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STAT Japan Latvia HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
67.8%
Ranked 11th. 25% more than Japan
Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Latvia
18
Ranked 29th.
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Latvia
18
Ranked 30th.
Marriages 661,895
Ranked 6th. 59 times more than Latvia
11,244
Ranked 37th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.18
Ranked 48th.
5.55
Ranked 18th. 7% more than Japan

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural divorces per million people 151.64
Ranked 23th.
570.33
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Japan

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.382
Ranked 25th.
1.24
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Japan

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th.
0.7
Ranked 16th. 17% more than Japan
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 32 times more than Latvia
7,311
Ranked 23th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th.
3.61
Ranked 2nd. 96% more than Japan

Urban divorces 216,337
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Latvia
3,813
Ranked 25th.

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.69
Ranked 10th. The same as Latvia
1.69
Ranked 13th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.8
Ranked 6th. 65% more than Latvia
2.91
Ranked 25th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 6% more than Latvia
26.9 years
Ranked 4th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
67.8%
Ranked 11th. 25% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Latvia
13.6%
Ranked 6th.
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.3
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Latvia
0.1
Ranked 18th.
Marriageable age > Notes url= http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7114a.html |title=American Citizen Services | Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan |publisher=Tokyo.usembassy.gov |date=2012-10-17 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> 16 with court and/or parental permission.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.8 years
Ranked 5th. 6% more than Latvia
29 years
Ranked 5th.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Latvia
16
Ranked 36th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Latvia
18
Ranked 46th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Latvia
13.6%
Ranked 6th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
55.5%
Ranked 11th. 25% more than Japan
Urban marriages 613,035
Ranked 2nd. 94 times more than Latvia
6,516
Ranked 32nd.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Latvia
18
Ranked 53th.
Rural marriages 48,860
Ranked 8th. 18 times more than Latvia
2,774
Ranked 34th.

Rural divorces 19,382
Ranked 4th. 15 times more than Latvia
1,286
Ranked 25th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd. The same as Latvia
16
Ranked 24th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
55.5%
Ranked 11th. 25% more than Japan

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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