Child Marriage Around The World

A child bride is defined as any girl married before she turns 18, though many are years younger. India ranks 11th in this chart showing child marriage rates but has the world’s highest number of child brides because of its large population.

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Source: UNICEF global databases, 2014, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys, 2010-2012. Population data used to calculate the figures are from: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2012 revision, CD-ROM edition, United Nations, New York, 2013.

Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR