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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Nigeria

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STAT Kenya Nigeria HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 45.5%
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Nigeria
14.1%
Ranked 19th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 45.5%
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Nigeria
14.1%
Ranked 19th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 1.8%
Ranked 15th. The same as Nigeria
1.8%
Ranked 13th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 1.8%
Ranked 15th. The same as Nigeria
1.8%
Ranked 13th.

Marriageable age > Females 16
Ranked 14th.
18
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Kenya
Marriageable age > Males 16
Ranked 16th.
18
Ranked 5th. 13% more than Kenya
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Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 62nd. The same as Nigeria
18
Ranked 96th.
Orphans 2.6 million
Ranked 6th.
10.8 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Kenya
Orphans per thousand people 61.86
Ranked 18th.
65.78
Ranked 12th. 6% more than Kenya
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.5
Ranked 10th.
0.9
Ranked 7th. 80% more than Kenya
Teen marriage rate > Women 12.9
Ranked 10th.
29.3
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Kenya
Women denied family planning 25.6%
Ranked 6th. 35% more than Nigeria
18.9%
Ranked 9th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.7 years
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Nigeria
21.4 years
Ranked 13th.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 26.3 years
Ranked 5th.
27.2 years
Ranked 7th. 3% more than Kenya
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 38.9%
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Nigeria
8.6%
Ranked 21st.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 73th. The same as Nigeria
18
Ranked 108th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 38.9%
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Nigeria
8.6%
Ranked 21st.

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 Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. 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

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