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

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STAT Maldives Sri Lanka HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 34.7%
Ranked 15th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 97% more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 34.7%
Ranked 15th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 97% more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Condom 9.3%
Ranked 6th. 63% more than Sri Lanka
5.7%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 9.3%
Ranked 6th. 63% more than Sri Lanka
5.7%
Ranked 11th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 27%
Ranked 13th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 94% more than Maldives

Marriageable age > Females 15
Ranked 32nd.
18
Ranked 7th. 20% more than Maldives
Marriageable age > Males 15
Ranked 32nd.
18
Ranked 12th. 20% more than Maldives
Marriageable age > Notes According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is 15. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child discourages marriage before the age of 16. 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 <18 16
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 1st. The same as Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women 5.6
Ranked 9th.
9.2
Ranked 16th. 64% more than Maldives
Total divorces 2,731
Ranked 50th. 23% more than Sri Lanka
2,212
Ranked 50th.

Total divorces per thousand people 11.15
Ranked 1st. 73 times more than Sri Lanka
0.153
Ranked 79th.

Women denied family planning 28.6%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
7.3%
Ranked 18th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.8 years
Ranked 22nd.
25.3 years
Ranked 1st. 16% more than Maldives
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 3rd. The same as Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 27%
Ranked 13th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 94% more than Maldives

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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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