This map shows singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM), that is the average length of single life expressed in years among those who marry before age 50.
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Singulate Mean Age at Marriage
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| Country | Year | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1979 | 17.8 | 25.3 |
| Albania | 2002 | 23.1 | 26.9 |
| Algeria | 2002 | 29.5 | 33 |
| American Samoa | 1990 | 25.7 | 28.3 |
| Angola | 1970 | 19.4 | 24.5 |
| Anguilla | 2001 | 28.6 | 31.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2001 | 19.8 | 25.1 |
| Argentina | 2001 | 24.6 | 26.9 |
| Armenia | 2005 | 23.3 | 26.9 |
| Aruba | 2000 | 26.8 | 29.9 |
| Australia | 2006 | 29.7 | 31.6 |
| Austria | 2001 | 26.6 | 29.5 |
| Azerbaijan | 2006 | 23.1 | 26.7 |
| Bahamas | 2000 | 27.4 | 29.9 |
| Bahrain | 2001 | 25.9 | 29.8 |
| Bangladesh | 2001 | 19.1 | 25.3 |
| Barbados | 1990 | 31.8 | 34.3 |
| Belarus | 1999 | 22.8 | 25.4 |
| Belgium | 2006 | 29.8 | 32.2 |
| Belize | 2000 | 21 | 23.7 |
| Benin | 2006 | 20.5 | 25.3 |
| Bermuda | 2000 | 29.8 | 31.3 |
| Bhutan | 2005 | 21.8 | 25.4 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2003 | 22.6 | 24.5 |
| Botswana | 2001 | 26.5 | 30.9 |
| Brazil | 2000 | 23.1 | 26.2 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1991 | 28.4 | 31.9 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1991 | 25.1 | 27.3 |
| Bulgaria | 2001 | 24.2 | 27.5 |
| Burkina Faso | 2003 | 19.4 | 26.1 |
| Burundi | 2002 | 23.7 | 26.1 |
| Cambodia | 2004 | 22.8 | 24.6 |
| Cameroon | 1998 | 20.2 | 26.7 |
| Canada | 2006 | 26.6 | 28.6 |
| Cape Verde | 2000 | 24.6 | 28.8 |
| Cayman Islands | 1989 | 25.2 | 27.6 |
| Central African Republic | 1995 | 19.4 | 24.4 |
| Chad | 2004 | 18.3 | 24.5 |
| Chile | 2002 | 24.6 | 27.7 |
| China | 2000 | 23.3 | 25.1 |
| China-Hong Kong SAR | 2006 | 30.3 | 32.8 |
| China-Macao SAR | 2001 | 27.9 | 29.5 |
| Colombia | 2005 | 23.1 | 26.5 |
| Comoros | 1996 | 23.6 | 28.5 |
| Congo | 2005 | 21.9 | 25.8 |
| Cook Islands | 1996 | 29.6 | 31.2 |
| Costa Rica | 2007 | 24.1 | 27.6 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1999 | 21.9 | 28 |
| Croatia | 2001 | 26.2 | 29.8 |
| Cuba | 2002 | 21.1 | 25.3 |
| Cyprus | 2001 | 25.2 | 28.7 |
| Czech Republic | 2007 | 28.9 | 31.2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2007 | 20.8 | 25.2 |
| Denmark | 2008 | 30.8 | 32.7 |
| Djibouti | 2002 | 27.7 | 30.8 |
| Dominica | 2001 | 32.5 | 36.5 |
| Dominican Republic | 2002 | 21.9 | 26.1 |
| Ecuador | 2001 | 21.5 | 24.6 |
| Egypt | 1996 | 22.3 | 27.9 |
| El Salvador | 2007 | 22.5 | 25.5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1983 | 21.7 | 26.9 |
| Eritrea | 1995 | 19.6 | 25.3 |
| Estonia | 2000 | 24.5 | 26.7 |
| Ethiopia | 2005 | 20.9 | 25.7 |
| Faeroe Islands | 2008 | 30.6 | 33.5 |
| Fiji | 1996 | 22.9 | 26.1 |
| Finland | 2007 | 30.5 | 32.2 |
| France | 2006 | 31.6 | 33.4 |
| French Guiana | 1999 | 31.7 | 34.2 |
| French Polynesia | 2007 | 33.1 | 35.5 |
| Gabon | 2000 | 22.1 | 26.2 |
| Gambia | 1993 | 19.6 | 28.4 |
| Georgia | 1989 | 22.4 | 26.1 |
| Germany | 2006 | 31 | 33.7 |
| Ghana | 2003 | 22.4 | 26.6 |
| Gibraltar | 2001 | 26.8 | 29.3 |
| Greece | 2001 | 26.9 | 31.3 |
| Greenland | 2000 | 30.8 | 33.1 |
| Grenada | 1991 | 31 | 34.4 |
| Guadeloupe | 1999 | 31.6 | 34.2 |
| Guam | 1990 | 24.4 | 26.8 |
| Guatemala | 1994 | 21.3 | 23.6 |
| Guinea | 2005 | 19.3 | 26.3 |
| Guyana | 2002 | 19.6 | 26.5 |
| Haiti | 2006 | 22.2 | 27.5 |
| Honduras | 2001 | 21.1 | 24.7 |
| Hungary | 2007 | 29.7 | 32 |
| Iceland | 2007 | 27.6 | 29.7 |
| India | 2001 | 20.2 | 24.8 |
| Indonesia | 2005 | 23.4 | 27 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2006 | 23.5 | 26.4 |
| Iraq | 2004 | 25.3 | 28.2 |
| Ireland | 2006 | 31.4 | 32.4 |
| Israel | 2006 | 25.8 | 28.7 |
| Italy | 2006 | 30 | 33.3 |
| Jamaica | 2001 | 33.2 | 34.8 |
| Japan | 2005 | 29.4 | 31.1 |
| Jordan | 2004 | 25.4 | 28.6 |
| Kazakhstan | 1999 | 23.4 | 26.1 |
| Kenya | 2003 | 21.4 | 26.2 |
| Kiribati | 1995 | 21.7 | 24.8 |
| Kuwait | 1995 | 27 | 28.5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1999 | 21.9 | 25 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2005 | 21.7 | 24.7 |
| Latvia | 2008 | 28.8 | 31.2 |
| Lebanon | 2004 | 27.4 | 31.4 |
| Lesotho | 2004 | 22.5 | 27.3 |
| Liberia | 2007 | 22.1 | 25.3 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1995 | 29.2 | 32 |
| Liechtenstein | 2007 | 29.3 | 32.3 |
| Lithuania | 2008 | 27.1 | 29.7 |
| Luxembourg | 2001 | 27.8 | 30.6 |
| Madagascar | 2004 | 19.8 | 24.1 |
| Malawi | 2004 | 19 | 23.6 |
| Malaysia | 2000 | 25.1 | 28.6 |
| Maldives | 2006 | 23 | 26.4 |
| Mali | 2006 | 17.8 | 24 |
| Malta | 1985 | 22.2 | 26.2 |
| Marshall Islands | 1999 | 23 | 25.2 |
| Martinique | 1999 | 33.3 | 35.6 |
| Mauritania | 2001 | 21.8 | 29.4 |
| Mauritius | 2000 | 22.6 | 28.5 |
| Mexico | 2000 | 22.7 | 25 |
| Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 1994 | 24.3 | 26.5 |
| Mongolia | 2000 | 23.7 | 25.7 |
| Montenegro | 2003 | 29.3 | 34.5 |
| Montserrat | 1980 | 28.5 | 31.1 |
| Morocco | 2004 | 26.4 | 31.2 |
| Mozambique | 1997 | 18 | 22.6 |
| Myanmar | 1991 | 24.5 | 26.4 |
| Namibia | 2007 | 28.3 | 30.2 |
| Nepal | 2006 | 19.4 | 22.4 |
| Netherlands | 2008 | 31.2 | 33.6 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2001 | 30.2 | 32.6 |
| New Caledonia | 1996 | 30.4 | 32.5 |
| New Zealand | 2006 | 25.6 | 27 |
| Nicaragua | 2005 | 20.6 | 24.4 |
| Niger | 2006 | 17.6 | 25.1 |
| Nigeria | 2003 | 20.9 | 28 |
| Norway | 2007 | 31.9 | 34 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory | 2000 | 22.9 | 26.9 |
| Oman | 2003 | 24.8 | 28.1 |
| Pakistan | 2003 | 22.3 | 26.4 |
| Palau | 1995 | 26.3 | 32.1 |
| Panama | 2000 | 21.9 | 25.8 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1980 | 20.6 | 24.9 |
| Paraguay | 2002 | 22.7 | 26.8 |
| Peru | 1996 | 23.1 | 26.5 |
| Philippines | 2003 | 23.2 | 26.1 |
| Poland | 2002 | 25.3 | 28 |
| Portugal | 2001 | 25.6 | 28.3 |
| Puerto Rico | 2000 | 24.1 | 26.2 |
| Qatar | 2004 | 25.8 | 27.6 |
| Republic of Korea | 2005 | 28.8 | 32 |
| Republic of Moldova | 2005 | 21.9 | 25.4 |
| Réunion | 1999 | 30.5 | 32.8 |
| Romania | 2008 | 26 | 29.2 |
| Russian Federation | 2002 | 23.6 | 26.3 |
| Rwanda | 2005 | 23.7 | 26.5 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1980 | 31.3 | 32.1 |
| Saint Lucia | 2001 | 22.8 | 27.7 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2002 | 21.2 | 27.8 |
| Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 1982 | 23.9 | 26.4 |
| Samoa | 2001 | 24.3 | 28.6 |
| San Marino | 2005 | 28.8 | 31.3 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1991 | 17.8 | 23.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2007 | 24.6 | 27.2 |
| Senegal | 1993 | 21.6 | 30.3 |
| Serbia | 2002 | 25.9 | 29.8 |
| Seychelles | 2002 | 25.2 | 27.3 |
| Sierra Leone | 2004 | 20.7 | 27.5 |
| Singapore | 2005 | 26.9 | 30.1 |
| Slovakia | 2006 | 27.6 | 30.1 |
| Slovenia | 2006 | 31.2 | 33.4 |
| Solomon Islands | 1986 | 21.2 | 25 |
| South Africa | 2003 | 28 | 30.6 |
| Spain | 2001 | 29.3 | 31.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 2001 | 23.8 | 27.6 |
| Sudan | 1993 | 22.7 | 29.1 |
| Suriname | 1964 | 18.6 | 23.6 |
| Swaziland | 2006 | 26 | 30 |
| Sweden | 2006 | 32.2 | 34.3 |
| Switzerland | 2007 | 29.4 | 32.2 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2001 | 25.4 | 29.3 |
| Tajikistan | 2000 | 21.3 | 24.1 |
| Thailand | 2000 | 24.1 | 27.4 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1994 | 22.9 | 26.7 |
| Timor-Leste | 2004 | 22.8 | 27 |
| Togo | 1998 | 21.3 | 27 |
| Tonga | 1996 | 25.5 | 28 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1990 | 26.8 | 29.8 |
| Tunisia | 1994 | 26.6 | 30.3 |
| Turkey | 2000 | 23.1 | 26.1 |
| Turkmenistan | 1989 | 22.6 | 23.9 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2001 | 25.2 | 28.3 |
| Tuvalu | 2002 | 20.7 | 26.7 |
| Uganda | 2002 | 20.2 | 24.2 |
| Ukraine | 2007 | 23.1 | 25.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1995 | 24.4 | 26.6 |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 26.3 | 28.1 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2004 | 20 | 25.1 |
| United States of America | 2000 | 26 | 27.8 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1990 | 27.5 | 30.1 |
| Uruguay | 1996 | 23.3 | 25.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 1989 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Vanuatu | 1989 | 22.6 | 25.3 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2001 | 22.7 | 26 |
| Viet Nam | 2007 | 23.3 | 26.6 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1996 | 24.3 | 28.4 |
| Western Sahara | 1970 | 18 | 25.3 |
| Yemen | 2004 | 22.2 | 25.4 |
| Zambia | 2002 | 20.5 | 24.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 2002 | 21.4 | 25.8 |
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