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DEFINITION: Legal Age for Marriage.

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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	15
Albania	16
Andorra	14
Angola	15
Antigua and Barbuda	15
Aruba	15
Australia	16
Austria	16
Azerbaijan	17
Barbados	16
Belgium	<18
Belize	14
Benin	<18
Bolivia	<14
Botswana	18
Brazil	16
Bulgaria	16
Burkina Faso	15
Burma	14
Burundi	<18
Canada	16
Cape Verde	16
Cayman Islands	16
Chile	16
Colombia	14
Cook Islands	16
Costa Rica	15
Croatia	16
Cuba	14
Cyprus	16
Czech Republic	16
Democratic Republic of the Congo	<18
Denmark	15
Djibouti	<18
Dominica	16
Dominican Republic	16
Ecuador	<18
Egypt	16
El Salvador	14
Estonia	15
Fiji	16
Gabon	15
Georgia	16
Germany	16
Gibraltar	16
Greenland	15
Grenada	16
Guatemala	14
Guyana	16
Haiti	15
Honduras	18
Hong Kong	16
Hungary	16
Iran	15
Iraq	15
Isle of Man	16
Italy	16
Jamaica	16
Japan	16
Jersey	16
Kazakhstan	16
Kenya	16
Kiribati	16
Kyrgyzstan	16
Laos	15
Latvia	16
Lebanon	9-15
Lesotho	16
Liberia	16
Libya	18
Lithuania	15
Macau	16
Maldives	<18
Mauritius	16
Mexico	14
Monaco	15
Montenegro	16
Montserrat	16
Mozambique	16
Namibia	18
Nauru	<16
Nepal	18
Netherlands	16
New Zealand	16
Nicaragua	14
Niue	15
Norway	16
Palestine	14.5
Panama	14
Papua New Guinea	14
Paraguay	16
Peru	16
Philippines	18
Portugal	16
Puerto Rico	16
Qatar	<16
Republic of Macedonia	16
Russia	16
Rwanda	<21
Saint Lucia	16
Samoa	16
San Marino	16
Sao Tome and Principe	14
Senegal	<18
Serbia	16
Seychelles	16
Singapore	<21
Slovenia	15
Solomon Islands	15
Somalia	16
South Africa	15
South Korea	18
Spain	14
Sri Lanka	16
Suriname	15
Swaziland	16
Switzerland	16
Tajikistan	17
Tanzania	14
The Bahamas	<18
Tonga	16
Trinidad and Tobago	<18
Tunisia	<18
Turkey	16
Tuvalu	16
Ukraine	15
United States	13
Uruguay	12
Vanuatu	<16
Zimbabwe	16

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