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Iceland

Iceland Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Adoption > Adoption to live birth ratio 0.8 2006 4th out of 8
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 15th out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 15th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes Under 18 with parental consent and permission of the Ministry of the Interior. 2014
Marriages 1,456 2011 75th out of 84
Marriages per thousand people 4.56 2011 60th out of 83
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 38th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2011 31st out of 144
Rural divorces 4 2011 25th out of 25
Rural divorces per million people 12.54 2011 25th out of 25
Rural marriages 24 2011 26th out of 26
Rural marriages per thousand people 0.0752 2011 26th out of 26
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1 2010 28th out of 35
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.5 2010 29th out of 37
Total divorces 516 2011 64th out of 71
Total divorces per thousand people 1.62 2011 46th out of 70
Urban divorces 504 2011 25th out of 25
Urban divorces per thousand people 1.58 2011 12th out of 25
Urban marriages 1,432 2011 26th out of 26
Urban marriages per thousand people 4.49 2011 7th out of 26
Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.5 years 2000 1st out of 26
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.6 years 2000 1st out of 22

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Adoption (Modern period) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Trends in Foster Care and Adoption, ); 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. 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

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