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

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STAT Nepal Sri Lanka HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 49.7%
Ranked 12th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 38% more than Nepal

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 49.7%
Ranked 12th.
68.4%
Ranked 8th. 38% more than Nepal

Contraception use among married women > Condom 4.3%
Ranked 8th.
5.7%
Ranked 11th. 33% more than Nepal

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 4.3%
Ranked 8th.
5.7%
Ranked 11th. 33% more than Nepal

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 43.2%
Ranked 10th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 22% more than Nepal

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 14th. The same as Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 7th.
Marriageable age > Males 21
Ranked 4th. 17% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 12th.
Marriageable age > Notes 18 for males and 16 for females with parental permission. 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 20
Ranked 22nd. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women 28.9
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
9.2
Ranked 16th.
Total divorces 20,775
Ranked 28th. 9 times more than Sri Lanka
2,212
Ranked 50th.

Total divorces per thousand people 0.878
Ranked 74th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
0.153
Ranked 79th.

Women denied family planning 27.5%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
7.3%
Ranked 18th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 19 years
Ranked 14th.
25.3 years
Ranked 1st. 33% more than Nepal
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 28th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
18
Ranked 1st.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 4th. 13% more than Sri Lanka
16
Ranked 1st.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 43.2%
Ranked 10th.
52.5%
Ranked 9th. 22% more than Nepal

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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