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Egypt

Egypt Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 6% 1986 2nd out of 3
Contraception use among married women > Any method 60.3% 2008 12th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 60.3% 2008 12th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Condom 0.7% 2008 21st out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 0.7% 2008 21st out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 57.6% 2008 9th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 57.6% 2008 9th out of 23
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 6th out of 18
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 8th out of 18
Marriageable age > Notes The age was raised in 2008 from 16 to 18 for females. 2014
Marriages 897,969 2011 4th out of 84
Marriages per thousand people 11.31 2011 5th out of 83
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18 2011 3rd out of 86
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011 14th out of 92
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21 2011 8th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21 2011 5th out of 144
Rural divorces 64,842 2011 2nd out of 25
Rural divorces per million people 816.73 2011 3rd out of 25
Rural marriages 544,921 2011 1st out of 26
Rural marriages per thousand people 6.86 2011 3rd out of 26
Teen marriage rate > Women 13.5 2008 9th out of 14
Total divorces 151,933 2011 6th out of 71
Total divorces per thousand people 1.91 2011 36th out of 70
Urban divorces 87,091 2011 4th out of 25
Urban divorces per thousand people 1.1 2011 19th out of 25
Urban marriages 353,048 2011 4th out of 26
Urban marriages per thousand people 4.45 2011 9th out of 26
Women denied family planning 11.6% 2008 9th out of 13
Years spent single before marriage > Females 22.3 years 1996 14th out of 23
Years spent single before marriage > Males 27.9 years 1996 7th out of 18

SOURCES: 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; 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.; 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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