- Six per thousand minors in the United States have been married.
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Six per thousand minors in the United States have been married between 2000 and 2015 according to a 2018 study. Roughly 11.96% of the 200,000 child weddings that took place were girls under the age of 18. As for child marriages in the U.S., licenses were issued for children as young as 12 and 13-years-old.
Worldwide there are over 41,000 child brides per day. Roughly 15 million per year.