Title: At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
Headings: At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
By Alex Mayyasi
Published May 16, 2016  by Alex Mayyasi

Content: In twenty countries, a full 10% of women married by age 15. In only 2 countries, however, are 10% of men married before the age of 18. Still, men and women are getting married later in every region of the world. The average age of marriage for women increased from 21.8 to 24.7 years from the seventies to the mid 2000s, with the average age for men rising a comparable amount. This has resulted in some fairly dramatic stats here in the United States. Today, less than half of American adults are married—down from 72% in 1960—and almost as many babies are born out of wedlock as to married couples. Nevertheless, around the world, the majority of people still get married, even if they get married later. In all but a dozen or so countries, 80% of men and women have been married by age 49, and even more people commit to similar relationships. Despite different and changing practices around the world, shacking up is still the norm. Our next article looks at the world's greatest authors—as rated by the Internet.