List of countries by age at first marriage

This is a list of countries by age at first marriage. The list is current from contemporary surveys. It does not treat the topic in history. Currency of information varies by country. Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages,^[1] the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry; for most reporting sources, however, only the average age at marriage is reported.^{[citation needed]}

Map by color of age at first marriage

The age at first marriage is an index that indicates how old men and women are on their first marriage. The average age at first marriage is half the sum of the ages of both men and women at first marriage. Men and women living in Spain are the oldest at first marriage, followed by Japan, Chile, the Netherlands, South Korea, Argentina, Norway, Taiwan, Brazil and Hong Kong. In the United States, the mean age at first marriage is about 32 for men and about 30.8 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 31.4 for both genders. However, in India, it is even lower, at about 30 for men and about 27.2 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 28.6 for both genders.^{[citation needed]}

Africa

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Algeria (more info)	33.2	30.8	32	2.4	1.08	2020	[2]
Angola	26.7	23.4	25.1	3.3	1.14	2009	[3]
Benin[a]	24.4	19.9	22.2	4.5	1.23	2012	[3]
Botswana	30.9	26.4	28.7	4.5	1.17	2001	[2]
Burkina Faso[a]	26.3	19.9	23.1	6.4	1.32	2018	[3]
Burundi[a]	24.6	21.3	23	3.3	1.15	2019	[3]
Cape Verde[a]	35.2	32.0	33.6	3.2	1.1	2019	[3]
Cameroon[a] (more info)	26.0	19.6	22.8	6.4	1.33	2017	[3]
Central African Republic	23.7	20.3	22	3.4	1.17	2019	[2]
Chad	25.3	19.1	22.2	6.2	1.32	2011	[2]
Comoros[a]	25.6	20.4	23	5.2	1.25	1996	[3]
Congo[a]	26.1	22.0	24.1	4.1	1.19	2016	[3]
Ivory Coast[a]	26.7	19.5	23.1	7.2	1.37	2005	[3]
DR Congo[a]	26.2	21.0	23.6	5.2	1.25	2019	[3]
Djibouti	31.3	27.4	29.4	3.9	1.14	2009	[2]
Egypt (more info)	31.0	25.0	28	6	1.24	2019	[4]
Equatorial Guinea	26.1	20.5	23.3	5.6	1.27	2011	[2]
Eritrea	29.1	20.6	24.9	8.5	1.41	2002	[2]
Eswatini	30.5	26.5	28.5	4	1.15	2007	[2]
Ethiopia	26.8	22.3	24.6	4.5	1.2	2019	[2]
Gabon[a]	25.5	21.4	23.5	4.1	1.19	2007	[3]
Gambia	30.7	22.7	26.7	8	1.35	2019	[2]
Ghana[a] (more info)	25.7	21.7	23.7	4	1.18	2008	[3]
Guinea	28.0	19.8	23.9	8.2	1.41	2014	[2]
Guinea-Bissau	28.1	20.9	24.5	7.2	1.34	2000	[2]
Kenya[a]	29.6	25.6	27.6	4	1.16	2018-2019	[3]
Lesotho[a]	25.5	20.9	23.2	4.6	1.22	2009	[3]
Liberia[a]	23.0	19.0	21	4	1.21	2009	[3]
Libya	32.0	30.0	31	2	1.07	2003	[5]
Madagascar[a]	25.5	22.8	24.2	2.7	1.12	2019	[3]
Malawi[a]	25.3	20.9	23.1	4.4	1.21	2019	[3]
Mali[a]	26.0	19.1	22.6	6.9	1.36	2018	[2]
Mauritania[a] (more info)	27.1	19.2	23.2	7.9	1.41	2008-2009	[3]
Mauritius	36.4	32.4	34.4	4	1.12	2019	[3]
Morocco	31.3	25.7	28.5	5.6	1.22	2019	[6]
Mozambique	27.6	22.8	25.2	4.8	1.21	2020	[2]
Namibia[a]	31.7	29.2	30.5	2.5	1.09	2006-2007	[3]
Niger	22.8	19.2	21	3.6	1.19	2017	[2]
Nigeria (more info)	24.8	19.2	22	5.6	1.29	2018	[2]
Rwanda[a]	24.7	20.6	22.7	4.1	1.2	2010	[3]
São Tomé and Príncipe[a]	24.1	19.1	21.6	5	1.26	2008-2009	[3]
Senegal	31.4	23.8	27.6	7.6	1.32	2020	[2]
Seychelles	35.3	31.1	33.2	4.2	1.14	2011	[2]
Somalia	26.5	20.6	23.6	5.9	1.29	1982	[2]
South Africa[b] (more info)	35.0	31.0	33	4	1.13	2020	[7]
South Sudan	27.6	20.4	24	7.2	1.35	2019	[2]
Sudan (more info)	28.9	21.9	25.4	7	1.32	2014	[2]
Tanzania[a]	23.8	19.0	21.4	4.8	1.25	2010	[3]
Togo	27.6	22.3	25	5.3	1.24	2014	[2]
Tunisia	32.9	28.2	30.6	4.7	1.17	2014	[2]
Uganda[a]	24.4	20.2	22.3	4.2	1.21	2018	[3]
Zambia[a]	25.7	20.7	23.2	5	1.24	2011	[3]
Zimbabwe[a]	24.6	19.9	22.3	4.7	1.24	2010-2011	[3]

Americas

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Antigua and Barbuda	29.0	25.0	27	4	1.16	2001	[2]
Argentina	38.8	36.8	37.8	2	1.05	2020	[8]
Bahamas	30.6	27.0	28.8	3.6	1.13	2010	[2]
Barbados	35.3	32.9	34.1	2.4	1.07	2000	[2]
Belize	30.1	28.6	29.4	1.5	1.05	2010	[2]
Bolivia	26.6	24.1	25.4	2.5	1.1	2012	[2]
Brazil	38.0	35.6	36.8	2.4	1.07	2020	[9]
Canada (more info)	30.8	30.4	30.6	0.4	1.01	2022	[10]
Chile (more info)	39.4	37.8	38.6	1.6	1.04	2020	[11]
Colombia	22.3	18.1	20.2	4.2	1.23	2020	[2]
Costa Rica	34.0	31.0	32.5	3	1.1	2020	[12]
Cuba (more info)	25.4	21.3	23.4	4.1	1.19	2012	[2]
Ecuador	28.3	25.1	26.7	3.2	1.13	2020	[2]
El Salvador	25.5	22.5	24	3	1.13	2007	[2]
Grenada	35.2	32.0	33.6	3.2	1.1	2000	[2]
Guatemala	23.6	21.3	22.5	2.3	1.11	1994	[2]
Guyana	25.4	21.5	23.5	3.9	1.18	2009	[2]
Haiti	28.7	24.9	26.8	3.8	1.15	2016	[2]
Honduras	24.1	21.2	22.7	2.9	1.14	2012	[2]
Jamaica	35.4	33.8	34.6	1.6	1.05	2022	[2]
Mexico	33.4	30.6	32	2.8	1.09	2022	[13]
Nicaragua	24.4	20.6	22.5	3.8	1.18	2005	[2]
Panama	25.3	21.6	23.5	3.7	1.17	2010	[2]
Paraguay (more info)	26.8	22.7	24.8	4.1	1.18	2002	[2]
Peru	27.5	23.5	25.5	4	1.17	2012	[2]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.1	31.3	31.7	0.8	1.03	1980	[2]
Saint Lucia	36.1	34.9	35.5	1.2	1.03	2000	[2]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.8	21.2	24.5	6.6	1.31	2012	[2]
Suriname	32.8	29.3	31.1	3.5	1.12	2012	[2]
Trinidad and Tobago	31.8	29.2	30.5	2.6	1.09	2011	[2]
United States (more info)	32.0	30.8	31.4	1.2	1.04	2024	[14]
Uruguay	37.2	34.8	36	2.4	1.07	2019	[2]
Venezuela	26.0	22.7	24.4	3.3	1.15	2001	[2]

Asia

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Afghanistan	25.6	22.4	24	3.2	1.14	2020	[2]
Armenia	30.5	27.1	28.8	3.4	1.13	2019	[15]
Azerbaijan	28.1	24.0	26.1	4.1	1.17	2019	[15]
Bahrain	33.6	29.2	31.4	4.4	1.15	2018	[2]
Bangladesh[a] (more info)	27.2	24.8	26	2.4	1.1	2019	[3]
Bhutan	25.4	22.8	24.1	2.6	1.11	2007	[2]
Brunei	27.3	25.1	26.2	2.2	1.09	1991	[2]
Cambodia[a] (more info)	23.4	21.0	22.2	2.4	1.11	2010	[3]
China	28.8	25.6	27.2	3.2	1.13	2021	[16]
Hong Kong	32.2	30.6	31.4	1.6	1.05	2022	[17]
India (more info)	30.0	27.2	28.6	2.8	1.1	2020	[18]
Indonesia (more info)	25.4	21.0	23.2	4.4	1.21	2020	[2]
Iran (more info)	28.0	24.0	26	4	1.17	2017	[19]
Iraq	28.2	25.3	26.8	2.9	1.11	2004	[2]
Israel (more info)	31.6	29.2	30.4	2.4	1.08	2019	[15]
Japan (more info)	31.1	29.7	30.4	1.4	1.05	2023	[20]
Jordan (more info)	31.3	26.6	29	4.7	1.18	2021	[21]
Kazakhstan[a]	27.6	25.0	26.3	2.6	1.1	2019	[15]
Kuwait	29.9	28.7	29.3	1.2	1.04	2018	[2]
Kyrgyzstan	27.2	23.6	25.4	3.6	1.15	2019	[15]
Laos	23.3	20.5	21.9	2.8	1.14	2012	[2]
Lebanon	34.4	30.4	32.4	4	1.13	2019	[22]
Malaysia (more info)	31.0	29.4	30.2	1.6	1.05	2022	[23]
Maldives[a]	24.1	21.6	22.9	2.5	1.12	2009	[3]
Mongolia[a]	29.0	26.0	27.5	3	1.12	2019	[24]
Myanmar[a] (more info)	24.6	21.1	22.9	3.5	1.17	2009	[3]
Nepal[a]	23.6	20.1	21.9	3.5	1.17	2016	[2]
North Korea (more info)	29.0	25.5	27.3	3.5	1.14	2008	[2]
Oman	32.1	28.9	30.5	3.2	1.11	2009	[2]
Pakistan (more info)	28.4	25.6	27	2.8	1.11	2019	[2]
Palestine[c]	31.4	26.2	28.8	5.2	1.2	2019	[3]
Philippines (more info)	28.2	25.4	26.8	2.8	1.11	2018	[25]
Qatar	31.3	29.4	30.4	1.9	1.06	2018	[2]
Saudi Arabia (more info)	29.3	25.9	27.6	3.4	1.13	2019	[26]
Singapore (more info)	30.1	29.5	29.8	0.6	1.02	2023	[27]
Sri Lanka	27.2	23.4	25.3	3.8	1.16	2012	[2]
South Korea (more info)	39.0	37.0	38	2	1.05	2022	[28]
Syria	31.8	26.3	29.1	5.5	1.21	2016	[29]
Taiwan (more info)	32.6	30.7	31.7	1.9	1.06	2020	[30]
Tajikistan	26.2	22.1	24.2	4.1	1.19	2019	[15]
Thailand[a]	30.8	27.6	29.2	3.2	1.12	2021	[3]
Timor-Leste[a]	25.0	20.6	22.8	4.4	1.21	2009-2010	[3]
Turkey (more info)	29.0	27.0	28	2	1.07	2020	[15]
Turkmenistan	24.6	23.3	24	1.3	1.06	2006	[3]
United Arab Emirates	26.8	25.3	26.1	1.5	1.06	2005	[2]
Uzbekistan	26.6	22.7	24.7	3.9	1.17	2019	[15]
Vietnam (more info)	29.3	25.1	27.2	4.2	1.17	2023	[31]
Yemen	26.1	23.0	24.6	3.1	1.13	2013	[2]

Europe

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger.

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Albania	30.9	27.8	29.4	3.1	1.11	2019	[15]
Austria (more info)	33.2	30.8	32	2.4	1.08	2019	[15]
Belarus	28.3	26.1	27.2	2.2	1.08	2019	[15]
Belgium	32.3	30.0	31.2	2.3	1.08	2015	[15]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.5	26.8	28.2	2.7	1.1	2019	[15]
Bulgaria (more info)	32.0	29.1	30.6	2.9	1.1	2019	[15]
Croatia	31.5	28.9	30.2	2.6	1.09	2019	[15]
Cyprus (more info)	30.7	29.6	30.2	1.1	1.04	2019	[15]
Czech Republic (more info)	32.2	29.8	31	2.4	1.08	2017	[15]
Denmark	36.2	33.4	34.8	2.8	1.08	2019	[15]
Estonia	32.3	30.4	31.4	1.9	1.06	2019	[15]
Finland (more info)	35.2	33.2	34.2	2	1.06	2019	[15]
France (more info)	34.4	32.8	33.6	1.6	1.05	2019	[2]
Germany (more info)	35.6	34.4	35	1.2	1.03	2019	[15]
Greece (more info)	32.9	30.1	31.5	2.8	1.09	2017	[15]
Georgia	31.9	29.4	30.7	2.5	1.09	2021	[15]
Hungary	32.8	30.1	31.5	2.7	1.09	2019	[15]
Iceland	34.6	32.7	33.7	1.9	1.06	2011	[15]
Ireland (more info)	37.8	35.0	36.4	2.8	1.08	2020	[32]
Italy (more info)	35.2	33.6	34.4	1.6	1.05	2018	[15]
Latvia	32.7	30.6	31.7	2.1	1.07	2019	[15]
Liechtenstein	33.9	31.2	32.6	2.7	1.09	2019	[15]
Lithuania	30.7	28.3	29.5	2.4	1.08	2019	[15]
Luxembourg	34.3	31.8	33.1	2.5	1.08	2019	[15]
Malta	30.5	28.5	29.5	2	1.07	2011	[15]
Moldova	28.9	26.0	27.5	2.9	1.11	2019	[15]
Monaco	33.4	30.4	31.9	3	1.1	2008	[2]
Montenegro	31.1	28.0	29.6	3.1	1.11	2019	[15]
Netherlands	39.2	37.6	38.4	1.6	1.04	2020	[15]
North Macedonia	29.6	26.9	28.3	2.7	1.1	2019	[15]
Norway	38.4	36.8	37.6	1.6	1.04	2023	[33]
Poland (more info)	32.2	29.4	30.8	2.8	1.1	2020	[15]
Portugal	33.9	32.4	33.2	1.5	1.05	2019	[15]
Romania	31.6	28.3	30	3.3	1.12	2019	[15]
Russia (more info)	29.2	26.0	27.6	3.2	1.12	2020	[15]
San Marino	33.5	30.7	32.1	2.8	1.09	2014	[2]
Serbia	31.4	28.6	30	2.8	1.1	2019	[15]
Slovakia (more info)	31.9	29.4	30.7	2.5	1.09	2019	[15]
Slovenia	32.8	30.7	31.8	2.1	1.07	2019	[15]
Spain (more info)	40.8	38.8	39.8	2	1.05	2020	[15]
Sweden	36.3	33.9	35.1	2.4	1.07	2019	[15]
Switzerland (more info)	32.8	30.4	31.6	2.4	1.08	2019	[15]
Ukraine (more info)	31.2	29.2	30.2	2	1.07	2020	[15]
United Kingdom (more info)	31.0	29.0	30	2	1.07	2022	[15]

Oceania

Note: the reported age for these countries is the median, not the mean (average). All countries in italics have their data in the mean and not the median.

Country	Men	Women	Median	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Australia (more info)	33.2	30.8	32.0	2.4	1.08	2023	[citation needed]
Fiji	29.3	25.7	27.5	3.6	1.14	2019	[2]
Kiribati[d]	23.6	20.1	21.9	3.5	1.17	2009	[34]
Marshall Islands	27.1	25.6	26.4	1.5	1.06	2019	[35]
Micronesia	30.5	28.5	29.5	2	1.07	2019	[36]
Nauru[e]	23.2	21.6	22.4	1.6	1.07	2009	[37]
New Zealand (more info)	31.6	30.4	31.0	1.2	1.04	2020	[citation needed]
Palau	31.9	29.6	30.8	2.3	1.08	2009	[2]
Papua New Guinea	25.0	21.4	23.2	3.6	1.17	2006	[2]
Samoa	30.7	26.1	28.4	4.6	1.18	2018	[2]
Solomon Islands[e]	25.6	20.3	23.0	5.3	1.26	2007	[38]
Tonga[f]	25.0	23.6	24.3	1.4	1.06	2012	[39]
Tuvalu[e]	28.2	23.3	25.8	4.9	1.21	2019	[40]
Vanuatu[d]	24.4	20.8	22.6	3.6	1.17	2013	[41]

See also

• Age of consent
• Marriageable age

Notes

1. Those surveyed were aged 25-29
2. Median ages are rounded
3. West Bank only
4. Those surveyed were aged 25+
5. Those surveyed were aged 20-49
6. Those surveyed were aged 25-49

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External links

• United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000 (archived from the original on 25 December 2003)
• Age at first marriage: interactive data visualizations