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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Japan & Norway

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STAT Japan Norway HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
88.4%
Ranked 1st. 63% more than Japan

Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Norway
18
Ranked 3rd.
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Norway
18
Ranked 3rd.
Marriages 661,895
Ranked 6th. 27 times more than Norway
24,346
Ranked 29th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.18
Ranked 48th. 7% more than Norway
4.85
Ranked 31st.

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural divorces per million people 151.64
Ranked 23th.
681.41
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Japan

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.382
Ranked 25th.
2.72
Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Japan

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Norway
0.2
Ranked 35th.
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 24 times more than Norway
9,929
Ranked 22nd.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th.
1.98
Ranked 18th. 7% more than Japan

Urban divorces 216,337
Ranked 2nd. 59 times more than Norway
3,682
Ranked 11th.

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.69
Ranked 10th. 88% more than Norway
0.901
Ranked 10th.

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.8
Ranked 6th. 76% more than Norway
2.72
Ranked 15th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th.
31.4 years
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
88.4%
Ranked 1st. 63% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Norway
12.8%
Ranked 12th.

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.3
Ranked 22nd.
0.0
Ranked 34th.
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> url= http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19910704-047.html#1 |title=LOV 1991-07-04 nr 47: Lov om ekteskap |publisher=Lovdata.no |date= |accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.8 years
Ranked 5th.
33.7 years
Ranked 1st. 9% more than Japan
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Norway
16
Ranked 67th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Norway
18
Ranked 111th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Norway
12.8%
Ranked 12th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
82.2%
Ranked 1st. 85% more than Japan

Urban marriages 613,035
Ranked 2nd. 55 times more than Norway
11,111
Ranked 13th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Norway
18
Ranked 123th.
Rural marriages 48,860
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Norway
11,119
Ranked 11th.

Rural divorces 19,382
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Norway
2,784
Ranked 6th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd. The same as Norway
16
Ranked 57th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
82.2%
Ranked 1st. 85% 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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