Female Age at First Marriage
WorldSocial / HealthMean female age at first marriage shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those females who marry before age 50
World BankA world map shows the mean female age at first marriage for countries: Dark red indicates 30 to 34 years old (France, Namibia). Red indicates 25 to 29 years old (United States, Australia). Orange indicates 21 to 24 years old (Russia, Egypt). Light orange indicates 17 to 20 years old (Niger, Madagascar). Countries with gray hatch marks indicate no data.
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Class | Rank | Years | Value | U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008 | Evergreen forest | Deciduous forest | Mixed forest | Shrublands | Savannas | Grasslands | Permanent wetlands | Urban and built-up | Cropland and natural vegetation | Snow and ice | Barren or sparsely vegetated | Aden | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | Bahama Islands | Basutoland | Bechuanaland | British Guiana | British Honduras | British North Borneo | Cameroons | Canada | Ceylon | Cyprus | Egypt | Falkland Islands | Fiji | Gambia | Gold Coast | India | Iraq | Irish Free State | Jamaica | Kenya | Kuwait | Malay States | Mauritius | New Hebrides | New Zealand | Newfoundland | Nigeria | North East New Guinea | Northern Rhodesia | Nyasaland | Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Samoa | Sarawak | Sierra Leone | Solomon Islands | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | South West Africa | Southern Rhodesia | Swaziland | Tanganyika | Territory of Papua | Togo | Transjordan | Trinidad and Tobago | Trucial Oman | Uganda | Union of South Africa | United Kingdom | |
| 9.88% | 64.2% | 5.91% | 6.24% | 15.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 71.7% | 2.02% | 5.50% | 3.18% | 37.4% | 1.41% | 1.23% | 19.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.98% | 7.05% | 20.2% | 36.3% | 1.79% | 1.31% | 7.96% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58.3% | 3.15% | 8.37% | 1.30% | 87.3% | 96.9% | 45.3% | 46.0% | 64.8% | 75.6% | 51.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.6% | 20.2% | 80.1% | 40.9% | 94.0% | 84.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.4% | 7.36% | 16.1% | 11.7% | 19.9% | 9.42% | 1.68% | 56.1% | 7.67% | 4.38% | 95.6% | 25.7% | 88.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40.9% | 10.7% | 14.6% | 26.6% | 22.6% | 5.24% | 1.36% | 5.92% | 1.48% | 6.93% | 98.8% | 96.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67.6% | 12.2% | 1.77% | 92.7% | 86.4% | 85.3% | 82.8% | 43.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.46% | 3.07% | 1.96% | 15.0% | 5.22% | 10.1% | 1.60% | 8.58% | 3.35% | 1.46% | 95.5% | 3.10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.30% | 5.27% | 6.60% | 8.43% | 2.45% | 6.36% | 58.4% | 3.18% | 2.25% | 98.5% | 97.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.5% | 3.03% | 18.2% | 2.24% | 7.78% | 21.9% | 97.5% | 39.6% | 38.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.06% | 6.17% | 2.12% | 27.6% | 4.70% | 84.6% | 47.4% | 4.39% | 37.8% | 98.5% | 93.1% | 26.1% | 30.2% | 96.8% | 76.6% | 56.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29.9% | 1.30% | 23.1% | 33.6% | 9.95% | 1.49% | 12.9% | 39.9% | 59.9% | 98.3% | 99.7% | 6.31% | 94.1% | 84.5% | 98.1% | 94.9% | 99.5% | 98.2% | 96.4% | 99.3% | 99.7% | 97.2% | 96.9% | 12.1% | 99.3% | 96.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||