Age at first marriage

Age at first marriage

This is an incomplete list of the average ages of people when they first marry in various countries. This list is current, and does not treat the topic in history.

Africa

*: 30.8 for men, 26.7 for women.
*: 29.7 for men, 25.2 for women.
*: 24.1 for men, 18.0 for women.
*: 27.9 for men, 22.2 for women.
*: 26.3 for men, 21.6 for women.
*: 32.0 for men, 29.2 for women.
*: 22.6 for men, 18.0 for women.
*: 33.9 for men, 17.6 for women.
*: 28.9 for men, 27.1 for women.
*: 27.0 for men, 21.3 for women.

Americas

*: 25.6 for men, 23.3 for women, 25 final average.
*: 25.8 for men, 22.7 for women.
*: 34.3 for men, 31.7 for women [ [http://www43.statcan.ca/02/02d/02d_001a_e.htm Statistics Canada] ] .
*: 24.6 for men, 22.4 for women, 23.5 final average.
*: 25.7 for men, 23.1 for women.
*: 27.5 for men [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=R1204&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=US-30&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_R1204_US30&-CONTEXT=grt U.S. Census Bureau] , 2006 American Community Survey] , 25.9 for women [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=R1205&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=US-30&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_R1204_US30&-CONTEXT=grt U.S. Census Bureau] , 2006 American Community Survey] , 26.7 final average. (2006)

Asia

*: 21.0 for men, 16.0 for women
*: 22.8 for men, 19.7 for women
*: 23.8 for men, 22.1 for women.
*: 31.1 for men, 28.8 for women.
*: 23.9 for men, 22.3 for women.
*: 25.2 for men, 21.6 for women.
*: 27.7 for men, 23.9 for women (2004).
*: 25.5 for men, 24.for women.
*: 30 for men, 27.3 for women.
*: 25.8 for men, 19.3 for women.
*: 31.8 for men, 27.7 for women
*: 29.6 for men, 25.0 for women.
*: 27.5 for men, 26.4 for women.
*: 22.0 for men, 18.8 for women.
*: 25.5 for men, 19.3 for women.
*: 30.1 for men, 27.3 for women (2004)
*: 25.8 for men, 23.5 for women.

Europe

*: 27 for men, 23 for women. (2001)
*: 30.3 for men, 27.9 for women.
*: 25.1 for men, 22.9 for women. (2001)
*: 28.9 for men, 26.6 for women.
*: 28.1 for men, 24.8 for women. (2001)
*: 28.6 for men, 25.4 for women. (2001)
*: 27.6 for men, 24.9 for women. (2001)
*: 32.5 for men, 30.1 for women.
*: 27.8 for men, 25.2 for women. (2001)
*: 30.5 for men, 28.3 for women.
*: 31.2 for men, 29.1 for women.
*: 32.6 for men, 29.6 for women [ [http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Content/Statistiken/Bevoelkerung/EheschliessungenScheidungen/Tabellen/Content50/Eheschlie_C3_9FungenScheidungen,templateId=renderPrint.psml Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland] ] . (2006)
*: 29.3 for men, 27 for women (2005)
*: 30 for men, 28.2 for women.
*: 30 for men, 27.1 for women.
*: 26.4 for men, 24.4 for women. (2001)
*: 25.7 for men,23.6 for women. (2000)
*: 26.6 for men, 23.5 for women. (2000)
*: 25 for men, 22 for women. (2001)
*: 30.7 for men, 28.3 for women.
*: 31.6 for men, 28.9 for women. (1999)
*: 26.2 for men, 23 for women.
*: 27.5 for men, 25.7 for women. (2000)
*: 27.2 for men, 23.9 for women. (2001)
*: 28.6 for men, 25.6 for women. (2001)
*: 29.6 for men, 26.7 for women. (2000)
*: 32.9 for men, 30.4 for women.
*: 30.8 for men, 28.2 for women.
*: 25 for men, 22.2 for women. (2001)
*: 30.7 for men, 28.5 for women, 29.6 final average [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9599 U.K. Office for National Statistics] ] . (2005)

Oceania

*: 30.6 for men, 28 [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/26D94B4C9A4769E6CA25732C00207644?opendocument#TRENDS%20IN%20MARRIAGE%20AND%20DIVORCE] for women.
*: 29.2 for men, 27.3 for women.

References

External links

* [http://www.nationmaster.com Nation Master]
* [http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmarriage/worldmarriagepatterns2000.pdf United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000]


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