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

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STAT Japan Puerto Rico HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
84.1%
Ranked 2nd. 55% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
84.1%
Ranked 2nd. 55% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Puerto Rico
8.8%
Ranked 11th.

Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th.
21
Ranked 1st. 5% more than Japan
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th.
21
Ranked 1st. 5% more than Japan
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> (Younger parties may obtain license in case of pregnancy or birth of child), and 18 with parental consent.
Marriages 661,895
Ranked 6th. 36 times more than Puerto Rico
18,620
Ranked 65th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.18
Ranked 48th. 5% more than Puerto Rico
4.95
Ranked 64th.

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 6th. The same as Puerto Rico
18
Ranked 4th.
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.3
Ranked 22nd.
3.9
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Japan
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th.
11.9
Ranked 5th. 20 times more than Japan
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
14,849
Ranked 33th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th.
3.95
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Japan

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 27% more than Puerto Rico
22.6 years
Ranked 13th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th.
21
Ranked 7th. 5% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Puerto Rico
8.8%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
72.2%
Ranked 4th. 63% more than Japan

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th.
21
Ranked 10th. 5% more than Japan
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd. The same as Puerto Rico
16
Ranked 19th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
72.2%
Ranked 4th. 63% more than Japan

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

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