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

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STAT Sri Lanka United Kingdom HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 68.4%
Ranked 8th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 23% more than Sri Lanka

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 68.4%
Ranked 8th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 23% more than Sri Lanka

Contraception use among married women > Condom 5.7%
Ranked 11th.
27%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Sri Lanka

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 5.7%
Ranked 11th.
27%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Sri Lanka

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 52.5%
Ranked 9th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 60% more than Sri Lanka

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 52.5%
Ranked 9th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 60% more than Sri Lanka

Marriageable age > Notes However, the parties must have a Quazi's permission to marry before contracting into marriage if they are Muslims. England and Wales : 16 with parental consent.
Teen marriage rate > Women 9.2
Ranked 16th. 23 times more than United Kingdom
0.4
Ranked 17th.
Total divorces 2,212
Ranked 50th.
129,764
Ranked 9th. 59 times more than Sri Lanka

Total divorces per thousand people 0.153
Ranked 79th.
2.07
Ranked 28th. 14 times more than Sri Lanka

Years spent single before marriage > Females 25.3 years
Ranked 1st.
26.4 years
Ranked 7th. 4% more than Sri Lanka

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); 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

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