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Portugal

Portugal Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 10% 1991 10th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Any method 86.8% 2006 1st out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 86.8% 2006 1st out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Condom 11.2% 2006 7th out of 54
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 42nd out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 44th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes 16 with parental consent (or if this is unattainable, the court can provide the consent). 2014
Marriages 34,423 2012 22nd out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 3.27 2012 48th out of 50
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011
Teen marriage rate > Men 1.2 2001 4th out of 18
Teen marriage rate > Women 4.6 2001 7th out of 18
Total divorces 26,750 2011 24th out of 71
Total divorces per thousand people 2.53 2011 16th out of 70
Years spent single before marriage > Females 23.9 years 1991 17th out of 20

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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. 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

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Portugal People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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