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This is a list of countries by age at first marriage. This list is current from contemporary surveys and does not treat the topic in history. Currency of information varies by country. Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages,[1] 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; for most reporting sources, however, only the average age at marriage is reported.

Africa

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 
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) 		32.4 28.2 30.3 4.2 1.15 2012 [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]
 Botswana 30.9 26.4 28.7 4.5 1.17 2001 [2]
 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]
 
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) 		25.8 19.0 22.4 6.8 1.36 2011 [3]
 Central African Republic 21.7 17.3 19.5 4.4 1.25 2010 [2]
 Chad 24.7 18.8 21.8 5.9 1.31 2004 [2]
 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]
 Djibouti 30.8 26.9 28.9 3.9 1.14 2002 [2]
 
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) 		31.0 25.0 28 6 1.24 2019 [4]
 Equatorial Guinea 26.1 20.5 23.3 5.6 1.27 2011 [2]
 Eritrea 29.1 20.6 24.9 8.5 1.41 2002 [2]
 Eswatini 30.5 26.5 28.5 4 1.15 2007 [2]
 Ethiopia 25.8 21.3 23.6 4.5 1.21 2016 [2]
 Gabon[a] 24.7 20.4 22.6 4.3 1.21 2000 [3]
 Gambia 29.7 21.5 25.6 8.2 1.38 2013 [2]
 
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) 		25.7 21.7 23.7 4 1.18 2008 [3]
 Guinea 28.0 19.8 23.9 8.2 1.41 2014 [2]
 Guinea-Bissau 28.1 20.9 24.5 7.2 1.34 2000 [2]
 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 [5]
 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] 25.8 18.8 22.3 7 1.37 2018 [2]
 
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) 		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 31.3 25.7 28.5 5.6 1.22 2019 [6]
 Mozambique 23.4 18.7 21.1 4.7 1.25 2017 [2]
 Namibia[a] 31.7 29.2 30.5 2.5 1.09 2006-2007 [3]
 Niger 24.0 17.2 20.6 6.8 1.4 2015 [2]
 
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) 		28.6 21.2 24.9 7.4 1.35 2013 [2]
 Rwanda[a] 24.7 20.6 22.7 4.1 1.2 2010 [3]
 São Tomé and Príncipe[a] 23.8 18.8 21.3 5 1.27 2008-2009 [3]
 Senegal 30.6 22.2 26.4 8.4 1.38 2017 [2]
 Seychelles 27.3 25.2 26.3 2.1 1.08 2002 [2]
 Somalia 26.5 20.6 23.6 5.9 1.29 1982 [2]
 South Africa[b] (more info) 37.0 33.0 35 4 1.12 2019 [7]
 South Sudan 25.6 18.4 22 7.2 1.39 2010 [2]
 Sudan (more info) 28.9 21.9 25.4 7 1.32 2014 [2]
 Tanzania[a] 23.8 18.9 21.4 4.9 1.26 2010 [3]
 Togo 27.6 22.3 25 5.3 1.24 2014 [2]
 Tunisia 32.9 28.2 30.6 4.7 1.17 2014 [2]
 Uganda[a] 22.4 18.2 20.3 4.2 1.23 2011 [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

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Antigua and Barbuda 29.0 25.0 27 4 1.16 2001 [2]
 Argentina 34.1 33.2 33.7 0.9 1.03 2015 [8]
 Bahamas 30.6 27.0 28.8 3.6 1.13 2010 [2]
 Barbados 34.3 31.8 33.1 2.5 1.08 1990 [2]
 Belize 30.1 28.6 29.4 1.5 1.05 2010 [2]
 Bolivia 26.6 24.1 25.4 2.5 1.1 2012 [2]
 Brazil 33.0 30.0 31.5 3 1.1 2014 [9]
 Canada (more info) 31.0 29.6 30.3 1.4 1.05 2008 [10]
 
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) 		35.3 32.6 34 2.7 1.08 2013 [11]
 Colombia 26.8 22.7 24.8 4.1 1.18 2015 [2]
 Costa Rica 34.0 31.0 32.5 3 1.1 2020 [12]
 
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) 		25.4 21.3 23.4 4.1 1.19 2012 [2]
 Ecuador 25.0 21.8 23.4 3.2 1.15 2010 [2]
 El Salvador 25.5 22.5 24 3 1.13 2007 [2]
 Grenada 34.4 31.0 32.7 3.4 1.11 1991 [2]
 Guatemala 23.6 21.3 22.5 2.3 1.11 1994 [2]
 Guyana 25.4 21.5 23.5 3.9 1.18 2009 [2]
 Haiti 28.7 24.9 26.8 3.8 1.15 2016 [2]
 Honduras 24.1 21.2 22.7 2.9 1.14 2012 [2]
 Jamaica 34.8 33.2 34 1.6 1.05 2021 [2]
 Mexico 33.4 30.5 32 2.9 1.1 2021 [13]
 Nicaragua 24.4 20.6 22.5 3.8 1.18 2005 [2]
 Panama 25.3 21.6 23.5 3.7 1.17 2010 [2]
 
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) 		26.8 22.7 24.8 4.1 1.18 2002 [2]
 Peru 27.5 23.5 25.5 4 1.17 2012 [2]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32.1 31.3 31.7 0.8 1.03 1980 [2]
 Saint Lucia 35.1 33.7 34.4 1.4 1.04 1991 [2]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.8 21.2 24.5 6.6 1.31 2012 [2]
 Suriname 32.8 29.3 31.1 3.5 1.12 2012 [2]
 Trinidad and Tobago 31.8 29.2 30.5 2.6 1.09 2011 [2]
 United States (more info) 30.2 28.4 29.3 1.8 1.06 2023 [14]
 Uruguay 26.5 24.0 25.3 2.5 1.1 2011 [2]
 Venezuela 26.0 22.7 24.4 3.3 1.15 2001 [2]

Asia

Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Afghanistan 24.7 21.5 23.1 3.2 1.15 2015 [2]
 Armenia 30.5 27.1 28.8 3.4 1.13 2019 [15]
 Azerbaijan 28.1 24.0 26.1 4.1 1.17 2019 [15]
 Bahrain 30.0 26.3 28.2 3.7 1.14 2001 [2]
 
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) 		26.5 25.0 25.8 1.5 1.06 2019 [3]
 Bhutan 25.4 22.8 24.1 2.6 1.11 2007 [2]
 Brunei 27.3 25.1 26.2 2.2 1.09 1991 [2]
 Cambodia[a] (more info) 23.4 21.0 22.2 2.4 1.11 2010 [3]
 
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) 		27.1 24.9 26 2.2 1.09 2017 [16]
 Cyprus (more info) 30.7 29.6 30.2 1.1 1.04 2019 [15]
 Georgia 30.7 28.1 29.4 2.6 1.09 2019 [15]
 Hong Kong 32.1 30.6 31.4 1.5 1.05 2022 [17]
 
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) 		28.0 25.3 26.7 2.7 1.11 2020 [18]
 Indonesia (more info) 24.0 20.0 22 4 1.2 2017 [2]
 Iran (more info) 27.4 23.8 25.6 3.6 1.15 2015 [19]
 Iraq 28.2 25.3 26.8 2.9 1.11 2004 [2]
 Israel (more info) 30.6 28.2 29.4 2.4 1.09 2018 [15]
 Japan (more info) 32.0 30.0 31 2 1.07 2020 [20]
 
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) 		31.3 26.6 29 4.7 1.18 2019 [21]
 Kazakhstan[a] 27.6 25.0 26.3 2.6 1.1 2019 [15]
 Kuwait 28.9 27.5 28.2 1.4 1.05 2005 [2]
 Kyrgyzstan 27.2 23.6 25.4 3.6 1.15 2019 [15]
 Laos 23.3 20.5 21.9 2.8 1.14 2012 [2]
 Lebanon 32.8 28.8 30.8 4 1.14 2006 [22]
 
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) 		27.0 25.0 26 2 1.08 2010 [23]
 Maldives[a] 24.1 21.6 22.9 2.5 1.12 2009 [3]
 Mongolia[a] 29.0 26.0 27.5 3 1.12 2019 [24]
 Myanmar[a] (more info) 24.0 20.5 22.3 3.5 1.17 2007 [3]
   Nepal[a] 23.6 20.1 21.9 3.5 1.17 2016 [2]
 
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) 		29.0 25.5 27.3 3.5 1.14 2008 [2]
 Oman 28.1 24.8 26.5 3.3 1.13 2003 [2]
 Pakistan (more info) 26.9 23.2 25.1 3.7 1.16 2017 [2]
 Palestine[c] 25.4 20.1 22.8 5.3 1.26 2010 [3]
 
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) 		28.0 25.3 26.7 2.7 1.11 2011 [25]
 Qatar 27.3 25.4 26.4 1.9 1.07 2010 [2]
 
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) 		25.3 20.4 22.9 4.9 1.24 2018 [26]
 
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) 		30.1 27.9 29 2.2 1.08 2014 [27]
 Sri Lanka 27.2 23.4 25.3 3.8 1.16 2012 [2]
 
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) 		33.0 31.0 32 2 1.06 2022 [28]
 Syria 31.8 26.3 29.1 5.5 1.21 2016 [29]
 
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) 		32.6 30.4 31.5 2.2 1.07 2019 [30]
 Tajikistan 26.2 22.1 24.2 4.1 1.19 2019 [15]
 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]
 Turkey (more info) 27.9 25.0 26.5 2.9 1.12 2019 [15]
 Turkmenistan 24.6 23.3 24 1.3 1.06 2006 [3]
 United Arab Emirates 26.8 25.3 26.1 1.5 1.06 2005 [2]
 Uzbekistan 26.6 22.7 24.7 3.9 1.17 2019 [15]
 
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) 		26.2 22.8 24.5 3.4 1.15 2009 [31]
 Yemen 26.1 23.0 24.6 3.1 1.13 2013 [2]

Europe

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger.
Country Men Women Average Age Gap Age Ratio Year Source
 Albania 30.9 27.8 29.4 3.1 1.11 2019 [15]
 Austria (more info) 33.0 30.8 31.9 2.2 1.07 2019 [15]
 Belarus 28.3 26.1 27.2 2.2 1.08 2019 [15]
 Belgium 32.3 30.0 31.2 2.3 1.08 2015 [15]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.5 26.8 28.2 2.7 1.1 2019 [15]
 
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) 		32.0 29.1 30.6 2.9 1.1 2019 [15]
 Croatia 31.5 28.9 30.2 2.6 1.09 2019 [15]
 Czech Republic (more info) 32.2 29.8 31 2.4 1.08 2017 [15]
 Denmark 35.0 32.7 33.9 2.3 1.07 2019 [15]
 Estonia 32.3 30.4 31.4 1.9 1.06 2019 [15]
 
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) 		34.2 32.1 33.2 2.1 1.07 2019 [15]
 France (more info) 33.7 32.0 32.9 1.7 1.05 2013 [2]
 Germany (more info) 34.5 32.1 33.3 2.4 1.07 2019 [15]
 Greece (more info) 32.9 30.1 31.5 2.8 1.09 2017 [15]
 Hungary 32.8 30.1 31.5 2.7 1.09 2019 [15]
 Iceland 34.6 32.7 33.7 1.9 1.06 2011 [15]
 Ireland (more info) 36.8 34.8 35.8 2 1.06 2019 [32]
 
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) 		33.7 31.5 32.6 2.2 1.07 2018 [15]
 Latvia 32.7 30.6 31.7 2.1 1.07 2019 [15]
 Liechtenstein 33.9 31.2 32.6 2.7 1.09 2019 [15]
 Lithuania 30.7 28.3 29.5 2.4 1.08 2019 [15]
 Luxembourg 34.3 31.8 33.1 2.5 1.08 2019 [15]
 Malta 30.5 28.5 29.5 2 1.07 2011 [15]
 Moldova 28.9 26.0 27.5 2.9 1.11 2019 [15]
 Monaco 33.4 30.4 31.9 3 1.1 2008 [2]
 Montenegro 31.1 28.0 29.6 3.1 1.11 2019 [15]
 Netherlands 33.0 30.9 32 2.1 1.07 2019 [15]
 North Macedonia 29.6 26.9 28.3 2.7 1.1 2019 [15]
 Norway 36.7 34.1 35.4 2.6 1.08 2020 [33]
 Poland (more info) 28.9 27.0 28 1.9 1.07 2019 [15]
 Portugal 33.9 32.4 33.2 1.5 1.05 2019 [15]
 Romania 31.6 28.3 30 3.3 1.12 2019 [15]
 
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) 		28.1 25.5 26.8 2.6 1.1 2013 [15]
 San Marino 33.5 30.7 32.1 2.8 1.09 2014 [2]
 Serbia 31.4 28.6 30 2.8 1.1 2019 [15]
 Slovakia (more info) 31.9 29.4 30.7 2.5 1.09 2019 [15]
 Slovenia 32.8 30.7 31.8 2.1 1.07 2019 [15]
 Spain (more info) 35.6 33.6 34.6 2 1.06 2019 [15]
 Sweden 36.3 33.9 35.1 2.4 1.07 2019 [15]
  
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) 		32.3 30.1 31.2 2.2 1.07 2019 [15]
 Ukraine (more info) 28.6 25.9 27.3 2.7 1.1 2019 [15]
 United Kingdom (more info) 33.6 31.7 32.7 1.9 1.06 2017 [15]

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) 32.1 30.5 31.3 1.6 1.05 2021 [34]
 Fiji 27.7 24.1 25.9 3.6 1.15 2007 [2]
 Kiribati[d] 23.6 20.1 21.9 3.5 1.17 2009 [35]
 Marshall Islands 25.7 24.2 25 1.5 1.06 2011 [36]
 Micronesia 27.5 25.5 26.5 2 1.08 2010 [37]
 Nauru[e] 22.8 21.2 22.0 1.6 1.08 2007 [38]
 New Zealand (more info) 30.6 29.4 30.0 1.2 1.04 2019 [39]
 Palau 28.9 26.6 27.8 2.3 1.09 2005 [2]
 Papua New Guinea 25.0 21.4 23.2 3.6 1.17 2006 [2]
 Samoa 28.7 24.1 26.4 4.6 1.19 2009 [2]
 Solomon Islands[e] 25.6 20.3 23.0 5.3 1.26 2007 [40]
 Tonga[f] 25.0 23.6 24.3 1.4 1.06 2012 [41]
 Tuvalu[e] 27.2 22.1 24.7 5.1 1.23 2007 [42]
 Vanuatu[d] 24.4 20.8 22.6 3.6 1.17 2013 [43]

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 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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