India's Median Age at First Marriage Climbs to 18.8 Years

India's median age at first marriage for women rose from 16.1 years in 1992 to 18.8 by 2019, while men married nearly six years later, at 24.9. In the last state-wise data (1998), Goa women married latest at 23.2 and Madhya Pradesh earliest at 14.7.