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

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STAT Japan South Korea HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
80%
Ranked 3rd. 47% more than Japan

Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than South Korea
18
Ranked 9th.
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than South Korea
18
Ranked 15th.
Marriages 661,895
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than South Korea
329,087
Ranked 11th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.18
Ranked 48th.
6.61
Ranked 29th. 28% more than Japan

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 18
Rural divorces per million people 151.64
Ranked 23th.
449.95
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Japan

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.382
Ranked 25th.
1.09
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Japan

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th. 50% more than South Korea
0.4
Ranked 11th.
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Korea
114,284
Ranked 11th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th.
2.3
Ranked 23th. 24% more than Japan

Urban divorces 216,337
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than South Korea
88,273
Ranked 3rd.

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.69
Ranked 10th.
1.77
Ranked 7th. 5% more than Japan

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.8
Ranked 6th.
5.36
Ranked 4th. 12% more than Japan

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 10% more than South Korea
26.1 years
Ranked 3rd.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
80%
Ranked 3rd. 47% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 67% more than South Korea
24.3%
Ranked 2nd.

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.3
Ranked 22nd. 50% more than South Korea
0.2
Ranked 9th.
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> With parental consent
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.8 years
Ranked 5th. 5% more than South Korea
29.3 years
Ranked 3rd.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 6th. The same as South Korea
18
Ranked 18th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th. The same as South Korea
20
Ranked 23th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 67% more than South Korea
24.3%
Ranked 2nd.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
70.1%
Ranked 4th. 58% more than Japan

Urban marriages 613,035
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than South Korea
266,713
Ranked 6th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th. The same as South Korea
20
Ranked 29th.
Rural marriages 48,860
Ranked 8th.
54,441
Ranked 7th. 11% more than Japan

Rural divorces 19,382
Ranked 4th.
22,398
Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Japan

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd.
18
Ranked 7th. 13% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
70.1%
Ranked 4th. 58% 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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