List of countries by age at first marriage

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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 some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman)[1]. 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.[2] This list is current from the most recent surveys and does not treat the topic in history.

Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages,[3] the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry, however, for most reporting sources, only the average age at marriage is reported.

Some countries have most recent and updated census while other countries haven't been updated since the 1990s.

Africa[edit]

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Algeria 33.5 27.8 30.7 5.7 2006 [4]
 Angola 24.7 21.4 23.1 3.3 2001 [5]
 Benin[a] 23.8 18.7 21.3 5.1 2006 [5]
 Burkina Faso[a] 24.3 17.9 21.1 6.4 2010 [5]
 Burundi[a] 23.6 20.3 22 3.3 2010 [5]
 Cape Verde[a] 26.2 21.5 23.9 4.7 2010 [5]
 Cameroon[a] 25.8 19.0 22.4 6.8 2011 [5]
 Central African Republic[a] 23.3 17.4 20.4 5.9 1994-1995 [5]
 Chad[a] 22.4 16.0 19.2 6.4 2004 [5]
 Comoros[a] 25.6 20.4 23 5.2 1996 [5]
 Congo[a] 25.1 21.0 23.1 4.1 2009 [5]
 Ivory Coast[a] 26.7 19.5 23.1 7.2 2005 [5]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo[a] 24.2 19.0 21.6 5.2 2007 [5]
 Egypt 33.6 27.9 30.8 5.7 1996 [6]
 Eritrea[a] 24.7 17.4 21.1 7.3 1995 [5]
 Ethiopia[a] 23.9 17.4 20.7 6.5 2011 [5]
 Gabon[a] 24.7 20.4 22.6 4.3 2000 [5]
 Ghana[a] 25.7 21.0 23.4 4.7 2008 [5]
 Guinea[a] 24.6 16.5 20.6 8.1 2005 [5]
 Kenya[a] 24.8 20.2 22.5 4.6 2008-2009 [5]
 Lesotho[a] 25.5 20.9 23.2 4.6 2009 [5]
 Liberia[a] 23.4 18.9 21.2 4.5 2007 [5]
 Libya 32.0 29.2 30.6 2.8 1995 [6]
 Madagascar[a] 22.3 18.4 20.4 3.9 2008 [5]
 Malawi[a] 22.3 17.9 20.1 4.4 2010 [5]
 Mali[a] 24.1 16.7 20.4 7.4 2006 [5]
 Mauritania[a] 27.1 19.0 23.1 8.1 2000-2001 [5]
 Mauritius 29.8 25.4 27.6 4.4 2000 [5]
 Morocco 34.3 29.8 32.1 4.5 1994 [6]
 Mozambique[a] 21.7 17.5 19.6 4.2 2009 [5]
 Namibia[a] 31.7 29.2 30.5 2.5 2006-2007 [5]
 Niger[a] 23.1 15.7 19.4 7.4 2006 [5]
 Nigeria[a] 26.9 19.3 23.1 7.6 2008 [5]
 Rwanda[a] 24.8 20.6 22.7 4.2 2010 [5]
 São Tomé and Príncipe[a] 23.8 18.8 21.3 5 2008-2009 [5]
 Senegal[a] 28.9 19.9 24.4 9 2010-2011 [5]
 Sierra Leone[a] 24.4 17.1 20.8 7.3 2008 [5]
 South Africa[b] 32.0 29.0 30.5 3 2008 [5]
 Sudan 29.1 22.7 25.9 6.4 1993 [6]
 Uganda[a] 22.4 18.2 20.3 4.2 2011 [5]
 Tanzania[a] 23.8 18.9 21.4 4.9 2010 [5]
 Zambia[a] 23.7 18.7 21.2 5 2007 [5]
 Zimbabwe[a] 24.6 19.9 22.3 4.7 2010-2011 [5]


Americas[edit]

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Brazil 30 27 28.5 3 2013 [7]
 Canada 31.0 29.6 30.3 1.4 2008 [8]
 Chile 35.3 32.6 34 2.7 2013 [9]
 Mexico 29 26 27.5 3 2011 [10]
 United States 29.2 27.1 28.2 2.1 2015 [11]

Asia[edit]

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Armenia 29.4 26.3 27.9 3.1 2014 [5]
 Bangladesh[a] 23.8 16.0 19.9 7.8 2011 [5]
 Cambodia[a] 23.4 21.0 22.2 2.4 2010 [5]
 China 27.1 24.9 26 2.2 2017 [12]
 Hong Kong 31.2 28.9 30.1 2.3 2011 [13]
 India 26.0 22.2 24.1 3.8 2011 [14]
 Indonesia 25.7 22.3 24 3.4 2010 [15]
 Iran 27.4 23.8 25.6 3.6 2015 [16]
 Iraq 26.2 21.9 24.1 4.3 2016 [17]
 Israel 31.5 28.4 30 3.1 2010 [5]
 Japan 30.9 29.3 30.1 1.6 2013 [18]
 Jordan 28.7 23.8 26.3 4.9 2010 [19]
 Kazakhstan[a] 26.9 24.3 25.6 2.6 2010 [5]
 Kyrgyzstan 26.9 23.5 25.2 3.4 2010 [5]
 Lebanon 32.8 28.8 30.8 4 2006 [20]
 Malaysia 28 25.7 26.9 2.3 2010 [21]
 Maldives[a] 24.1 21.6 22.9 2.5 2009 [5]
 Mongolia[a] 26.2 24.2 25.2 2 2010 [22]
 Myanmar[a] 24.0 20.5 22.3 3.5 2007 [5]
   Nepal[a] 22.1 17.9 20 4.2 2011 [5]
 Pakistan[a] 21.8 20.3 21.1 1.5 2006-2007 [5]
 Palestine[c] 25.4 20.1 22.8 5.3 2010 [5]
 Philippines 28.0 25.3 26.7 2.7 2011 [23]
 Singapore 30.1 27.9 29 2.2 2014 [24]
 South Korea 32.6 30.0 31.3 2.6 2015 [25]
 Taiwan 32.0 29.7 30.9 2.3 2014 [26]
 Tajikistan 26.3 22.5 24.4 3.8 2010 [5]
 Thailand[a] 24.4 21.0 22.7 3.4 2010 [5]
 Timor-Leste[a] 25.0 20.6 22.8 4.4 2009-2010 [5]
 Turkmenistan 24.6 23.3 24 1.3 2006 [5]
 Uzbekistan 25.2 22.4 23.8 2.8 2006 [27]
 Vietnam 26.2 22.8 24.5 3.4 2009 [28]

Europe[edit]

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger
Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Albania 29.5 24 26.8 5.5 2014 [27]
 Austria 32.6 30.3 31.5 2.3 2015 [27]
 Azerbaijan 27.6 23.7 25.7 3.9 2014 [27]
 Armenia 29.4 26.3 27.9 3.1 2014 [27]
 Belarus 27.4 25.3 26.4 2.1 2014 [27]
 Belgium 32.3 30 31.2 2.3 2015 [27]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.6 26.4 28 3.2 2014 [27]
 Bulgaria 30.3 26.9 28.6 3.4 2014 [29]
 Croatia 30.6 28.1 29.4 2.5 2014 [29]
 Czech Republic 32.4 29.8 31.1 2.6 2015 [27]
 Cyprus 30.8 29.0 29.9 1.8 2014 [27]
 Denmark 34.5 32 33.3 2.5 2015 [27]
 Estonia 31.6 29.0 30.3 2.6 2014 [29]
 Finland 33.4 31.2 32.3 2.2 2015 [27]
 France 33.0 30.8 31.9 2.2 2011 [30]
 Georgia 29.9 26.6 28.3 3.3 2014 [27]
 Germany 33.4 30.9 32.2 2.5 2014 [29]
 Greece 33.0 29.9 31.5 3.1 2014 [29]
 Hungary 32.1 29.3 30.7 2.8 2014 [29]
 Iceland 34.6 32.7 33.7 1.9 2011 [27]
 Ireland 33.9 32.3 33.1 1.6 2015 [27]
 Italy 34.2 31.3 32.8 2.9 2014 [29]
 Latvia 30.6 28.2 29.4 2.4 2014 [29]
 Lithuania 29.7 27.3 28.5 2.4 2014 [29]
 Luxembourg 33.3 31.1 32.2 2.2 2015 [27]
 Macedonia 28.8 26 27.4 2.8 2014 [27]
 Malta 31.6 29.2 30.4 2.4 2011 [29]
 Moldova 27.0 24.0 25.5 3 2014 [27]
 Montenegro 32.7 28.6 30.7 4.1 2014 [29]
 Netherlands 33.5 30.9 32.2 2.6 2015 [27]
 Norway 33.8 31.9 32.9 1.9 2015 [27]
 Poland 29.1 26.7 27.9 2.4 2014 [29]
 Portugal 32.5 31 31.8 1.5 2015 [27]
 Romania 30.2 26.7 28.5 3.5 2014 [29]
 Russia 27.4 24.9 26.2 2.5 2011 [31]
 Serbia 31.0 28.1 29.6 2.9 2014 [29]
 Slovakia 30.8 28.1 29.5 2.7 2014 [29]
 Slovenia 32.2 29 30.6 3.2 2014 [29]
 Spain 34.5 32.3 33.4 2.2 2014 [29]
 Sweden 36 33.5 34.8 2.5 2015 [27]
  Switzerland 32.5 30.1 31.3 2.4 2014 [29]
 Ukraine 27.0 25.0 26 2 2013 [27]
 United Kingdom 32.5 30.6 31.6 1.9 2013 [27]


Oceania[edit]

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 Year Source
 Australia 31.8 29.8 30.8 2 2015 [32]
 Kiribati[d] 23.6 20.1 21.9 3.5 2009 [33]
 Marshall Islands 25.7 24.2 25 1.5 2011 [34]
 F.S. Micronesia 27.5 25.5 26.5 2 2010 [35]
 Nauru[e] 21.2 22.8 22.0 -1.6 2007 [36]
 New Zealand 30.1 28.6 29.4 1.5 2013 [37]
 Solomon Islands[e] 25.6 20.3 23.0 5.3 2007 [38]
 Tonga[f] 25.0 23.6 24.3 1.4 2012 [39]
 Tuvalu[e] 27.2 22.1 24.7 5.1 2007 [40]
 Vanuatu[d] 24.4 20.8 22.6 3.6 2013 [41]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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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