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

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Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 26% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 26% more than Japan

Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
5.7%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
5.7%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 18% more than Japan

Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 7th.
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 12th.
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> However, the parties must have a Quazi's permission to marry before contracting into marriage if they are Muslims.
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th.
9.2
Ranked 16th. 15 times more than Japan
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 107 times more than Sri Lanka
2,212
Ranked 50th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
0.153
Ranked 79th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th. 13% more than Sri Lanka
25.3 years
Ranked 1st.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd. The same as Sri Lanka
16
Ranked 1st.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 18% more than Japan

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

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