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Singapore

Singapore Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 7% 2000 5th out of 12
Contraception use among married women > Any method 62% 1997 14th out of 33
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 62% 1997 14th out of 33
Contraception use among married women > Condom 22% 1997 4th out of 30
Marriageable age > Females 21 2014 1st out of 32
Marriageable age > Males 21 2014 3rd out of 32
Marriageable age > Notes 18 with parental consent; below 18 with special marriage license. 2014
Marriages 27,936 2012 26th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 5.26 2012 25th out of 50
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <21 2011
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1 2010 27th out of 35
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.4 2010 33th out of 37
Total divorces 6,893 2012 26th out of 36
Total divorces per thousand people 1.3 2012 27th out of 36
Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.5 years 2001 6th out of 14

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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