marriages per thousand people 5.1
Ranked 26th. 8% more than Germany
4.71
Ranked 34th.

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 16
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 15
Ranked 79th.
16
Ranked 28th. 7% more than Denmark
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 89th. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 30th.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients Everyone Usually married heterosexual couples
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 12 children 15 children
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies no
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.0
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 20th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.1
Ranked 24th.
0.3
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Denmark
Total divorces 15,709
Ranked 15th.
187,640
Ranked 5th. 12 times more than Denmark

Total divorces per thousand people 2.81
Ranked 5th. 22% more than Germany
2.29
Ranked 24th.

Sperm donation laws > Donor payment 200-500 DKK varies
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 101st. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 37th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15
Ranked 77th.
16
Ranked 13th. 7% more than Denmark

SOURCES: 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; 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. 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.

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