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{{AFM|Turkey|27.8|24.8|2018|ref=Eurostat}}
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{{AFM|United Kingdom|33.4|31.5|2016|ref=ONS}}
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Revision as of 01:43, 15 February 2020

This is a list of countries by age at first marriage. Definition of marriage is the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in most jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman). Marriage is a legally recognized union between two partners in a relationship. The average age to first get married varies from one country to another and is affected by several factors such as financial stability, career, academic pursuit, and family background.[1] This list is current from contemporary surveys and does not treat the topic in history. Currency of information varies by country.

Africa

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Algeria (more info) 33.5 27.8 30.7 5.7 1.21 2006 [2]
 Angola 24.7 21.4 23.1 3.3 1.15 2001 [3]
 Benin[a] 23.8 18.7 21.3 5.1 1.27 2006 [3]
 Burkina Faso[a] 24.3 17.9 21.1 6.4 1.36 2010 [3]
 Burundi[a] 23.6 20.3 22 3.3 1.16 2010 [3]
 Cape Verde[a] 26.2 21.5 23.9 4.7 1.22 2010 [3]
 Cameroon[a] (more info) 25.8 19.0 22.4 6.8 1.36 2011 [3]
 Central African Republic[a] 23.3 17.4 20.4 5.9 1.34 1994-1995 [3]
 Chad[a] 22.4 16.0 19.2 6.4 1.4 2004 [3]
 Comoros[a] 25.6 20.4 23 5.2 1.25 1996 [3]
 Congo[a] 25.1 21.0 23.1 4.1 1.2 2009 [3]
 Ivory Coast[a] 26.7 19.5 23.1 7.2 1.37 2005 [3]
 DR Congo[a] 24.2 19.0 21.6 5.2 1.27 2007 [3]
 Egypt (more info) 33.6 27.9 30.8 5.7 1.2 1996 [4]
 Eritrea[a] 24.7 17.4 21.1 7.3 1.42 1995 [3]
 Ethiopia[a] 23.9 17.4 20.7 6.5 1.37 2011 [3]
 Gabon[a] 24.7 20.4 22.6 4.3 1.21 2000 [3]
 Ghana[a] (more info) 25.7 21.0 23.4 4.7 1.22 2008 [3]
 Guinea[a] 24.6 16.5 20.6 8.1 1.49 2005 [3]
 Kenya[a] 24.8 20.2 22.5 4.6 1.23 2008-2009 [3]
 Lesotho[a] 25.5 20.9 23.2 4.6 1.22 2009 [3]
 Liberia[a] 23.4 18.9 21.2 4.5 1.24 2007 [3]
 Libya 32.0 29.2 30.6 2.8 1.1 1995 [4]
 Madagascar[a] 22.3 18.4 20.4 3.9 1.21 2008 [3]
 Malawi[a] 22.3 17.9 20.1 4.4 1.25 2010 [3]
 Mali[a] 24.1 16.7 20.4 7.4 1.44 2006 [3]
 Mauritania[a] (more info) 27.1 19.0 23.1 8.1 1.43 2000-2001 [3]
 Mauritius 29.8 25.4 27.6 4.4 1.17 2000 [3]
 Morocco 34.3 29.8 32.1 4.5 1.15 1994 [4]
 Mozambique[a] 21.7 17.5 19.6 4.2 1.24 2009 [3]
 Namibia[a] 31.7 29.2 30.5 2.5 1.09 2006-2007 [3]
 Niger[a] 23.1 15.7 19.4 7.4 1.47 2006 [3]
 Nigeria[a] (more info) 26.9 19.3 23.1 7.6 1.39 2008 [3]
 Rwanda[a] 24.8 20.6 22.7 4.2 1.2 2010 [3]
 São Tomé and Príncipe[a] 23.8 18.8 21.3 5 1.27 2008-2009 [3]
 Senegal[a] 28.9 19.9 24.4 9 1.45 2010-2011 [3]
 Sierra Leone[a] 24.4 17.1 20.8 7.3 1.43 2008 [3]
 South Africa[b] (more info) 32.0 29.0 30.5 3 1.1 2008 [3]
 Sudan (more info) 29.1 22.7 25.9 6.4 1.28 1993 [4]
 Uganda[a] 22.4 18.2 20.3 4.2 1.23 2011 [3]
 Tanzania[a] 23.8 18.9 21.4 4.9 1.26 2010 [3]
 Zambia[a] 23.7 18.7 21.2 5 1.27 2007 [3]
 Zimbabwe[a] 24.6 19.9 22.3 4.7 1.24 2010-2011 [3]

Americas (incomplete)

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Brazil 33.0 30 31.5 3 1.1 2014 [5]
 Canada (more info) 31.0 29.6 30.3 1.4 1.05 2008 [6]
 Chile (more info) 35.3 32.6 34 2.7 1.08 2013 [7]
 Mexico 29 26 27.5 3 1.12 2011 [8]
 United States (more info) 29.2 27.1 28.2 2.1 1.08 2015 [9]
 Venezuela 26.0 22.7 24.4 3.3 1.15 2001

Asia

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Bangladesh[a] (more info) 23.8 16.0 19.9 7.8 1.49 2011 [3]
 Cambodia[a] (more info) 23.4 21.0 22.2 2.4 1.11 2010 [3]
 China (more info) 27.1 24.9 26 2.2 1.09 2017 [10]
 Hong Kong 31.2 28.9 30.1 2.3 1.08 2011 [11]
 India (more info) 26.0 22.2 24.1 3.8 1.17 2011 [12]
 Indonesia (more info) 25.7 22.3 24 3.4 1.15 2010 [13]
 Iran (more info) 27.4 23.8 25.6 3.6 1.15 2015 [14]
 Iraq 26.2 21.9 24.1 4.3 1.2 2016
 Israel (more info) 27.6 25 26.3 2.6 1.1 2016 [15]
 Japan (more info) 30.9 29.3 30.1 1.6 1.05 2013 [16]
 Jordan (more info) 28.7 23.8 26.3 4.9 1.21 2010 [17]
 Kazakhstan[a] 26.9 24.3 25.6 2.6 1.11 2010 [3]
 Kyrgyzstan 26.9 23.5 25.2 3.4 1.14 2010 [3]
 Lebanon 32.8 28.8 30.8 4 1.14 2006 [18]
 Malaysia (more info) 28 25.7 26.9 2.3 1.09 2010 [19]
 Maldives[a] 24.1 21.6 22.9 2.5 1.12 2009 [3]
 Mongolia[a] 26.2 24.2 25.2 2 1.08 2010 [20]
 Myanmar[a] (more info) 24.0 20.5 22.3 3.5 1.17 2007 [3]
   Nepal[a] 22.1 17.9 20 4.2 1.23 2011 [3]
 Pakistan[a] (more info) 21.8 20.3 21.1 1.5 1.07 2006-2007 [3]
 Palestine[c] 25.4 20.1 22.8 5.3 1.26 2010 [3]
 Philippines (more info) 28.0 25.3 26.7 2.7 1.11 2011 [21]
 Singapore (more info) 30.1 27.9 29 2.2 1.08 2014 [22]
 South Korea (more info) 33.2 30.4 31.8 2.8 1.09 2018 [23]
 Taiwan (more info) 32.0 29.7 30.9 2.3 1.08 2014 [24]
 Tajikistan 26.3 22.5 24.4 3.8 1.17 2010 [3]
 Thailand[a] 24.4 21.0 22.7 3.4 1.16 2010 [3]
 East Timor[a] 25.0 20.6 22.8 4.4 1.21 2009-2010 [3]
 Turkmenistan 24.6 23.3 24 1.3 1.06 2006 [3]
 Uzbekistan 25.2 22.4 23.8 2.8 1.13 2006 [25]
 Vietnam (more info) 26.2 22.8 24.5 3.4 1.15 2009 [26]

Europe

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger
Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Albania 29.5 24 26.8 5.5 1.23 2014 [25]
 Austria (more info) 32.6 30.3 31.5 2.3 1.08 2015 [25]
 Azerbaijan 27.6 23.7 25.7 3.9 1.16 2014 [25]
 Armenia 29.4 26.3 27.9 3.1 1.12 2014 [25]
 Belarus 27.4 25.3 26.4 2.1 1.08 2014 [25]
 Belgium 32.3 30 31.2 2.3 1.08 2015 [25]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.6 26.4 28 3.2 1.12 2014 [25]
 Bulgaria (more info) 30.3 26.9 28.6 3.4 1.13 2014 [27]
 Croatia 30.6 28.1 29.4 2.5 1.09 2014 [27]
 Czech Republic (more info) 32.4 29.8 31.1 2.6 1.09 2015 [25]
 Cyprus (more info) 30.8 29.0 29.9 1.8 1.06 2014 [25]
 Denmark 34.5 32 33.3 2.5 1.08 2015 [25]
 Estonia 31.6 29.0 30.3 2.6 1.09 2014 [27]
 Finland (more info) 33.4 31.2 32.3 2.2 1.07 2015 [25]
 France (more info) 33.0 30.8 31.9 2.2 1.07 2011 [28]
 Georgia 29.9 26.6 28.3 3.3 1.12 2014 [25]
 Germany (more info) 33.4 30.9 32.2 2.5 1.08 2014 [27]
 Greece (more info) 33.0 29.9 31.5 3.1 1.1 2014 [27]
 Hungary 32.1 29.3 30.7 2.8 1.1 2014 [27]
 Iceland 34.6 32.7 33.7 1.9 1.06 2011 [25]
 Ireland (more info) 36.4 34.4 35.4 2 1.06 2018
 Italy (more info) 34.2 31.3 32.8 2.9 1.09 2014 [27]
 Latvia 30.6 28.2 29.4 2.4 1.09 2014 [27]
 Lithuania 29.7 27.3 28.5 2.4 1.09 2014 [27]
 Luxembourg 33.3 31.1 32.2 2.2 1.07 2015 [25]
 North Macedonia 28.8 26 27.4 2.8 1.11 2014 [25]
 Malta 31.6 29.2 30.4 2.4 1.08 2011 [27]
 Moldova 28.3 25.8 27.1 2.5 1.1 2018 [29]
 Montenegro 32.7 28.6 30.7 4.1 1.14 2014 [27]
 Netherlands 33.5 30.9 32.2 2.6 1.08 2015 [25]
 Norway 33.8 31.9 32.9 1.9 1.06 2015 [25]
 Poland (more info) 29.1 26.7 27.9 2.4 1.09 2014 [27]
 Portugal 32.5 31 31.8 1.5 1.05 2015 [25]
 Romania 30.2 26.7 28.5 3.5 1.13 2014 [27]
 Russia (more info) 27.4 24.9 26.2 2.5 1.1 2011 [30]
 Serbia 31.0 28.1 29.6 2.9 1.1 2014 [27]
 Slovakia (more info) 30.8 28.1 29.5 2.7 1.1 2014 [27]
 Slovenia 32.2 29 30.6 3.2 1.11 2014 [27]
 Spain (more info) 34.5 32.3 33.4 2.2 1.07 2014 [27]
 Sweden 36 33.5 34.8 2.5 1.07 2015 [25]
  Switzerland (more info) 32.5 30.1 31.3 2.4 1.08 2014 [27]
 Turkey (more info) 27.8 24.8 26.3 3 1.12 2018 [27]
 Ukraine (more info) 27.0 25.0 26 2 1.08 2013 [25]
 United Kingdom (more info) 33.4 31.5 32.5 1.9 1.06 2016 [31]

Oceania

Note: the reported age for these countries is the median, not the mean (average). All countries in italics have their data in the mean and not the median.

Country Men Women Median Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Australia (more info) 31.8 29.8 30.8 2 1.07 2015 [32]
 Kiribati[d] 23.6 20.1 21.9 3.5 1.17 2009 [33]
 Marshall Islands 25.7 24.2 25 1.5 1.06 2011 [34]
 Micronesia 27.5 25.5 26.5 2 1.08 2010 [35]
 Nauru[e] 21.2 22.8 22.0 -1.6 0.93 2007 [36]
 New Zealand (more info) 32.3 30.5 31.4 1.8 1.06 2017 [37]
 Solomon Islands[e] 25.6 20.3 23.0 5.3 1.26 2007 [38]
 Tonga[f] 25.0 23.6 24.3 1.4 1.06 2012 [39]
 Tuvalu[e] 27.2 22.1 24.7 5.1 1.23 2007 [40]
 Vanuatu[d] 24.4 20.8 22.6 3.6 1.17 2013 [41]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Those surveyed were aged 25-29
  2. ^ Median ages are rounded
  3. ^ West Bank only
  4. ^ a b Those surveyed were aged 25+
  5. ^ a b c Those surveyed were aged 20-49
  6. ^ Those surveyed were aged 25-49

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