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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on South Africa & Zimbabwe

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STAT South Africa Zimbabwe HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 59.9%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Zimbabwe
58.5%
Ranked 6th.

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 59.9%
Ranked 11th. 2% more than Zimbabwe
58.5%
Ranked 6th.

Contraception use among married women > Condom 4.6%
Ranked 13th. 48% more than Zimbabwe
3.1%
Ranked 9th.

Marriageable age > Females 15
Ranked 16th.
16
Ranked 12th. 7% more than South Africa
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 13th. The same as Zimbabwe
18
Ranked 10th.
Marriageable age > Notes For a marriage under the Marriage Act, 1961 , parental consent is required for the marriage of a party under the age of majority , which was formerly 21 but is now 18. The special consent of the Minister of Home Affairs is also required for the marriage of a girl under the age of 15 or a boy under the age of 18. The Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11]. Under this legislation, a man may marry at the minimum age of 18 while a woman may marry at the minimum age of 16.
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 16
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 7th. 13% more than Zimbabwe
16
Ranked 55th.
Orphans 3.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Zimbabwe
1.3 million
Ranked 9th.
Orphans per thousand people 69.19
Ranked 10th.
97.31
Ranked 2nd. 41% more than South Africa
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.7
Ranked 13th.
1.1
Ranked 16th. 57% more than South Africa
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.4
Ranked 13th.
25.9
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than South Africa
Women denied family planning 13.8%
Ranked 9th.
14.6%
Ranked 12th. 6% more than South Africa

Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years
Ranked 4th. 32% more than Zimbabwe
21.1 years
Ranked 15th.
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Zimbabwe
25.7 years
Ranked 12th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Zimbabwe
18
Ranked 82nd.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 4.6%
Ranked 13th. 48% more than Zimbabwe
3.1%
Ranked 9th.

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 59.8%
Ranked 8th. 4% more than Zimbabwe
57.3%
Ranked 3rd.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21
Ranked 11th. 17% more than Zimbabwe
18
Ranked 92nd.
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15
Ranked 67th.
16
Ranked 44th. 7% more than South Africa
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 59.8%
Ranked 8th. 4% more than Zimbabwe
57.3%
Ranked 3rd.

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 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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