After increasing from 2011 to 2020, the average age of people at their first marriage fell marginally in 2021 for both men and women. However, it increased slightly again in 2022 and 2023. Men were on average older than women at their first marriage, with 36.8 years and 34.9 years respectively in 2023. Most common age at first marriage In 2022, more than 80,000 people got married in Sweden . Of these, people between 30 and 34 years made up the largest age group. Length of a marriage A marriage in Sweden lasted on average 47.3 years in 2022 if it was dissolved by death. For marriages dissolved by divorce, the average length was 12.2 years. The length of marriages dissolved by divorce increased slightly over the last 10 years, while the length of marriages dissolved by death was relatively stable.

Mean age and median age at divorce and at marriage, for persons who divorced in a given year, by sex or gender and place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

In 2022, the median age for the first wedding among women in the United States stood at 28.6 years. For men, the median age was 30.5 years. The median age of Americans at their first wedding has been steadily increasing for both men and women since 1998.

Mean age and median age at marriage, for persons who married in a given year, by legal marital status, gender (when available), the couple's gender composition (when available) and place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.

The average age at which people in England and Wales get married has been rising since the 1970s, with the average age of men marrying women increasing from **** in 1972 to **** by 2019, with the average age for women marrying men going up from **** to **** in the same time period. Since 2014 and the legalization of same-sex marriage in England and Wales, the average age for men marrying men has fluctuated between **** and ****, while the average age for females marrying females has fluctuated between **** and ****. Strong support for same-sex marriage in UK Over ten years after same-sex marriage was legalized in most of the UK, polls have shown consistent support for the legislation. As of May 2025, ** percent of Britons supported same-sex marriage, compared with ** percent who opposed it, and ***** percent who did not know. England and Wales was the first jurisdiction to allow same-sex marriages, with the first marriages taking place in March 2014, followed by Scotland in December of that year. Legislation allowing same-sex marriage was not passed in Northern Ireland until 2019, with the first marriages not taking place in 2020. Most popular wedding dates In 2022, the most popular wedding date across the entire year in England and Wales was July 30, with ***** weddings taking place that day. The next most popular wedding date was August 20, which had ***** weddings, followed by May 28, at *****. All three of these dates were Saturday's, which, at over ** percent of all weddings, was by far the most popular day of the week for weddings to be held the week. As for the most popular month, August had the most weddings held in 2022, at ******, with ****** being held in July, and ****** in June, the second, and third-most popular months for weddings, respectively.

Basic Demographic Indicators: Average age at First-Marriage by sex and nationality (Spanish/Foreign). Annual. National.

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In the past 10 years, men’s average age at marriage was always higher than the average age of women's age at marriages in Denmark. In 2023, the average age was 39.8 years on average for men and 37.4 years for women.
The number of marriages in Denmark was highest in 2004 with 38,000 marriages, but has decreased since, despite increasing some years. In 2023, roughly 32,000 marriages were registered.

 Divorces 

By contrast, the number of divorces in Denmark was significantly lower than the number of marriages. In 2023, close to 13,000 divorces took place. Spouses may divorce if either or both parties do not wish to continue living together. If one does not agree to divorce, they can normally be divorced after six months of separation.

 Marital status of Danes 

Most Danes have never been married; the number of never married inhabitants amounted to approximately 2.94 millions in 2023. In this year, around 2.14 million Danes were married, while over 562,000 people were divorced.

***** and ****** had the oldest mean average age of marriage in Europe for both males and females, with males at ** and females at **** in 2023. By contrast, ****** had the youngest average age at marriage for males, at **** and Romania for females at the age of **.

Table of INEBase Average age at First Marriage by province and by sex. Annual. Provinces. Basic Demographic Indicators

This table provides annual data since 1996 on the average age at marriage of residents in the Canary Islands, in marriages of different sex, according to spouses. The information is disaggregated territorially at the level of Canary Islands.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2dd0a290d283c284d0513bd5e38c7ebb/view

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_48bab86448603efe0a6f0fcd6aa545b6/view

Total first marriage rates and age-specific first marriage rates per 1,000 males, all marriages, by place of occurrence, 2000 to 2004.

The average age at marriage was 39.9 years for men in Norway in 2023, and 37.3 years for women. Within the considered time frame, men were about three years older than women on average when marrying, and all in all the average age seems to increase. In 2023, the average age at marriage in Norway was about the same as in Denmark.

Table of INEBase Average age at marriage by sex and nationality (spanish/foreigner). Annual. Basic Demographic Indicators

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Table of INEBase Average age to marriage by municipality, according to sex. Annual. Municipalities. Basic Demographic Indicators

Data on marriage patterns for all countries. Indicators include average age at first marriage/singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM); the proportions of ever-married persons aged 15-19, 20-24 and 40-49; and the difference in the average age at first marriage between men and women.

In 2023, the average age of men at marriage was of ****. For women, this value was **** years. Across the period under scrutiny, the average age at marriage has experienced an upward trend for both genders.