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

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STAT Nigeria Tanzania HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 14.1%
Ranked 19th.
34.4%
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Nigeria

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 14.1%
Ranked 19th.
34.4%
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Nigeria

Contraception use among married women > Condom 1.8%
Ranked 13th.
2.3%
Ranked 17th. 28% more than Nigeria

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 1.8%
Ranked 13th.
2.3%
Ranked 17th. 28% more than Nigeria

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 3rd. 20% more than Tanzania
15
Ranked 18th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 5th. The same as Tanzania
18
Ranked 15th.
Marriageable age > Notes Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ). 15 with court permission if specific circumstances make marriage appear desirable. The Penal Code provides that persons of "African or Asiatic descent" may marry or permit marriage of a girl under 12 in accordance with their custom or religion if marriage is not intended to be consummated before she is 12.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 96th. The same as Tanzania
18
Ranked 116th.
Orphans 10.8 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Tanzania
3 million
Ranked 4th.
Orphans per thousand people 65.78
Ranked 12th. 2% more than Tanzania
64.72
Ranked 13th.
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.9
Ranked 7th.
4.5
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Teen marriage rate > Women 29.3
Ranked 3rd. 49% more than Tanzania
19.7
Ranked 7th.
Women denied family planning 18.9%
Ranked 9th.
25.3%
Ranked 7th. 34% more than Nigeria

Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.4 years
Ranked 13th. 4% more than Tanzania
20.5 years
Ranked 19th.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 27.2 years
Ranked 7th. 8% more than Tanzania
25.1 years
Ranked 17th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 8.6%
Ranked 21st.
26.1%
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Nigeria

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 108th. The same as Tanzania
18
Ranked 130th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 8.6%
Ranked 21st.
26.1%
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Nigeria

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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