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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Egypt & Iran

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STAT Egypt Iran HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 60.3%
Ranked 12th.
73.3%
Ranked 10th. 22% more than Egypt

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Iran
16
Ranked 29th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 8th. The same as Iran
18
Ranked 22nd.
Marriages 897,969
Ranked 4th. 3% more than Iran
874,792
Ranked 5th.

Marriages per thousand people 11.31
Ranked 5th.
11.6
Ranked 4th. 3% more than Egypt

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 15
Rural divorces per million people 816.73
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Iran
276.07
Ranked 21st.

Rural marriages per thousand people 6.86
Ranked 3rd. 90% more than Iran
3.62
Ranked 8th.

Teen marriage rate > Women 13.5
Ranked 9th.
21.4
Ranked 7th. 59% more than Egypt
Total divorces 151,933
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Iran
142,841
Ranked 7th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.91
Ranked 36th. 1% more than Iran
1.89
Ranked 37th.

Urban divorces 87,091
Ranked 4th.
116,643
Ranked 2nd. 34% more than Egypt

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.1
Ranked 19th.
1.57
Ranked 14th. 43% more than Egypt

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.45
Ranked 9th.
8.36
Ranked 1st. 88% more than Egypt

Years spent single before marriage > Females 22.3 years
Ranked 14th. 1% more than Iran
22.1 years
Ranked 15th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 60.3%
Ranked 12th.
73.3%
Ranked 10th. 22% more than Egypt

Contraception use among married women > Condom 0.7%
Ranked 21st.
6%
Ranked 13th. 9 times more than Egypt

Marriageable age > Notes The age was raised in 2008 from 16 to 18 for females. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ).
Years spent single before marriage > Males 27.9 years
Ranked 7th. 10% more than Iran
25.3 years
Ranked 16th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 3rd. The same as Iran
18
Ranked 5th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 0.7%
Ranked 21st.
6%
Ranked 13th. 9 times more than Egypt

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 57.6%
Ranked 9th.
58.9%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Egypt

Urban marriages 353,048
Ranked 4th.
622,397
Ranked 2nd. 76% more than Egypt

Rural marriages 544,921
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Iran
269,230
Ranked 2nd.

Rural divorces 64,842
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Iran
20,557
Ranked 5th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 14th. 7% more than Iran
15
Ranked 66th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 57.6%
Ranked 9th.
58.9%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Egypt

SOURCES: 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. 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; 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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