Denmark vs Lithuania: Marriage rates
Denmark
5.34 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Lithuania
5.7 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Denmark rank
10th
Lithuania rank
7th
Marriage rates over time
- Denmark
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 5.7 per 1,000 people against 5.34 per 1,000 people in Denmark, a difference of 0.36 per 1,000 people.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lithuania ahead.
Denmark ranks 10th and Lithuania ranks 7th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.24 per 1,000 people | 9.26 per 1,000 people | 1.02 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 6.26 per 1,000 people | 9.08 per 1,000 people | 2.82 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 5.6 per 1,000 people | 9.53 per 1,000 people | 3.93 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 6.43 per 1,000 people | 6.73 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 6.73 per 1,000 people | 5.83 per 1,000 people | 0.9 per 1,000 people | Denmark |
| 2010s | 5.24 per 1,000 people | 7.02 per 1,000 people | 1.78 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 4.98 per 1,000 people | 5.73 per 1,000 people | 0.7533 per 1,000 people | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher marriage rates, Denmark or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 5.7 per 1,000 people against 5.34 per 1,000 people in Denmark as of 2022.
- What is the difference in marriage rates between Denmark and Lithuania?
- 0.36 per 1,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lithuania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Denmark and Lithuania rank globally for marriage rates?
- Denmark ranks 10th and Lithuania ranks 7th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Marriage rates. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of marriages during a given year per 1,000 people.