This is a list of countries by age at first marriage. This list is current from contemporary surveys and 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.
Country | Men | Women | Average | Age Gap | Age Ratio | Year | Source |
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Algeria (more info) | 32.4 | 28.2 | 30.3 | 4.2 | 1.15 | 2012 | [2] |
Angola | 24.7 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 3.3 | 1.15 | 2001 | [3] |
Benin[a] | 23.8 | 18.7 | 21.3 | 5.1 | 1.27 | 2006 | [3] |
Botswana | 30.9 | 26.4 | 28.7 | 4.5 | 1.17 | 2001 | [2] |
Burkina Faso[a] | 24.3 | 17.9 | 21.1 | 6.4 | 1.36 | 2010 | [3] |
Burundi[a] | 23.6 | 20.3 | 22 | 3.3 | 1.16 | 2010 | [3] |
Cape Verde[a] | 26.2 | 21.5 | 23.9 | 4.7 | 1.22 | 2010 | [3] |
Cameroon[a] (more info) | 25.8 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 6.8 | 1.36 | 2011 | [3] |
Central African Republic | 21.7 | 17.3 | 19.5 | 4.4 | 1.25 | 2010 | [2] |
Chad | 24.7 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 5.9 | 1.31 | 2004 | [2] |
Comoros[a] | 25.6 | 20.4 | 23 | 5.2 | 1.25 | 1996 | [3] |
Congo[a] | 25.1 | 21.0 | 23.1 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 2009 | [3] |
Ivory Coast[a] | 26.7 | 19.5 | 23.1 | 7.2 | 1.37 | 2005 | [3] |
DR Congo[a] | 24.2 | 19.0 | 21.6 | 5.2 | 1.27 | 2007 | [3] |
Djibouti | 30.8 | 26.9 | 28.9 | 3.9 | 1.14 | 2002 | [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 | 25.8 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 4.5 | 1.21 | 2016 | [2] |
Gabon[a] | 24.7 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 4.3 | 1.21 | 2000 | [3] |
Gambia | 29.7 | 21.5 | 25.6 | 8.2 | 1.38 | 2013 | [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] | 24.8 | 20.2 | 22.5 | 4.6 | 1.23 | 2008-2009 | [3] |
Lesotho[a] | 25.5 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 4.6 | 1.22 | 2009 | [3] |
Liberia[a] | 23.4 | 18.9 | 21.2 | 4.5 | 1.24 | 2007 | [3] |
Libya | 32.0 | 29.2 | 30.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1995 | [5] |
Madagascar[a] | 22.3 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 3.9 | 1.21 | 2008 | [3] |
Malawi[a] | 22.3 | 17.9 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 1.25 | 2010 | [3] |
Mali[a] | 25.8 | 18.8 | 22.3 | 7 | 1.37 | 2018 | [2] |
Mauritania[a] (more info) | 27.1 | 19.0 | 23.1 | 8.1 | 1.43 | 2000-2001 | [3] |
Mauritius | 29.8 | 25.4 | 27.6 | 4.4 | 1.17 | 2000 | [3] |
Morocco | 31.3 | 25.7 | 28.5 | 5.6 | 1.22 | 2019 | [6] |
Mozambique | 23.4 | 18.7 | 21.1 | 4.7 | 1.25 | 2017 | [2] |
Namibia[a] | 31.7 | 29.2 | 30.5 | 2.5 | 1.09 | 2006-2007 | [3] |
Niger | 24.0 | 17.2 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 2015 | [2] |
Nigeria (more info) | 28.6 | 21.2 | 24.9 | 7.4 | 1.35 | 2013 | [2] |
Rwanda[a] | 24.7 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 2010 | [3] |
São Tomé and Príncipe[a] | 23.8 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 5 | 1.27 | 2008-2009 | [3] |
Senegal | 30.6 | 22.2 | 26.4 | 8.4 | 1.38 | 2017 | [2] |
Seychelles | 27.3 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 2.1 | 1.08 | 2002 | [2] |
Somalia | 26.5 | 20.6 | 23.6 | 5.9 | 1.29 | 1982 | [2] |
South Africa[b] (more info) | 37.0 | 33.0 | 35 | 4 | 1.12 | 2019 | [7] |
South Sudan | 25.6 | 18.4 | 22 | 7.2 | 1.39 | 2010 | [2] |
Sudan (more info) | 28.9 | 21.9 | 25.4 | 7 | 1.32 | 2014 | [2] |
Tanzania[a] | 23.8 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 4.9 | 1.26 | 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] | 22.4 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 4.2 | 1.23 | 2011 | [3] |
Zambia[a] | 23.7 | 18.7 | 21.2 | 5 | 1.27 | 2007 | [3] |
Zimbabwe[a] | 24.6 | 19.9 | 22.3 | 4.7 | 1.24 | 2010-2011 | [3] |
Country | Men | Women | Average | Age Gap | Age Ratio | Year | Source |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 29.0 | 25.0 | 27 | 4 | 1.16 | 2001 | [2] |
Argentina | 34.1 | 33.2 | 33.7 | 0.9 | 1.03 | 2015 | [8] |
Bahamas | 30.6 | 27.0 | 28.8 | 3.6 | 1.13 | 2010 | [2] |
Barbados | 34.3 | 31.8 | 33.1 | 2.5 | 1.08 | 1990 | [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 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 3 | 1.1 | 2014 | [9] |
Canada (more info) | 31.0 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 2008 | [10] |
Chile (more info) | 35.3 | 32.6 | 34 | 2.7 | 1.08 | 2013 | [11] |
Colombia | 26.8 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 4.1 | 1.18 | 2015 | [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 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 3.2 | 1.15 | 2010 | [2] |
El Salvador | 25.5 | 22.5 | 24 | 3 | 1.13 | 2007 | [2] |
Grenada | 34.4 | 31.0 | 32.7 | 3.4 | 1.11 | 1991 | [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 | 34.8 | 33.2 | 34 | 1.6 | 1.05 | 2021 | [2] |
Mexico | 33.4 | 30.5 | 32 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2021 | [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 | 35.1 | 33.7 | 34.4 | 1.4 | 1.04 | 1991 | [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) | 30.2 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 1.8 | 1.06 | 2023 | [14] |
Uruguay | 26.5 | 24.0 | 25.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2011 | [2] |
Venezuela | 26.0 | 22.7 | 24.4 | 3.3 | 1.15 | 2001 | [2] |
Country | Men | Women | Average | Age Gap | Age Ratio | Year | Source |
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Afghanistan | 24.7 | 21.5 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 1.15 | 2015 | [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 | 30.0 | 26.3 | 28.2 | 3.7 | 1.14 | 2001 | [2] |
Bangladesh[a] (more info) | 26.5 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 1.5 | 1.06 | 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 | 29.4 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 2020 | |
Cyprus (more info) | 30.7 | 29.6 | 30.2 | 1.1 | 1.04 | 2019 | [15] |
Georgia | 30.7 | 28.1 | 29.4 | 2.6 | 1.09 | 2019 | [15] |
Hong Kong | 32.1 | 30.6 | 31.4 | 1.5 | 1.05 | 2022 | [17] |
India (more info) | 28.0 | 25.3 | 26.7 | 2.7 | 1.11 | 2020 | [18] |
Indonesia (more info) | 24.0 | 20.0 | 22 | 4 | 1.2 | 2017 | [2] |
Iran (more info) | 27.4 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 3.6 | 1.15 | 2015 | [19] |
Iraq | 28.2 | 25.3 | 26.8 | 2.9 | 1.11 | 2004 | [2] |
Israel (more info) | 30.6 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 2.4 | 1.09 | 2018 | [15] |
Japan (more info) | 32.0 | 30.0 | 31 | 2 | 1.07 | 2020 | [20] |
Jordan (more info) | 31.3 | 26.6 | 29 | 4.7 | 1.18 | 2019 | [21] |
Kazakhstan[a] | 27.6 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2019 | [15] |
Kuwait | 28.9 | 27.5 | 28.2 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 2005 | [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 | 32.8 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 4 | 1.14 | 2006 | [22] |
Malaysia (more info) | 28.0 | 26.0 | 27 | 2 | 1.08 | 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) | 24.0 | 20.5 | 22.3 | 3.5 | 1.17 | 2007 | [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 | 28.1 | 24.8 | 26.5 | 3.3 | 1.13 | 2003 | [2] |
Pakistan (more info) | 26.9 | 23.2 | 25.1 | 3.7 | 1.16 | 2017 | [2] |
Palestine[c] | 25.4 | 20.1 | 22.8 | 5.3 | 1.26 | 2010 | [3] |
Philippines (more info) | 28.0 | 25.3 | 26.7 | 2.7 | 1.11 | 2011 | [25] |
Qatar | 27.3 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 1.9 | 1.07 | 2010 | [2] |
Saudi Arabia (more info) | 25.3 | 20.4 | 22.9 | 4.9 | 1.24 | 2018 | [26] |
Singapore (more info) | 30.1 | 27.9 | 29 | 2.2 | 1.08 | 2014 | [27] |
Sri Lanka | 27.2 | 23.4 | 25.3 | 3.8 | 1.16 | 2012 | [2] |
South Korea (more info) | 33.0 | 31.0 | 32 | 2 | 1.06 | 2022 | [28] |
Syria | 31.8 | 26.3 | 29.1 | 5.5 | 1.21 | 2016 | [29] |
Taiwan (more info) | 32.6 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 2.2 | 1.07 | 2019 | [30] |
Tajikistan | 26.2 | 22.1 | 24.2 | 4.1 | 1.19 | 2019 | [15] |
Thailand[a] | 24.4 | 21.0 | 22.7 | 3.4 | 1.16 | 2010 | [3] |
East Timor[a] | 25.0 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 4.4 | 1.21 | 2009-2010 | [3] |
Turkey (more info) | 27.9 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 2.9 | 1.12 | 2019 | [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) | 26.2 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 3.4 | 1.15 | 2009 | [31] |
Yemen | 26.1 | 23.0 | 24.6 | 3.1 | 1.13 | 2013 | [2] |
Country | Men | Women | Average | Age Gap | Age Ratio | Year | Source |
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Albania | 30.9 | 27.8 | 29.4 | 3.1 | 1.11 | 2019 | [15] |
Austria (more info) | 33.0 | 30.8 | 31.9 | 2.2 | 1.07 | 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] |
Czech Republic (more info) | 32.2 | 29.8 | 31 | 2.4 | 1.08 | 2017 | [15] |
Denmark | 35.0 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 2.3 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
Estonia | 32.3 | 30.4 | 31.4 | 1.9 | 1.06 | 2019 | [15] |
Finland (more info) | 34.2 | 32.1 | 33.2 | 2.1 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
France (more info) | 33.7 | 32.0 | 32.9 | 1.7 | 1.05 | 2013 | [2] |
Germany (more info) | 34.5 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 2.4 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
Greece (more info) | 32.9 | 30.1 | 31.5 | 2.8 | 1.09 | 2017 | [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) | 36.8 | 34.8 | 35.8 | 2 | 1.06 | 2019 | [32] |
Italy (more info) | 33.7 | 31.5 | 32.6 | 2.2 | 1.07 | 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 | 33.0 | 30.9 | 32 | 2.1 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
North Macedonia | 29.6 | 26.9 | 28.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2019 | [15] |
Norway | 37.1 | 34.9 | 36 | 2.2 | 1.06 | 2023 | [33] |
Poland (more info) | 28.9 | 27.0 | 28 | 1.9 | 1.07 | 2019 | [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) | 28.1 | 25.5 | 26.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2013 | [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) | 35.6 | 33.6 | 34.6 | 2 | 1.06 | 2019 | [15] |
Sweden | 36.3 | 33.9 | 35.1 | 2.4 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
Switzerland (more info) | 32.3 | 30.1 | 31.2 | 2.2 | 1.07 | 2019 | [15] |
Ukraine (more info) | 28.6 | 25.9 | 27.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2019 | [15] |
United Kingdom (more info) | 33.6 | 31.7 | 32.7 | 1.9 | 1.06 | 2017 | [15] |
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 |
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Australia (more info) | 32.1 | 30.5 | 31.3 | 1.6 | 1.05 | 2021 | [34] |
Fiji | 27.7 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 3.6 | 1.15 | 2007 | [2] |
Kiribati[d] | 23.6 | 20.1 | 21.9 | 3.5 | 1.17 | 2009 | [35] |
Marshall Islands | 25.7 | 24.2 | 25 | 1.5 | 1.06 | 2011 | [36] |
Micronesia | 27.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 2 | 1.08 | 2010 | [37] |
Nauru[e] | 22.8 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 1.6 | 1.08 | 2007 | [38] |
New Zealand (more info) | 30.6 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 1.2 | 1.04 | 2019 | [39] |
Palau | 28.9 | 26.6 | 27.8 | 2.3 | 1.09 | 2005 | [2] |
Papua New Guinea | 25.0 | 21.4 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 1.17 | 2006 | [2] |
Samoa | 28.7 | 24.1 | 26.4 | 4.6 | 1.19 | 2009 | [2] |
Solomon Islands[e] | 25.6 | 20.3 | 23.0 | 5.3 | 1.26 | 2007 | [40] |
Tonga[f] | 25.0 | 23.6 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 1.06 | 2012 | [41] |
Tuvalu[e] | 27.2 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 5.1 | 1.23 | 2007 | [42] |
Vanuatu[d] | 24.4 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 1.17 | 2013 | [43] |
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