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Age at first marriage, male by country

Mean age at marriage, male shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those males who marry before age 50. It is a synthetic indicator calculated from marital status categories of men and women aged 15 to 54 at the census or survey date.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
36.3
Estonia
Lowest
21.3
Guyana
Median
28.05
Years covered
60
1960–2019
Data points
1,646

What the numbers show

Age at first marriage, male is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 36.3 in Estonia; the lowest is 21.3 in Guyana.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.05, and the mean is 28.73.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 26.9%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 25.2%).

Age at first marriage, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Estonia 36.3 2018 up 26.9% rising
2 Bulgaria 35.7 2018 up 19.8% rising
3 Slovenia 35.6 2018 up 2.6% rising
4 Italy 35.3 2018 up 10.3% rising
4 Lithuania 35.3 2018 up 18.9% rising
6 Hungary 35 2018 up 8.0% rising
7 Czechia 34.8 2018 up 10.1% rising
8 Greenland 34.7 2018 up 3.0% rising
9 Namibia 34.3 2016 up 13.6% rising
9 New Caledonia 34.3 2014 up 1.8% rising
9 Netherlands 34.3 2018 up 2.1% rising
12 Faroe Islands 34.1 2018 up 2.4% rising
12 Norway 34.1 2018 up 0.3% rising
14 San Marino 34 2018 up 10.0% rising
15 Germany 33.9 2018 up 0.9% rising
15 South Korea 33.9 2015 up 5.9% rising
17 France 33.7 2013 up 2.4% rising
17 Iceland 33.7 2018 up 13.9% rising
19 Denmark 33.6 2018 up 2.8% rising
19 Slovakia 33.6 2018 up 9.4% rising
21 Ireland 33.4 2016 up 3.1% rising
22 Sweden 33.2 2018 down 2.1% rising
23 Switzerland 33.1 2017 up 1.2% rising
23 Latvia 33.1 2018 up 6.1% rising
25 Tunisia 32.9 2014 up 0.9% rising
26 Macao 32.7 2011 up 10.8% rising
27 Finland 32.6 2018 up 1.6% rising
28 Bermuda 32.5 2016 up 3.2% rising
28 Luxembourg 32.5 2018 up 6.9% rising
30 Algeria 32.4 2012 down 1.8% rising
30 Liechtenstein 32.4 2018 unchanged rising
32 Portugal 32.2 2011 up 13.8% rising
33 Hong Kong 32.1 2016 down 2.1% rising
34 New Zealand 32 2006 up 17.6% rising
35 Gibraltar 31.8 2012 up 8.5% rising
35 Trinidad and Tobago 31.8 2011 up 1.3% rising
37 Morocco 31.3 2018 up 0.3% rising
38 Australia 31.2 2016 down 1.3% rising
39 Jordan 30.9 2018 up 4.7% rising
40 Albania 30.8 2018 up 6.9% rising
41 South Africa 30.7 2016 up 0.7% rising
42 Bahamas 30.6 2010 up 2.3% rising
42 Senegal 30.6 2017 up 10.1% rising
44 Japan 30.5 2015 down 1.9% rising
45 Singapore 30.4 2010 up 1.3% rising
46 Spain 30.3 2011 down 4.1% rising
46 Guinea-Bissau 30.3 2014 up 7.8% rising
46 Malta 30.3 2011 — rising
49 Saudi Arabia 30 2017 up 7.1% rising
50 Austria 29.8 2011 up 1.0% rising
50 Botswana 29.8 2011 down 3.6% rising
52 Romania 29.4 2011 up 2.8% rising
53 Brunei 29.3 2011 — rising
53 Chile 29.3 2011 up 5.8% rising
53 Cyprus 29.3 2011 up 2.1% rising
56 Cote d'Ivoire 29.2 2016 up 7.0% flat
56 Costa Rica 29.2 2018 up 5.8% rising
56 Israel 29.2 2016 up 1.7% rising
56 Mauritania 29.2 2015 down 0.7% flat
60 Sudan 28.9 2010 down 2.7% flat
61 Canada 28.7 2016 up 0.3% rising
61 United Kingdom 28.7 2011 up 2.1% rising
61 Haiti 28.7 2016 up 4.4% flat
61 Moldova 28.7 2014 up 5.9% rising
61 Poland 28.7 2011 up 2.5% rising
66 Belgium 28.6 2011 down 7.4% rising
66 Nigeria 28.6 2013 up 2.1% rising
68 Armenia 28.5 2015 up 5.6% rising
68 Cameroon 28.5 2014 up 14.0% rising
68 Thailand 28.5 2010 up 4.0% rising
71 Azerbaijan 28.1 2018 down 0.4% rising
71 Egypt 28.1 2017 up 1.4% flat
73 Guinea 28 2014 up 6.5% flat
73 Lesotho 28 2014 up 2.9% rising
75 Cape Verde 27.9 2005 down 1.8% flat
75 Sierra Leone 27.9 2017 up 6.5% flat
75 East Timor 27.9 2016 up 3.3% rising
75 Turkey 27.9 2013 up 5.7% rising
79 Ghana 27.8 2014 up 4.5% rising
79 Kuwait 27.8 2011 down 3.8% rising
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.8 2012 unchanged falling
82 Togo 27.6 2017 unchanged rising
83 Congo 27.5 2015 up 6.6% flat
83 Iran 27.5 2016 up 4.2% rising
83 Peru 27.5 2012 down 2.5% rising
86 Tonga 27.4 2016 down 2.1% flat
87 Seychelles 27.3 2002 up 1.5% falling
87 Samoa 27.3 2016 down 5.9% rising
89 China 27.1 2016 up 5.9% rising
89 Indonesia 27.1 2017 up 0.7% rising
89 Philippines 27.1 2017 up 0.7% rising
92 Rwanda 27 2015 up 1.9% rising
93 Pakistan 26.9 2017 unchanged rising
93 Vietnam 26.9 2015 up 3.9% rising
95 Brazil 26.8 2010 up 2.3% flat
96 Bolivia 26.6 2012 up 3.1% rising
97 Palestine 26.5 2017 down 0.4% rising
98 Burkina Faso 26.4 2017 unchanged flat
98 Liberia 26.4 2013 up 4.3% flat
98 Solomon Islands 26.4 2015 up 0.8% flat
101 Kazakhstan 26.3 2011 up 0.8% rising
101 Kenya 26.3 2014 unchanged flat
103 Colombia 26.2 2015 down 2.6% flat
103 Iraq 26.2 2012 down 6.4% rising
103 Papua New Guinea 26.2 2016 up 4.8% rising
106 Burundi 26.1 2016 up 2.4% rising
106 Yemen 26.1 2013 up 2.8% rising
108 India 26 2016 up 2.8% rising
108 Zimbabwe 26 2017 up 0.4% flat
110 Mexico 25.9 2019 down 2.6% rising
110 Zambia 25.9 2014 up 4.4% flat
112 Ethiopia 25.8 2016 up 0.4% rising
112 Mali 25.8 2018 down 6.5% flat
112 Venezuela 25.8 2011 down 0.8% flat
115 Benin 25.7 2018 up 1.6% flat
116 South Sudan 25.6 2010 — flat
117 Democratic Republic of Congo 25.5 2014 down 4.9% flat
117 Comoros 25.5 2012 down 4.9% falling
117 Kyrgyzstan 25.5 2012 up 2.0% rising
117 Maldives 25.5 2017 — rising
121 Myanmar 25.4 2016 down 8.3% rising
122 Panama 25.3 2010 down 1.9% flat
123 Bangladesh 25.2 2011 down 0.4% rising
123 Tanzania 25.2 2016 up 0.4% flat
125 Cuba 25.1 2014 down 0.8% rising
125 Mongolia 25.1 2013 down 2.3% flat
127 Ecuador 25 2010 up 1.6% flat
127 Guatemala 25 2018 — flat
129 Belarus 24.8 2012 down 2.4% rising
129 Dominican Republic 24.8 2013 down 5.0% flat
131 Chad 24.7 2015 up 0.8% flat
132 Laos 24.6 2017 down 0.4% rising
133 Cambodia 24.5 2014 down 0.4% flat
133 Malawi 24.5 2018 up 2.5% flat
135 Nicaragua 24.4 2005 up 3.0% flat
136 Uganda 24.3 2016 up 2.1% rising
137 Kiribati 24.1 2010 down 2.8% flat
138 Niger 24 2015 down 4.4% rising
139 Nepal 23.6 2016 up 5.4% rising
140 Mozambique 23.4 2017 up 0.4% flat
141 Belize 22.5 2016 down 25.2% flat
142 Madagascar 22.4 2009 down 6.3% flat
143 Central African Republic 21.7 2010 down 12.5% flat
144 Guyana 21.3 2014 down 18.7% falling

About this data

Indicator
Age at first marriage, male
Source
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,646 data points, 1960–2019
Last refreshed

Mean age at marriage, male shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those males who marry before age 50. It is a synthetic indicator calculated from marital status categories of men and women aged 15 to 54 at the census or survey date.