Denmark vs Norway: Age at first marriage, female
Denmark
31.9
in 2018
Norway
32.1
in 2018
Denmark rank
15th
Norway rank
13th
Age at first marriage, female over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 32.1 against 31.9 in Denmark, a difference of 0.2.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 15th and Norway ranks 13th of 166 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.39 | 22.59 | 0.8 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 26.94 | 25.39 | 1.55 | Denmark |
| 1990s | 26.76 | 28.88 | 2.12 | Norway |
| 2000s | 30.81 | 31.1 | 0.2875 | Norway |
| 2010s | 30.76 | 31.23 | 0.4625 | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Denmark or Norway?
- Norway, at 32.1 against 31.9 in Denmark as of 2018.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Denmark and Norway?
- 0.2, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
- Denmark ranks 15th and Norway ranks 13th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019, published as Age at first marriage, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mean age at marriage, female shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those females 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.