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Total number of girls and women of all ages who were first married or in union before age 18

Name: Total number of girls and women of all ages who were first married or in union before age 18 by country, 2023
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UNICEF Data Warehouse (CC BY 3.0 IGO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2023

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131 countries · 2023

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Total number of girls and women of all ages who were first married or in union before age 18 league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	India	222.4M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	Bangladesh	43.4M	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	China	36.7M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
4	Indonesia	32.1M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Nigeria	23.7M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Brazil	21.9M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Pakistan	20.5M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
8	Ethiopia	19.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Iran, Islamic Rep.	10.4M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
10	Mexico	10.4M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Congo, Dem. Rep.	8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Turkiye	8M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
13	Egypt, Arab Rep.	7.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
14	Tanzania	6.4M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Thailand	6M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
16	Niger	5.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Uganda	5.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Nepal	5.4M	South Asia	Lower middle income
19	Russian Federation	5.4M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Sudan	5.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Mozambique	5.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Philippines	5.1M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
23	Colombia	4.6M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Viet Nam	4.6M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
25	Afghanistan	4.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
26	Kenya	3.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Myanmar	3.8M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
28	Yemen, Rep.	3.8M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
29	Madagascar	3.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Mali	3.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Iraq	3.4M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
32	Burkina Faso	3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Angola	2.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Cameroon	2.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Argentina	2.7M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
36	Malawi	2.6M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Ghana	2.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Chad	2.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Morocco	2.3M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
40	Peru	2.3M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Guinea	2.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Cote d'Ivoire	2.2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Zambia	2.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Guatemala	2.1M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Senegal	2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	South Africa	1.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
48	Ukraine	1.7M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
49	Zimbabwe	1.7M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Dominican Republic	1.4M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Ecuador	1.4M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Syrian Arab Republic	1.4M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
53	Cambodia	1.3M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Cuba	1.3M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	South Sudan	1.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Honduras	1.2M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
57	Sierra Leone	1.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Algeria	1.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
59	Uzbekistan	1.1M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
60	Nicaragua	1.1M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61	Sri Lanka	999,900	South Asia	Upper middle income
62	Benin	980,700	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Papua New Guinea	863,400	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
64	Bolivia	857,500	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
65	Central African Republic	812,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Lao PDR	804,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Haiti	767,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
68	El Salvador	720,300	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Burundi	690,800	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Kazakhstan	640,600	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Mauritania	592,500	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Togo	586,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Jordan	555,300	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
74	Liberia	554,700	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Rwanda	543,700	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Eritrea	526,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Paraguay	501,600	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Congo, Rep.	469,300	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Tunisia	441,200	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Azerbaijan	387,400	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Panama	383,200	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
82	Tajikistan	373,600	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Costa Rica	370,200	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	West Bank and Gaza	338,400	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Oman	306,900	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Kyrgyz Republic	265,100	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
87	Gambia, The	264,600	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Lebanon	252,700	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
89	Georgia	248,300	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Serbia	246,300	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Belarus	234,300	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Lesotho	182,400	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Moldova	179,600	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Guinea-Bissau	179,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Armenia	161,800	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Uruguay	161,500	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Equatorial Guinea	160,800	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	138,500	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Turkmenistan	125,900	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Gabon	114,200	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
101	North Macedonia	106,600	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Albania	104,400	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Jamaica	102,900	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Mongolia	85,100	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Bhutan	82,300	South Asia	Lower middle income
106	Timor-Leste	80,900	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
107	Guyana	79,200	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Namibia	78,600	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Comoros	74,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Suriname	68,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Trinidad and Tobago	54,400	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	Solomon Islands	51,200	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
113	Maldives	46,300	South Asia	Upper middle income
114	Qatar	41,800	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
115	Belize	39,800	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Djibouti	32,900	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
117	Eswatini	32,200	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Fiji	31,200	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Cabo Verde	27,600	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
120	Vanuatu	21,700	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
121	Sao Tome and Principe	20,600	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Barbados	19,900	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Montenegro	16,200	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	St. Lucia	11,600	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Kiribati	9,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	Samoa	5,700	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Marshall Islands	3,700	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Tonga	2,100	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,500	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Naoero	800	East Asia & Pacific	High income
131	Tuvalu	400	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Total number of girls and women of all ages who were first married or in union before age 18