People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Finland & Syria

Childless women, aged 40-44: Proportion of women who have not given birth by age 40-44.
Marriageable age > Females: Female consent.
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Marriageable age > Males: Male consent.
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Marriageable age > Notes: Notes.
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Teen marriage rate > Men: Percentage of male population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of males in the same age group.
Teen marriage rate > Women: Percentage of female population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of females in the same age group.
Total divorces: Total number of divorces in given year by country.
Total divorces per thousand people: Total number of divorces in given year by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.

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STAT	Finland	Syria
Childless women, aged 40-44	17% Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Syria	3% Ranked 5th.
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 45th. 6% more than Syria	17 Ranked 23th.
Marriageable age > Males	18 Ranked 47th. The same as Syria	18 Ranked 19th.
Marriageable age > Notes	Under 18 with the consent of the ministry of justice in extraordinary circumstances, in which case parents or other guardian must be heard, but actual parental consent is not required.	judicial discretion for males of 15 and females of 13; judge may withhold permission for marriage if court finds incompatibility in age between betrothed parties.
Teen marriage rate > Men	0.1 Ranked 33th.	0.2 Ranked 17th. Twice as much as Finland
Teen marriage rate > Women	0.5 Ranked 32nd.	10.9 Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Finland
Total divorces	12,977 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Syria	5,049 Ranked 41st.
Total divorces per thousand people	2.4 Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Syria	0.584 Ranked 60th.

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; 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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