Age at first marriage

This is an incomplete list of the average ages of people when they first marry in various countries. This list is current (from year 2000 or later) and does not treat the topic in history.

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, however, for most reporting sources, only the average age at marriage is reported.

Americas

Country	Men	Women	Average	Year	Source
Brazil	28	26	27	2006	[2]
Canada	31.1	29.1	30.1	2008	[3]
Chile	35.39	32.65	34.02	2013	[4]
Mexico	29	26	27.9	2011	[5]
United States	29	27	28	2013	[6]

Asia

Country	Men	Women	Average	Year	Source
Indonesia	25.7	22.3	24	2010	[7]
Hong Kong	31.2	28.9	30	2011	[8]
Taiwan	32.0	29.7	30.8	2014	[9]
China	25.86	23.89	24.85	2010	[10]
India	28	22.2	24.1	2011	[11]
Iran	27.4	22.1	24.8	2013	[12]
Israel	31.5	28.8	28.2	2007	[13]
Japan	30.9	29.3	29.7	2013	[14]
Lebanon	32.8	28.8	30.8	2006	[15]
Philippines	28	25.3	26.7	2011	[16]
Singapore	30.1	27.9	29.0	2014	[17]
South Korea	32.4	29.8	31.1	2014	[18]
Tajikistan	26.2	22.4	24.3	2008	[13]
Kazakhstan	26.8	24.1	25.5	2008	[13]
Kyrgyzstan	26.7	23.4	25.1	2008	[13]
Kuwait	27	27	27	2012	[7]
Malaysia	28	25.7	26.9	2010	[19]
Mongolia	26.2	24.2	25.2	2010	[20]
Vietnam	26.2	22.8	24.5	2009	[21]
Uzbekistan	25.2	22.4	23.8	2006	[13]

Europe

Average age at first marriage. Darker is younger

Country	Men	Women	Difference	Average	Source
Albania	30.5	24.9	5.6	27.7	[13]
Austria	32.2	29.8	2.4	31	[13]
Azerbaijan	27.7	23.7	4	25.7	[13]
Armenia	29.1	25.8	3.3	27.45	[13]
Belarus	27.1	25	2.1	26.05	[13]
Belgium	32	29.6	2.4	30.8	[13]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.6	26.4	3.2	28	[13]
Bulgaria	30.6	27.5	3.1	29.05	[13]
Croatia	31	28	3	29.5	[13]
Czech Republic	32.3	29.8	2.5	31.05	[22]
Cyprus	30.9	29	1.9	29.95	[13]
Denmark	34.8	32.2	2.6	33.5	[13]
Estonia	31.3	28.8	2.5	30.05	[23]
Finland	33.1	30.9	2.2	32	[13]
France	31.8	30	1.8	30.9	[13]
Georgia	30.1	26.9	3.2	28.5	[13]
Germany	33.5	30.7	2.8	32.1	[13]
Greece	32.5	29.6	2.9	31.05	[13]
Hungary	32.3	29.5	2.8	30.9	[13]
Iceland	34.6	32.7	1.9	33.65	[13]
Ireland	33.9	32.3	1.6	33.1	[24]
Italy	33.8	30.8	3	32.3	[13]
Latvia	30.4	28.5	1.9	29.45	[13]
Lithuania	29.3	27	2.3	28.15	[13]
Luxembourg	31.9	29.8	2.1	30.85	[13]
Macedonia	28.6	25.8	2.8	27.2	[13]
Malta	29.9	27.8	2.1	28.85	[13]
Moldova	26	24	2	25	[13]
Montenegro	31	28	3	29.5	[13]
Netherlands	33.1	30.5	2.6	31.8	[25]
Norway	33.5	31.4	2.1	32.45	[13]
Poland	27.9	25.9	2	26.9	[13]
Portugal	31.4	29.9	1.5	30.65	[13]
Romania	30	27	3	28.5	[13]
Russia	27.4	24.9	2.5	26.15	[26]
Serbia	31	28	3	29.5	[13]
Slovakia	30.7	28.1	2.6	29.4	[13]
Slovenia	32	29	3	30.5	[13]
Spain	33.8	31.7	2.1	32.75	[13]
Sweden	35.6	33	2.6	34.3	[13]
Switzerland	31.8	29.5	2.3	30.65	[13]
Turkey	26.7	23.5	3.2	25.1	[27]
Ukraine	27	25	2	26	[13]
United Kingdom	33.1	30	3.1	31.55	[13]

Oceania

Note: the reported age for Australia is the median, not the mean (average).

Country	Men	Women	Median	Year	Source
Australia	30.8	28.1	29.5	2012	[28]

See also

• Age of consent
• Marriageable age

References

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2. "United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000". United Nations.
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13. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe "Mean age at first marriage by sex". Accessed 21 May 2011.

14. Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. "Statistical Handbook of Japan 2014" (PDF). pp. 18, Table 2.8 "Mean Age of First Marriage". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
15. Lebanese Women: A Diminishing Marriage Market - AUB Press Release http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/v8n2/article21.htm
16. (Released: 27 March 2013) http://www.census.gov.ph/content/marriage-philippines-2011
17. Median age at first marriage for citizens, Department of Statistics, Singapore . Page 21, Accessed 7 February 2016.
18. Statistics Korea
19. Department of Statistics, Malaysia . Accessed 8 November 2011.
20. Date: (2011-06-13). "Mongolia National Census 2010 Preliminary Results" (PDF). National Statistical Office of Mongolia. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
21. "Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Các kết quả chủ yếu". Tổng Cục Thống kê Việt Nam. p. 142. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

22. http://w3.unece.org/PXWeb2015/pxweb/en/STAT/STAT__30-GE__02-Families_households/052_en_GEFHAge1stMarige_r.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=96863606-ec8a-4654-8947-bb8d86e75aea

23. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Marriages_and_births_in_Estonia&oldid=254075

24. Central Statistics Office (Ireland) - Marriages and Civil Partnerships 2015

25. {http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLEN&PA=37772eng&D1=0-47&D2=0,10,20,30,40,50,(l-1)-l&LA=EN&VW=T | Accessed September 21, 2013}

26. Why Russians are delaying tying the knot Accessed 25 November 2014.

27. http://w3.unece.org/PXWeb2015/pxweb/en/STAT/STAT__30-GE__02-Families_households/052_en_GEFHAge1stMarige_r.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=6962d26c-37a1-402d-beb2-42121f8accf0

28. https://aifs.gov.au/institute/info/charts/marriage/index.html#median

External links

• United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000
• Europe: Eurostat numbers for 2006
• Age at first marriage: interactive data visualizations