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Belgium

Belgian Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 70.4% 2010 6th out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 70.4% 2010 6th out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Condom 6% 2010 11th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 6% 2010 11th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 69.1% 2010 4th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 69.1% 2010 4th out of 23
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 25th out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 25th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes Younger with parental and judicial consent, but permission is only granted in "extreme" situations such as pregnancy. 2014
Marriages 40,500 2012 17th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 3.63 2012 42nd out of 50
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <18 2011
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 45th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2011 38th out of 144
Rural divorces 355 2009 33th out of 37
Rural divorces per million people 32.88 2009 36th out of 37
Rural marriages 630 2009 38th out of 39
Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0584 2009 39th out of 39
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data 2014
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 6 children 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity varies 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data 2014
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1 2009 15th out of 15
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6 2009 15th out of 17
Total divorces 27,400 2012 8th out of 36
Total divorces per thousand people 2.46 2012 8th out of 36
Urban divorces 32,251 2009 9th out of 37
Urban divorces per thousand people 2.99 2009 2nd out of 37
Urban marriages 42,673 2009 14th out of 39
Urban marriages per thousand people 3.95 2009 18th out of 39
Women denied family planning 3.4% 1992 12th out of 13
Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years 2000 6th out of 26
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years 2000 6th out of 22

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. 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. 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.; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); 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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