1616

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African rep.
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech rep.
Denmark
Dominican rep.
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France

1666

1685

1710

1716

1735

1760

French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong, China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Rep.
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
macao, China
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco

17.925

16.95

18.185

18.25

Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia

17.5

Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
West Bank and Gaza
Western Sahara
VietNam
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia
Zimbabwe

25.6

26.6

25.3

1766

1775

1780

1785

1791

1800

1810

1815

12.6

24.9

19

27

17.5

24
25.3

1825

26.83754

13.04

19.03

21.11

20.2

26.5

26.461

27
16.5

16.9

26

26.566

23.5

22.6
23

1835

1840

1845

1855

1860

1865

1866

1870

1875

20.785

27.1155

26.787

27.649

27.4735

26.6545

28

16.9

27.1

24.3

24.6
22.8

1879

1880

1885

1887

1890

1895

1897

17

16.2

22.7

26.8

25

1900

1901

19.6

28

20.6
18.2

25.7

24.7

20.2

26.022

25.6495

20.4

24.19

24.47
18.3

27.1

26.8

26.8

20.8

22

21.9

1903

1905

1906

1907

1910

1911

1915

1920

24.5

24.4

23.1

23

1921

22.2

13.04

25

13.52

21.1

25.758

24.7

24.5

20.9

25.06

25.76
20.8

21.4

26.4

18.1

26.5

19.1

19.2

21.6

21.2

1925

24.5

1928

1930

1931

24.501

1935

1937

24.5

1939

1940

24.2

12.6

23.2

23.8

1941

13.7

24.1

23.9

17.65

18.21

18.5

18.21

24

20.7

12.5

14.39

21.8

16.5

23.3

16.7

18.3

24.4

24.6

24.7

24.4

17

21.9

19.4

19.2

25.83

26.65

26.5

26.5

19.4

19.7

19.6

25.64

26.12
21.3

25.67

25.09
21.5

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

21.52
20

23.3

22.6
25.3

25.9

20

23.3

18.34

18.41

18.46

18.6

22.5

18.69

18.53

18.59

18.57

18.68

24.38

24.56

24.23

23.77

23.32

23.32
15.38

23.6

18

15.9
26.14

23.8

25.9

23.3

26.59

22.1
24.23

20.8
24.38

26.43
20.7

26.26

21.1

25.9
25.94

25.59

24.08

24.17

24

23.93
20.3

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955
21

19.6

22.1

14.4

23.32

22.2

19.07

23.09

24.03

1956

1957

1958

1959

23.925
25.9

15.43

25.08
24.7

19.4

22.3
15.78585

22.56

20.9

21.1

22.1

19.5

23.78

23.7

22.76

16.7

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

18

21.6
24.01

21.2

13.9

14.8

22.84

19.7
21.32

21.26777
21.8

21.5

16.46291
19.57

21.98

19

19.74

1967

1968

24.43157
17.66086

25.5
25.44701

21.9
21.99

22.5

17.1
18.6
18.4

25

24.8

21.7

24.1

24.00816
26.16155

18

21.75014
15.8

21.8

21.5

23.67
18.4

22.3
23.43

23.6
21.98

22.1
18.61804
21.2
25

21.8

21.6

20.8

22.17
20.3

21.92727

20.82815

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

21.5
19.3
19.38657
23.10862

1977

20.9

21.1
22.88
22.44608
16.6

16.4

28.51708
22.35
22.61784

22.12855
24.93084
22.96277
22.39573
21.44
17.41086
21.7
18.8032
21.7
18.37267
23.42467
20.19

21.74
22.49197

20.02354
22.5726
21.72645
18.72387
19.47842
24.18047
21.72
22.75
19.57931

23.75
21.24132
21.38653
19.04285

21.6915

21.73314
23.5
22.61

25.83076

22.115
19.40704

19.71949
21.51392
22.41172
19.99729
23.79599
21.11
21.91657
18.39
19.28268
19.7
20.84674
23.53282
22.79554
23.94
21.05557
24.65393

24.4
21.5

19.20388
23.27829
19.55321

23.17546
20.07011
18.73007
18.73099
21.40416
25.62397
20.28413
17.8
22.06217
17.54905
18.07239

19.46511
22.45153
21.18967

19.6

19.8804
21.25796
17.45705
24.2
24.8562
21.62568
21.4
20.21975

22.77
19.70558
20.43376
20.61758
21.66937
21.80692
22.8249
22.89
23.2479
22.13676

23.2

22.46588
21.81

22.3

20.10466
28.67975
28.36262
21.98645

18.66795

24.24817
21.72
22.30802
24.52
23.49607

25.1
18.70732

23.9

18.61804
24.3
23.7
22.87
20.66866

24.7

24.6

24.9

24.6

24.6

24.7

23.3

21.96699
24.3086
24.00755
22.7

24.7

20.1
17.7
18
22.35
20.8
22.48209

20.14896
17.97496

18.23448

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

17.83968

23.15

16.4

17.7

22.24
17.70918

23.60819

23.12

22.82

22.62

19.76864
20.02354
22.5726
18.72387
22.16521

26.23

21.6915

17.1

22.97

1986

23.17021

22.45884
22.17366

19.9

22.16521

21.6

22.2

25.05

26.27

23.52
20.3
20.61758

22.4

21.43881
22.25

15.55711

25.74857
23.4
24.7

25.4

24.7
25.2
23.14
23.8

19.12858
22.8

24.3

21.44597
22.98
22

22.03845

16.9
20.3017

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

22.47
23.8

25.5

24.9

23.61

21.31

21.79
26.94

25.76
25.52

1993

1994

1995

24.31
24.6

21.82

21.6
21

26.7

23.5

25

26.25

22.7
23.93019

33.65539
30.92765

27.1
21.79

24.6

27.7
25.87
25.9

25.2

26.3

24.79
23.9

24.1

24.4

24.5

24.5

24.5

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

27.6

22.00293

22.70559

2001

2002

2003

2004

22

26.9

20.8016

22.5851

29.2

24.8

25

20.67037

25

25.1

25.1

25.1

25.3

25.3

25.3

2005
17.83968
23.32651
29.6
23.26396
22.98603
28.93126
28.93757
23.88631
27.19277
25.9046
18.67
31.76804
22.7772
30.34198
26.17763
20.33333
20.08593
22.59546
27.11159
23.0973
25.1461
24.15979
19.3994
22.46303
22.3
20.15106
26.75706
25.6869
19.40877
18.34
23.37176
23.31162
23.00436
23.615

23.39002
22.00293
26.23072
25.21969
27.62325
30.84736
21.47468
21.55467
23.63007
22.28621
20.555
27.58297
20.5055
22.89529
30.53719
30.96427

31.69898
29.86707
22.10285
19.6467
22.46739
30.12885
22.4498
26.94385
31.57428
24.36248
20.45074
18.72
27.79589
22.27551
20.35042
28.6178
27.85076
27.51238
19.93958
22.11224
22.14466
24.84131
30.71268
25.8736
29.16758
33.20292
28.57219
25.86478
23.35925
21.44778
27.06896
25.06534
21.84411
28.15732
21.30995
20.1608
29.1911
26.13405
27.83594
26.36223
22.8784
19.84912
18.945
25.11786
21.82093
18.49
33.26954
21.77551
22.55157
22.73023
20.87334
23.65854
25.93799
26.4413

18.7386
24.54447
27.52589
18.97566
30.51454
30.22594
30.37372
30.00538
20.44892
17.6002
20.90817
31.62253
21.6717
22.12841
21.91864
20.8016
22.69565
23.56531
23.18325
25.29973
23.93019
22.5851
25.7856
30.50816
25.30127
23.58974
22.57836
32.26
30.92765
23.94953
17.75862
25.83798
21.53654
25.93799
19.75572
26.50677
26.36462
30.29514
21.22816
27.9038
29.30578
25.26371
22.66633
25.95965
32.40498
29.11519
27.8
20.91414
19.96926
24.0561
21.34905
25.50242
26.78061
29.2

23.04791
23.36683
20.24704
22.81654
23.08674
29.75162
25.3
23.30049
20.58316
22.60803
22.7484
22.86449
23.21391
29.91012
21.67
20.53106
21.03119

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Mean age at 1st marriage of women

The average age, in years, of first marriage for women. Women who never married are
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