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

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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	Iceland	Syria
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 15th. 6% more than Syria	17 Ranked 23th.
Marriageable age > Males	18 Ranked 15th. The same as Syria	18 Ranked 19th.
Marriageable age > Notes	Under 18 with parental consent and permission of the Ministry of the Interior.	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 28th.	0.2 Ranked 17th. Twice as much as Iceland
Teen marriage rate > Women	0.5 Ranked 29th.	10.9 Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Iceland
Total divorces	516 Ranked 64th.	5,049 Ranked 41st. 10 times more than Iceland
Total divorces per thousand people	1.62 Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Syria	0.584 Ranked 60th.

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.

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