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 the marriageable population is skewed

Skewness

In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable. The skewness value can be positive or negative, or even undefined...

, the median

Median

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 age is a more precise representation of the average age. However, for most reporting sources, only the mean

Mean

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ages are given.

Africa

: 30.8 for men, 26.7 for women.: 29.7 for men, 25.2 for women.: 24.1 for men, 18.0 for women.: 25.9 for men, 24.2 for women.: 26.3 for men, 21.6 for women.: 32.0 for men, 29.2 for women.: 22.6 for men, 18.0 for women.: 23.9 for men, 17.6 for women.: 28.9 for men, 27.1 for women.: 27.0 for men, 21.3 for women.: 29.0 for men, 22.2 for women.

Americas

: 25.6 for men, 23.3 for women. (1991): 28 for men, 26 for women. (2006): 30.6 for men, 28.5 for women. (2003): 27.5 for men, 24 for women, 26 final average.: 28 for men, 25 for women, 26.5 final average. (2007): 25.7 for men, 23.1 for women. (1996): 28.4 for men, 26.5 for women. (2009)

Asia

: 28.4 for men, 24.5 for women. (2008): 27.3 for men, 23.1 for women. (2008): 28.9 for men, 18.1 for women. (1991): 26.3 for men, 21.6 for women. (1991): 33.8 for men, 29.1 for women.: 28.8 for men, 25.1 for women. (2008): 31.1 for men, 28.8 for women. : 26 for men, 21.3 for women. (2008): 25.2 for men, 24.6 for women.: 29.8 for men, 26.1 for women. (2007): 24.5 for men, 22.0 for women.: 25.5 for men, 24.8 for women. (2007): 29.4 for men, 27.6 for women.: 25.8 for men, 19.3 for women.: 31.6 for men, 28.9 for women. (2009): 26.2 for men, 22.4 for women. (2008): 26.7 for men, 23.4 for women. (2011): 26.8 for men, 24.1 for women. (2008): 26.7 for men, 23.4 for women. (2008): 32.8 for men, 25.0 for women.: 28.0 for men, 25.7 for women. (2010): 27.5 for men, 26.4 for women.: 22.0 for men, 18.8 for women.: 26.2 for men, 22.8 for women. (2009): 25.2 for men, 22.4 for women. (2006)

Europe

: 27.7 for men, 22.4 for women. (2007): 31.7 for men, 28.9 for women. (2008): 26.0 for men, 23.9 for women. (2008): 30.7 for men, 28.5 for women. (2008): 28.3 for men, 24.9 for women. (2008): 29.3 for men, 26.1 for women. (2008): 29.7 for men, 26.8 for women. (2008): 30.3 for men, 27.6 for women. (2008): 34.8 for men, 32.4 for women. (2008): 29.6 for men, 27.2 for women. (2008): 32.5 for men, 30.2 for women. (2008): 31.6 for men, 29.6 for women. (2008): 33.0 for men, 30.0 for women. (2008): 31.8 for men, 28.9 for women. (2008): 30.4 for men, 27.9 for women. (2008): 34.3 for men, 32.1 for women. (2008): 32.1 for men, 30.4 for women. (2006) : 32.8 for men, 29.7 for women. (2007): 28.8 for men, 26.7 for women. (2008): 28.0 for men, 25.7 for women. (2008): 27.7 for men, 24.7 for women. (2000): 29.6 for men, 27.5 for women. (2008): 25.8 for men, 23.0 for women. (2008): 30.0 for men, 25.9 for women. (2008): 30.7 for men, 28.3 for women.: 33.4 for men, 31.1 for women. (2008): 27.7 for men, 25.6 for women. (2008): 27.5 for men, 25.7 for women. (2000): 30.9 for men, 27.5 for women. (2009): 26.1 for men, 23.3 for women. (2004) : 29.8 for men, 26.6 for women. (2008): 31.9 for men, 28.8 for women. (2010): 30.9 for men, 28.4 for women. (2008): 32 for men, 29.8 for women. (2008): 35.1 for men, 32.5 for women. (2008): 31.4 for men, 29.1 for women. (2008): 25.9 for men, 23.1 for women. (2007): 30.7 for men, 28.5 for women, 29.6 final average. (2005)

Oceania

: 29.6 for men, 27.7 for women. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/9C19CAF4BB6B44EDCA2577ED00146138?opendocument: 29.2 for men, 27.3 for women.

External links

• United Nations World Marriage Patterns 2000
• Europe: Eurostat numbers for 2006