×
Sweden

Sweden Marriage, divorce and children Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 75.2% 1996 4th out of 31
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 75.2% 1996 4th out of 31
Contraception use among married women > Condom 16.4% 1996 2nd out of 27
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 35th out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 36th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes Under 18 with permission from the county administrative board (LST). The county administrative board may only give permission when there are 'special reasons' but although the custodians of the underage should be heard if possible, the consent of the custodians is not required. Although the law specifies no lower age limit to enter into marriage, the policy of the LST is to not grant any permission to a person under 15 years of age. 2014
Marriages 50,616 2012 14th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 5.32 2012 22nd out of 50
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 12 children to 6 families (2 per family) 2014
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1 2010 31st out of 35
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.5 2010 31st out of 37
Total divorces 23,422 2012 10th out of 36
Total divorces per thousand people 2.46 2012 7th out of 36
Years spent single before marriage > Females 32.3 years 2001 1st out of 14
Years spent single before marriage > Males 34.5 years 2001 1st out of 14

SOURCES: 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.; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); 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

Citation

Did you know

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

Contraception use among married women 6 Sperm donation laws 4

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×