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

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STAT Denmark Norway HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 32nd. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 3rd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 33th. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 3rd.
Marriages 28,503
Ranked 25th. 17% more than Norway
24,346
Ranked 29th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.1
Ranked 26th. 5% more than Norway
4.85
Ranked 31st.

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 16
Rural divorces per million people 1,331.78
Ranked 1st. 95% more than Norway
681.41
Ranked 4th.

Rural marriages per thousand people 3.7
Ranked 7th. 36% more than Norway
2.72
Ranked 8th.

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.0
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 34th.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.1
Ranked 24th.
0.2
Ranked 35th. Twice as much as Denmark
Total divorces 15,709
Ranked 15th. 58% more than Norway
9,929
Ranked 22nd.

Total divorces per thousand people 2.81
Ranked 5th. 42% more than Norway
1.98
Ranked 18th.

Urban divorces 2,960
Ranked 9th.
3,682
Ranked 11th. 24% more than Denmark

Urban divorces per thousand people 0.601
Ranked 6th.
0.901
Ranked 10th. 50% more than Denmark

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.16
Ranked 13th. 53% more than Norway
2.72
Ranked 15th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.7 years
Ranked 2nd.
31.4 years
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Denmark
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 12 children 8 children
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://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19910704-047.html#1 |title=LOV 1991-07-04 nr 47: Lov om ekteskap |publisher=Lovdata.no |date= |accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.9 years
Ranked 2nd.
33.7 years
Ranked 1st. 2% more than Denmark
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 15
Ranked 79th.
16
Ranked 67th. 7% more than Denmark
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 89th. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 111th.
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients Everyone no data
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies no
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment 200-500 DKK no data
Urban marriages 20,369
Ranked 12th. 83% more than Norway
11,111
Ranked 13th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 101st. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 123th.
Rural marriages 18,101
Ranked 10th. 63% more than Norway
11,119
Ranked 11th.

Rural divorces 6,564
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Norway
2,784
Ranked 6th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15
Ranked 77th.
16
Ranked 57th. 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. 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; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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