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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Japan & Switzerland

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STAT Japan Switzerland HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
82%
Ranked 3rd. 51% more than Japan
Marriageable age > Females 20
Ranked 4th. 11% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 22nd.
Marriageable age > Males 20
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 22nd.
Marriages 661,895
Ranked 6th. 16 times more than Switzerland
42,650
Ranked 16th.

Marriages per thousand people 5.18
Ranked 48th.
5.33
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Japan

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural divorces per million people 151.64
Ranked 23th.
500.86
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Japan

Rural marriages per thousand people 0.382
Ranked 25th.
1.24
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Japan

Teen marriage rate > Women 0.6
Ranked 28th.
0.7
Ranked 14th. 17% more than Japan
Total divorces 235,719
Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Switzerland
17,550
Ranked 13th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.84
Ranked 39th.
2.19
Ranked 14th. 19% more than Japan

Urban divorces 216,337
Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Switzerland
13,603
Ranked 13th.

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.69
Ranked 10th.
1.72
Ranked 8th. 2% more than Japan

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.8
Ranked 6th. 18% more than Switzerland
4.08
Ranked 10th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 28.6 years
Ranked 5th.
29.1 years
Ranked 5th. 2% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 54.3%
Ranked 24th.
82%
Ranked 3rd. 51% more than Japan
Contraception use among married women > Condom 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Switzerland
14.2%
Ranked 4th.
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.3
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Switzerland
0.1
Ranked 13th.
Marriageable age > Notes url= http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7114a.html |title=American Citizen Services | Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan |publisher=Tokyo.usembassy.gov |date=2012-10-17 |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> url= http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/210/a94.html |title=SR 210 Art. 94 A. Capacity to marry (Swiss Civil Code) |publisher=Admin.ch |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.8 years
Ranked 5th.
31.6 years
Ranked 5th. 3% more than Japan
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 6th. 13% more than Switzerland
16
Ranked 30th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 20
Ranked 20th. 11% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 35th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 40.7%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Switzerland
14.2%
Ranked 4th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
77.5%
Ranked 2nd. 75% more than Japan
Urban marriages 613,035
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than Switzerland
32,279
Ranked 13th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 20
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 42nd.
Rural marriages 48,860
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Switzerland
9,804
Ranked 17th.

Rural divorces 19,382
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Switzerland
3,963
Ranked 14th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 22nd. The same as Switzerland
16
Ranked 16th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 44.4%
Ranked 20th.
77.5%
Ranked 2nd. 75% more than Japan

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

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