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Costa Rica

Costa Rica Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 82.2% 2010 1st out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 82.2% 2010 1st out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Condom 9% 2010 9th out of 22
Marriages 26,112 2012 27th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 5.43 2012 19th out of 50
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 2011
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 112th out of 145
Rural marriages per thousand people 2.44 2010 10th out of 35
Teen marriage rate > Men 3.7 2011 3rd out of 25
Teen marriage rate > Women 13 2011 8th out of 25
Total divorces 11,556 2010 37th out of 80
Total divorces per thousand people 2.47 2010 22nd out of 79
Urban marriages per thousand people 2.69 2010 28th out of 35
Women denied family planning 5% 1993 16th out of 16
Years spent single before marriage > Females 20.9 years 1986 2nd out of 3

SOURCES: 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. 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. 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

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Costa Rica People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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