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

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STAT Denmark Lithuania HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 32nd. The same as Lithuania
18
Ranked 16th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 33th. The same as Lithuania
18
Ranked 16th.
Marriages 28,503
Ranked 25th. 38% more than Lithuania
20,660
Ranked 33th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.1
Ranked 26th.
6.92
Ranked 11th. 36% more than Denmark

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 15
Rural divorces per million people 1,331.78
Ranked 1st. 26% more than Lithuania
1,060.34
Ranked 1st.

Rural marriages per thousand people 3.7
Ranked 7th. 98% more than Lithuania
1.87
Ranked 10th.

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.0
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 22nd.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.1
Ranked 24th.
0.2
Ranked 22nd. Twice as much as Denmark
Total divorces 15,709
Ranked 15th. 51% more than Lithuania
10,399
Ranked 21st.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.81
Ranked 5th.
3.48
Ranked 3rd. 24% more than Denmark

Urban divorces 2,960
Ranked 9th.
7,128
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Denmark

Urban divorces per thousand people 0.601
Ranked 6th.
2.35
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Denmark

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.16
Ranked 13th.
4.47
Ranked 8th. 7% more than Denmark

Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.7 years
Ranked 2nd. 24% more than Lithuania
24.8 years
Ranked 9th.
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 . url= http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:yvIqWHiISFgJ:www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/CsaLithuania.pdf lithuania age of consent interpol&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi0C0o0KxrchPH7-cgnwLw8l9STSGqek6FgmlZbX1FW219q-nhlrRA4pHiMnbOZlQD4Ci-z8_TPuz3JGI5j3QeqE73RMNsoRtKjdtK-qJ9OxiQh8kGTRKil4Aoc80DOVrh4BX0X&sig=AHIEtbRwMRy1vEGSvVjsc2QmIUNUFc_l2A |title=Powered by Google Docs |publisher=Docs.google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.9 years
Ranked 2nd. 22% more than Lithuania
26.9 years
Ranked 10th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 15
Ranked 79th. The same as Lithuania
15
Ranked 77th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 89th. The same as Lithuania
18
Ranked 74th.
Urban marriages 20,369
Ranked 12th. 50% more than Lithuania
13,546
Ranked 22nd.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 101st. The same as Lithuania
18
Ranked 84th.
Rural marriages 18,101
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Lithuania
5,675
Ranked 21st.

Rural divorces 6,564
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Lithuania
3,213
Ranked 17th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15
Ranked 77th. The same as Lithuania
15
Ranked 74th.

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. 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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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