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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Iceland & Maldives

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STAT Iceland Maldives HISTORY
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 15th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 15th. 20% more than Maldives
15
Ranked 32nd.
Marriageable age > Notes Under 18 with parental consent and permission of the Ministry of the Interior. According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is 15. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child discourages marriage before the age of 16.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 38th. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 3rd.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 31st. The same as Maldives
18
Ranked 1st.
Rural divorces 4
Ranked 25th.
1,748
Ranked 18th. 437 times more than Iceland

Rural divorces per million people 12.54
Ranked 25th.
7,875.19
Ranked 1st. 628 times more than Iceland

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.5
Ranked 29th.
5.6
Ranked 9th. 11 times more than Iceland
Total divorces 516
Ranked 64th.
2,731
Ranked 50th. 5 times more than Iceland

Total divorces per thousand people 1.62
Ranked 46th.
11.15
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Iceland

Urban divorces 504
Ranked 25th.
911
Ranked 27th. 81% more than Iceland

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.58
Ranked 12th.
4.1
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Iceland

Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.5 years
Ranked 1st. 40% more than Maldives
21.8 years
Ranked 22nd.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.6 years
Ranked 1st. 27% more than Maldives
25.7 years
Ranked 17th.

SOURCES: 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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