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

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Algeria (more info) 33.5 27.8 30.7 5.7 1.21 2006 [4]
 Angola 24.7 21.4 23.1 3.3 1.15 2001 [5]
 Benin[a] 23.8 18.7 21.3 5.1 1.27 2006 [5]
 Burkina Faso[a] 24.3 17.9 21.1 6.4 1.36 2010 [5]
 Burundi[a] 23.6 20.3 22 3.3 1.16 2010 [5]
 Cape Verde[a] 26.2 21.5 23.9 4.7 1.22 2010 [5]
 Cameroon[a] (more info) 25.8 19.0 22.4 6.8 1.36 2011 [5]
 Central African Republic[a] 23.3 17.4 20.4 5.9 1.34 1994-1995 [5]
 Chad[a] 22.4 16.0 19.2 6.4 1.4 2004 [5]
 Comoros[a] 25.6 20.4 23 5.2 1.25 1996 [5]
 Congo[a] 25.1 21.0 23.1 4.1 1.2 2009 [5]
 Ivory Coast[a] 26.7 19.5 23.1 7.2 1.37 2005 [5]
 DR Congo[a] 24.2 19.0 21.6 5.2 1.27 2007 [5]
 Egypt (more info) 33.6 27.9 30.8 5.7 1.2 1996 [6]
 Eritrea[a] 24.7 17.4 21.1 7.3 1.42 1995 [5]
 Ethiopia[a] 23.9 17.4 20.7 6.5 1.37 2011 [5]
 Gabon[a] 24.7 20.4 22.6 4.3 1.21 2000 [5]
 Ghana[a] (more info) 25.7 21.0 23.4 4.7 1.22 2008 [5]
 Guinea[a] 24.6 16.5 20.6 8.1 1.49 2005 [5]
 Kenya[a] 24.8 20.2 22.5 4.6 1.23 2008-2009 [5]
 Lesotho[a] 25.5 20.9 23.2 4.6 1.22 2009 [5]
 Liberia[a] 23.4 18.9 21.2 4.5 1.24 2007 [5]
 Libya 32.0 29.2 30.6 2.8 1.1 1995 [6]
 Madagascar[a] 22.3 18.4 20.4 3.9 1.21 2008 [5]
 Malawi[a] 22.3 17.9 20.1 4.4 1.25 2010 [5]
 Mali[a] 24.1 16.7 20.4 7.4 1.44 2006 [5]
 Mauritania[a] (more info) 27.1 19.0 23.1 8.1 1.43 2000-2001 [5]
 Mauritius 29.8 25.4 27.6 4.4 1.17 2000 [5]
 Morocco 34.3 29.8 32.1 4.5 1.15 1994 [6]
 Mozambique[a] 21.7 17.5 19.6 4.2 1.24 2009 [5]
 Namibia[a] 31.7 29.2 30.5 2.5 1.09 2006-2007 [5]
 Niger[a] 23.1 15.7 19.4 7.4 1.47 2006 [5]
 Nigeria[a] (more info) 26.9 19.3 23.1 7.6 1.39 2008 [5]
 Rwanda[a] 24.8 20.6 22.7 4.2 1.2 2010 [5]
 São Tomé and Príncipe[a] 23.8 18.8 21.3 5 1.27 2008-2009 [5]
 Senegal[a] 28.9 19.9 24.4 9 1.45 2010-2011 [5]
 Sierra Leone[a] 24.4 17.1 20.8 7.3 1.43 2008 [5]
 South Africa[b] (more info) 32.0 29.0 30.5 3 1.1 2008 [5]
 Sudan (more info) 29.1 22.7 25.9 6.4 1.28 1993 [6]
 Uganda[a] 22.4 18.2 20.3 4.2 1.23 2011 [5]
 Tanzania[a] 23.8 18.9 21.4 4.9 1.26 2010 [5]
 Zambia[a] 23.7 18.7 21.2 5 1.27 2007 [5]
 Zimbabwe[a] 24.6 19.9 22.3 4.7 1.24 2010-2011 [5]


Americas

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Brazil 30 27 28.5 3 1.11 2013 [7]
 Canada (more info) 31.0 29.6 30.3 1.4 1.05 2008 [8]
 Chile (more info) 35.3 32.6 34 2.7 1.08 2013 [9]
 Mexico 29 26 27.5 3 1.12 2011 [10]
 United States (more info) 29.2 27.1 28.2 2.1 1.08 2015 [11]

Asia

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Armenia 29.4 26.3 27.9 3.1 1.12 2014 [5]
 Bangladesh[a] (more info) 23.8 16.0 19.9 7.8 1.49 2011 [5]
 Cambodia[a] (more info) 23.4 21.0 22.2 2.4 1.11 2010 [5]
 China (more info) 27.1 24.9 26 2.2 1.09 2017 [12]
 Hong Kong 31.2 28.9 30.1 2.3 1.08 2011 [13]
 India (more info) 26.0 22.2 24.1 3.8 1.17 2011 [14]
 Indonesia (more info) 25.7 22.3 24 3.4 1.15 2010 [15]
 Iran (more info) 27.4 23.8 25.6 3.6 1.15 2015 [16]
 Iraq 26.2 21.9 24.1 4.3 1.2 2016 [17]
 Israel (more info) 31.5 28.4 30 3.1 1.11 2010 [5]
 Japan (more info) 30.9 29.3 30.1 1.6 1.05 2013 [18]
 Jordan (more info) 28.7 23.8 26.3 4.9 1.21 2010 [19]
 Kazakhstan[a] 26.9 24.3 25.6 2.6 1.11 2010 [5]
 Kyrgyzstan 26.9 23.5 25.2 3.4 1.14 2010 [5]
 Lebanon 32.8 28.8 30.8 4 1.14 2006 [20]
 Malaysia (more info) 28 25.7 26.9 2.3 1.09 2010 [21]
 Maldives[a] 24.1 21.6 22.9 2.5 1.12 2009 [5]
 Mongolia[a] 26.2 24.2 25.2 2 1.08 2010 [22]
 Myanmar[a] (more info) 24.0 20.5 22.3 3.5 1.17 2007 [5]
   Nepal[a] 22.1 17.9 20 4.2 1.23 2011 [5]
 Pakistan[a] (more info) 21.8 20.3 21.1 1.5 1.07 2006-2007 [5]
 Palestine[c] 25.4 20.1 22.8 5.3 1.26 2010 [5]
 Philippines (more info) 28.0 25.3 26.7 2.7 1.11 2011 [23]
 Singapore (more info) 30.1 27.9 29 2.2 1.08 2014 [24]
 South Korea (more info) 32.6 30.0 31.3 2.6 1.09 2015 [25]
 Taiwan (more info) 32.0 29.7 30.9 2.3 1.08 2014 [26]
 Tajikistan 26.3 22.5 24.4 3.8 1.17 2010 [5]
 Thailand[a] 24.4 21.0 22.7 3.4 1.16 2010 [5]
 East Timor[a] 25.0 20.6 22.8 4.4 1.21 2009-2010 [5]
 Turkmenistan 24.6 23.3 24 1.3 1.06 2006 [5]
 Uzbekistan 25.2 22.4 23.8 2.8 1.13 2006 [27]
 Vietnam (more info) 26.2 22.8 24.5 3.4 1.15 2009 [28]

Europe

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger
Country Men Women Average Age Gap Year Source
 Albania 29.5 24 26.8 5.5 1.23 2014 [27]
 Austria (more info) 32.6 30.3 31.5 2.3 1.08 2015 [27]
 Azerbaijan 27.6 23.7 25.7 3.9 1.16 2014 [27]
 Armenia 29.4 26.3 27.9 3.1 1.12 2014 [27]
 Belarus 27.4 25.3 26.4 2.1 1.08 2014 [27]
 Belgium 32.3 30 31.2 2.3 1.08 2015 [27]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.6 26.4 28 3.2 1.12 2014 [27]
 Bulgaria (more info) 30.3 26.9 28.6 3.4 1.13 2014 [29]
 Croatia 30.6 28.1 29.4 2.5 1.09 2014 [29]
 Czech Republic (more info) 32.4 29.8 31.1 2.6 1.09 2015 [27]
 Cyprus (more info) 30.8 29.0 29.9 1.8 1.06 2014 [27]
 Denmark 34.5 32 33.3 2.5 1.08 2015 [27]
 Estonia 31.6 29.0 30.3 2.6 1.09 2014 [29]
 Finland (more info) 33.4 31.2 32.3 2.2 1.07 2015 [27]
 France (more info) 33.0 30.8 31.9 2.2 1.07 2011 [30]
 Georgia 29.9 26.6 28.3 3.3 1.12 2014 [27]
 Germany (more info) 33.4 30.9 32.2 2.5 1.08 2014 [29]
 Greece (more info) 33.0 29.9 31.5 3.1 1.1 2014 [29]
 Hungary 32.1 29.3 30.7 2.8 1.1 2014 [29]
 Iceland 34.6 32.7 33.7 1.9 1.06 2011 [27]
 Ireland (more info) 33.9 32.3 33.1 1.6 1.05 2015 [27]
 Italy (more info) 34.2 31.3 32.8 2.9 1.09 2014 [29]
 Latvia 30.6 28.2 29.4 2.4 1.09 2014 [29]
 Lithuania 29.7 27.3 28.5 2.4 1.09 2014 [29]
 Luxembourg 33.3 31.1 32.2 2.2 1.07 2015 [27]
 Macedonia 28.8 26 27.4 2.8 1.11 2014 [27]
 Malta 31.6 29.2 30.4 2.4 1.08 2011 [29]
 Moldova 27.0 24.0 25.5 3 1.13 2014 [27]
 Montenegro 32.7 28.6 30.7 4.1 1.14 2014 [29]
 Netherlands 33.5 30.9 32.2 2.6 1.08 2015 [27]
 Norway 33.8 31.9 32.9 1.9 1.06 2015 [27]
 Poland (more info) 29.1 26.7 27.9 2.4 1.09 2014 [29]
 Portugal 32.5 31 31.8 1.5 1.05 2015 [27]
 Romania 30.2 26.7 28.5 3.5 1.13 2014 [29]
 Russia (more info) 27.4 24.9 26.2 2.5 1.1 2011 [31]
 Serbia 31.0 28.1 29.6 2.9 1.1 2014 [29]
 Slovakia (more info) 30.8 28.1 29.5 2.7 1.1 2014 [29]
 Slovenia 32.2 29 30.6 3.2 1.11 2014 [29]
 Spain (more info) 34.5 32.3 33.4 2.2 1.07 2014 [29]
 Sweden 36 33.5 34.8 2.5 1.07 2015 [27]
  Switzerland (more info) 32.5 30.1 31.3 2.4 1.08 2014 [29]
 Ukraine (more info) 27.0 25.0 26 2 1.08 2013 [27]
 United Kingdom (more info) 32.5 30.6 31.6 1.9 1.06 2013 [27]


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 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) 30.1 28.6 29.4 1.5 1.05 2013 [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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