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Libya

Libya Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 45.2% 1995 25th out of 37
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 45.2% 1995 25th out of 37
Marriageable age > Females 20 2014 1st out of 18
Marriageable age > Males 20 2014 4th out of 18
Marriageable age > Notes But lower with judicial permission on grounds of benefit or necessity and with wali's agreement. 2014
Marriages 17,862 1987 59th out of 103
Marriages per thousand people 4.51 1987 86th out of 94
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 18 2011
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18 2011 17th out of 86
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.5 2006 11th out of 15
Teen marriage rate > Women 2.5 2006 12th out of 16
Total divorces 1,740 2002 67th out of 103
Total divorces per thousand people 0.326 2002 92nd out of 98
Years spent single before marriage > Females 29.2 years 1995 2nd out of 7
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32 years 1995 1st out of 7

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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  • Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

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