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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Norway & South Korea

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STAT Norway South Korea HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 88.4%
Ranked 1st. 11% more than South Korea
80%
Ranked 3rd.

Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 3rd. The same as South Korea
18
Ranked 9th.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 3rd. The same as South Korea
18
Ranked 15th.
Marriages 24,346
Ranked 29th.
329,087
Ranked 11th. 14 times more than Norway

Marriages per thousand people 4.85
Ranked 31st.
6.61
Ranked 29th. 36% more than Norway

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 18
Rural divorces per million people 681.41
Ranked 4th. 51% more than South Korea
449.95
Ranked 15th.

Rural marriages per thousand people 2.72
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than South Korea
1.09
Ranked 19th.

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.2
Ranked 35th.
0.4
Ranked 11th. Twice as much as Norway
Total divorces 9,929
Ranked 22nd.
114,284
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Norway

Total divorces per thousand people 1.98
Ranked 18th.
2.3
Ranked 23th. 16% more than Norway

Urban divorces 3,682
Ranked 11th.
88,273
Ranked 3rd. 24 times more than Norway

Urban divorces per thousand people 0.901
Ranked 10th.
1.77
Ranked 7th. 97% more than Norway

Urban marriages per thousand people 2.72
Ranked 15th.
5.36
Ranked 4th. 97% more than Norway

Years spent single before marriage > Females 31.4 years
Ranked 1st. 20% more than South Korea
26.1 years
Ranked 3rd.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 88.4%
Ranked 1st. 11% more than South Korea
80%
Ranked 3rd.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 12.8%
Ranked 12th.
24.3%
Ranked 2nd. 90% more than Norway

Teen marriage rate > Men 0.0
Ranked 34th.
0.2
Ranked 9th.
Marriageable age > Notes url= http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19910704-047.html#1 |title=LOV 1991-07-04 nr 47: Lov om ekteskap |publisher=Lovdata.no |date= |accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref> With parental consent
Years spent single before marriage > Males 33.7 years
Ranked 1st. 15% more than South Korea
29.3 years
Ranked 3rd.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 16
Ranked 67th.
18
Ranked 18th. 13% more than Norway
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18
Ranked 111th.
20
Ranked 23th. 11% more than Norway
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 12.8%
Ranked 12th.
24.3%
Ranked 2nd. 90% more than Norway

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 82.2%
Ranked 1st. 17% more than South Korea
70.1%
Ranked 4th.

Urban marriages 11,111
Ranked 13th.
266,713
Ranked 6th. 24 times more than Norway

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 123th.
20
Ranked 29th. 11% more than Norway
Rural marriages 11,119
Ranked 11th.
54,441
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Norway

Rural divorces 2,784
Ranked 6th.
22,398
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Norway

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 57th.
18
Ranked 7th. 13% more than Norway
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 82.2%
Ranked 1st. 17% more than South Korea
70.1%
Ranked 4th.

SOURCES: 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. 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. 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; 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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