First of all, the legal age of marriage in all countries of the world.
1, Africa
Algeria: male 2 1 year, female1year. If necessary or beneficial, it can be reduced under the circumstances of judicial permission.
Egypt: 18 years old.
Ethiopia: 18 years old.
Kenya: 16 years old.
Libya: 20 people. If necessary or beneficial, it can be reduced with judicial permission and parental consent.
Madagascar: male 18 years old, female 17 years old.
Mali: 18 years old or 15 years old.
Morocco: 18 years old. It is not always observed in rural areas, and many judges disobey the law and let women under 18 get married.
Niger: 15 years old.
Nigeria: 18 years old.
Senegal: male, 20 years old, female 16 years old.
Somalia: 18 years old. With the consent of the guardian, the female is 16 years old, and the court may waive the minimum age requirement when necessary.
South Africa: 18 years old. /kloc-A man under 0/8 years old and a woman under 0/5 years old need the consent of the Minister of Civil Affairs to get married.
Sudan: adolescence. If both parties are willing.
South Sudan: 18 years old.
Tanzania: male 18 years old, female 15 years old. If the specific circumstances make marriage desirable, 14 years old with the permission of the court. According to the Criminal Law, if a woman does not intend to get married before 12 years, people of "African or Asian origin" or women under 12 years old can get married according to custom or religion.
Tunisia: Male 20 years old, female 17 years old. On the basis of the clear interests of both husband and wife, if there are urgent reasons, they can be reduced or exempted with the special permission of the judicial organs.
Zimbabwe: According to article 1 1 in Chapter 5 of the Marriage Law, men are 18 years old and women are 16 years old.
2. Asia
Afghanistan: male 18 years old, female 16 years old. But more than half of the marriages are women under 16.
Armenia: male 18 years old, female 17 years old.
Azerbaijan: male 18 years old, female 17 years old. Under special circumstances, it can be 17 years old and 16 years old respectively.
Bangladesh: male 2 1 year, female1year. Although underage marriage is not considered invalid, the conclusion of such marriage contract will be subject to criminal sanctions.
Brunei: There is no minimum age for marriage.
Chinese mainland: Male is 22 years old and female is 20 years old.
Georgia: 18 years old. Parental consent can be 16 years old/14 years old (this data comes from Wikipedia and there are two contradictions).
China and Hongkong: 2 1 year. Parents agree to 16 years old.
India: male 2 1 year, female1year. If either party marries at a young age, he or she may request that the marriage be declared null and void. The Law Committee recently put forward a proposal that the marriage age of both men and women should be set below 65,438+08,65,438+06, and marriages aged 65,438+06 or 65,438+07 can be automatically declared null and void. In 20 12, the high court announced that Muslim women could get married at the age of 15.
Indonesia: male 19 years old, female 16 years old. Parental consent can be reduced.
Iran: male 18 years old, female 16 years old.
Israel: male 18 years old, female 17 years old.
Japan: 20 years old. With the consent of parents, the male can be 18 years old and the female can be 18 years old.
Jordan: male 16 years old, female 15 years old. /kloc-A woman under 0/8 needs the permission of the court to marry a man over 20 years older than her.
Kazakhstan: 18 years old. Under special circumstances, parents can agree to 16 years old.
Korea: 18 years old parents agree. People under the age of 20 must have their parents' consent to apply for marriage. The woman can't apply for remarriage within 6 months after divorce, but she can make an exception if she has a doctor's pregnancy diagnosis certificate.
Kuwait: Both parties are of school age (adolescence) and sound in mind. However, there is no marriage notary office or registry to allow women under 65,438+05 to marry men under 65,438+07.
Kyrgyzstan: 18 years old.
Lebanon: male 18 years old, female 17 years old. According to the degree of physical maturity and the consent of parents (Wali), the scope of judicial discretion is male 17 years old and female 9 years old; With judicial permission, Shiites can get married at the age of 65,438+05 for men and 9 for women, while Druze can get married at the age of 65,438+08 for men and 65,438+07 for women or 65,438+06 for men and 65,438+05 for women.
Malaysia: 2 1 year. Parental consent 18 years old. With the permission of Islamic authorities, Muslim girls under the age of 65,438+06 can get married, and some girls under the age of 65,438+04 have been allowed to get married.
Maldives: According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is15; The Law on the Protection of Children's Rights does not encourage marriage before 16 years old.
Nepal: male 2 1 year, female1year. With the permission of parents, male 18 years old and female 16 years old.
Pakistan: male 18 years old, female 16 years old.
Palestinian area: male 16 years old, female 15 years old.
Mongolia: 18 years old.
Philippines: 18 years old. If one party has reached the age of 18~20, and the marriage has not been approved by the authority of "parents", either party may request to prevent or cancel the marriage. On the other hand, in the Philippines, Muslims get married according to Islamic law: male 15 years old, female reaches puberty, or reaches 15 years old, whichever comes first.
Saudi Arabia: 18 years old.
Singapore: 2 1 year. Parents agree that 18 years old, 18 years old or younger, a special marriage certificate is required.
Sri Lanka: 18 years old. Except for Muslims, women can get married at the age of 12 or with the permission of the Islamic "judge" (Quazi).
Syria: male 18 years old, female 17 years old. Male 15 years old, female 13 years old can be treated according to judicial discretion.
Taiwan Province Province, China: Most of them are 20 years old. With the consent of parents, men can generally be 18 years old and women 16 years old.
Thailand: 17 years old.
Turkey: 18 years old. With the consent of parents 17 years old, with the approval of the court in special circumstances 16 years old.
Uzbekistan: male 18 years old, female 17 years old. Under special circumstances, male 17 years old and female 16 years old.
Vietnam: male is 20 years old, female 18 years old.
Yemen: 17 or 18 years old.
3. Europe
Albania: male 18 years old, female 16 years old.
Austria: 18 years old. Parents agree that 16 years old, but the spouse must be 18 years old or above.
Belarus: 18 years old.
Belgium: 18 years old. 16 years old with the consent of parents and judicial organs.
Bulgaria: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Croatia: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Cyprus: 18 years old.
Czech Republic: 18 years old. 16 years old with the permission of the court, but the spouse must be 18 years old or above.
Denmark: 18 years old.
Estonia: 18 years old. 15 years old with the consent of parents or the court.
Finland: 18 years old. Under special circumstances, the judicial license is under the age of 18. In this case, parents or other guardians must be obeyed, but the actual consent of parents is not required.
France: 18 years old.
Germany: 18 years old. 16 years old with the permission of the court, but the spouse must be 18 years old or above.
Gibraltar: 18 years old.
Greece: 18 years old. 16 years old with the consent of both parents and permission of the court.
Hungary: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Iceland: 18 years old. The Ministry of the Interior may allow people under this age to get married, but at the same time, parents' consent is required.
Ireland: 18 years old. With the approval of the court, people under 18 can get married.
Italy: 18 years old. The court agreed 16 years old.
Latvia: 18 years old. 16 years old with the consent of the court and/or parents.
Lithuania: 18 years old. With the permission of the court, people under the age of 15 and 15 can only get married with the permission of the court.
Netherlands: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old, 16 years old requires the queen's personal consent.
Norway: 18 years old. 16 years old approved by parents (guardians) and county magistrate.
Poland: 18 years old. After judicial appraisal, female 16 years old.
Portugal: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Romania: 18 years old. 16 years old approved by the district management Committee.
Russia: 18 years old. Under special circumstances, 16 years old; Different regions may be different.
Serbia: 18 years old. The court agreed 16 years old.
Slovakia: 18 years old. The court agreed 16 years old.
Slovenia: 18 years old. Parental consent 15 years old.
Spain: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Sweden: 18 years old. The lower marriage age requires the permission of the County Management Committee (LST), but LST's policy is not to allow people under 15 to get married.
Switzerland: male 18 years old, female 17 years old.
Ukraine: 18 years old.
Britain: England and Wales 18 years old, parental consent 16 years old. Scotland 16 years old. Northern Ireland 18 years old, with limited parental consent or court consent.
Vatican City: Most of them are 18 years old. In a few cases, parents or judicial institutions agreed to the Church Code, and the age of men was 65,438+06 years old and that of women was 65,438+04 years old.
Two. List of legal marriage ages in different countries
1, North America
Canada: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old, judicial consent 14 years old.
Mexico: 18 years old.
Puerto Rico: 2 1 year. Parental consent 18 years old.
USA: Most of them are 18 years old. Nebraska 19 years old, Mississippi 2/kloc-0 years old. /kloc-Minors under the age of 0/8 can get married with the consent of their parents and/or judicial organs. Some states stipulate that men under the age of 18 and women under the age of 16 cannot get married even if their parents agree. Idaho, Mississippi, New Jersey and Washington state allow 14-year-old boys to marry 12-year-old girls.
2. Oceania
Australia: 18 years old. 16 years old with the consent of the court and parents.
New Zealand: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
3. South America. See AMERICA
Argentina: 18 years old.
Brazil: 18 years old. With the consent of parents or guardians, 16 years old.
Chile: 18 years old. Parental consent 16 years old.
Colombia: 18 years old. Parental consent 14 years old.
Paraguay: male 16 years old, female 14 years old.
Peru: 18 years old.
Venezuela: 18 years old. Parents agree that female 14 years old and male 16 years old.
Ecuador: 18 years old.
Conclusion:
This paper summarizes the legal marriage age information in various countries and regions of the world. If necessary, please tick the information you want to know about the age of marriage in this summary.