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Out of Wedlock Births by Country 2024

  • Data indicate the percentage (%) of all live births by mother's whose legal marital status at the time of birth is something other than married.

42 countries

Country
% of Births Born Out of Wedlock
Data Year
Chile75.1%2019
Costa Rica72.5%2020
Mexico70.4%2020
Iceland69.4%2019
France62.2%2020
Bulgaria59.6%2020
Norway58.5%2020
Portugal57.9%2020
Slovenia56.5%2020
Sweden55.2%2020
Denmark54.2%2020
Estonia53.7%2019
Netherlands53.5%2020
Belgium52.4%2018
United Kingdom51.3%2021
New Zealand48.7%2021
Czech Republic48.5%2020
Spain47.6%2020
Finland46.1%2020
Luxembourg41.6%2020
Austria41.2%2020
Slovakia40.7%2020
United States40.5%2020
Latvia39.5%2020
Ireland38.4%2019
Australia36.5%2020
Italy33.8%2020
Germany33.1%2020
Canada32.7%2020
Romania32.5%2020
Hungary30.4%2020
Switzerland27.7%2020
Lithuania27%2020
Poland26.4%2020
Malta25.9%2012
Croatia22.8%2020
Cyprus21.2%2019
Greece13.8%2020
Israel8.1%2019
South Korea3%2021
Turkey2.8%2020
Japan2.4%2020

Which country has highest out of wedlock births?

Chili has the highest out-of-wedlock birth rate at 75.1% of all births.

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