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Harmful Traditional Practices

Child Marriages: Basic Statistics

**Child Marriage**
Country	Percentage of women aged 25-29 married by age 15 (%)
Bangladesh	57
Ethiopia	25
Nepal	25
Nigeria	23
Cameroon	21
Mozambique	21
Nicaragua	14
Dominican Republic	12
Egypt	11
Indonesia	11
Kenya	10
Turkey	8
Bolivia	6
Morocco	5

Source: Population Council (2000)