Bangladesh has one of the youngest median ages for women getting married at 18, almost 10 years younger than the global average. Chad and Mozambique have even lower ages. Developed countries have an average age of 27 for men and 25 for women, while developing countries have an average of 24 for men and 21 for women. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a high rate of women married between 15 and 19, with 15 of the 20 countries with the highest teen marriage rates in Africa. Iraq has the highest rate of men married in their teens. Sweden, Hong Kong, and Spain have the oldest median ages for first marriage at around 32.
Bangladesh is one of the countries with the youngest median age for women getting married for the first time – most women in Bangladesh get married for the first time when they are 18 years old. This is almost 10 years younger than the global average, although it is not the country with the lowest median age for first marriage in the world. In Chad and Mozambique, many women get married for the first time at the age of 17 or younger.
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The average age of first marriage for people in developed countries is 27 for men and 25 for women; in developing countries it is 24 for men and 21 for women.
About three-quarters of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were married between the ages of 15 and 19. Of the 20 countries with the highest teen marriage rates, 15 are in Africa. The country with the highest rate of men married in their teens is Iraq, where about a tenth of men get married before the age of 20.
Among the countries with the oldest median age of first marriage are Sweden, Hong Kong and Spain, where men and women tend to get married for the first time when they are around 32 years old.
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