Romania had the highest marriage rate among member states of the European Union, at *** marriages per 1,000 people. By contrast, Slovenia and Italy had the lowest marriage rate, * marriages per 1,000 population.

According to the 2020 UNIDOMO questionnaire, Portugal clearly led the list of European countries with the highest divorce rate per 100 marriages. With 91.5 divorces the Portuguese Republic led the list, followed by Spain and Luxembourg. All three countries boast a significantly higher share than the other European countries, each reporting a divorce rate over 80 divorces.

A different way to look at Portugal

While Portugal clearly has the most divorces per 100 marriages, looking at divorce rates per 1.000 inhabitants in other European countries alters the picture of the country as one unsettled by significant numbers of divorces. With nearly 1.7 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants Portugal has roughly the same divorce rate as Germany and the Netherlands. Interesting is furthermore that although marriages in Portugal tend to result in divorce lightly more often as in Luxembourg (80.3%), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg experienced a 0.6 point higher divorce rate.

What about the rest of the World?

While compared with Latin American countries like Guatemala or Peru, ranked among the countries with the lowest divorce rates in the world, Luxembourg’s divorce rate seems excessive. However, when compared with divorce rates (per 1.000 inhabitants) of countries like the United States (2.7) or China (3.5) divorce rates from Luxembourg and Europe are not out of the ordinary.

There were approximately ******* marriages taking place in Germany in 2023, the most in the European Union in that year. France had the second-highest number of marriages, at *******, followed by Italy at ******* marriages.

The crude marriage rate is the ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 persons.

Spain had the oldest mean average age of marriage in Europe for both males and females at 36.8 for males, and 34.7 for females in 2022. By contrast, Poland had the youngest average age at marriage for males, at 30.7 and Romania for females at the age of 28.

Ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average population in that year, expressed per 1000 inhabitants.

Table of INEBase Gross Marriage rate by Province. Annual. Provinces. Basic Demographic Indicators

Analysis of ‘First-Marriage rate by sex and nationality (Spanish/Foreign). IDB (API identifier: 1377)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-38-1377 on 07 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase First-Marriage rate by sex and nationality (Spanish/Foreign). Annual. Basic Demographic Indicators

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First marriage rates by age and sex

Analysis of ‘VSA49 - Marriage Rates’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/e3b7f570-1514-4024-a14c-78b3afe560ab on 19 January 2022.

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Marriage Rates

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The table contains data on marriages (excluding partnership registrations) and married persons (including persons who entered into a registered partnership) among the population of the Netherlands by sex ratio, age (as at 31 December), marital status, marriage ranking number and country of birth.

In the table, the data can be broken down into the following characteristics: - Marriage closures by sex ratio and age difference; - Marriage closures according to sex ratio and mutual marital status; - Marriage closures according to sex ratio and mutual ranking number of the marriage; - Marriage closures by sex ratio and country of birth; - Married persons by sex and age; - Married persons by sex and marital status; - Married persons by sex and marriage reference number.

Data available from: 1996

Status of figures All figures in the table are final.

Changes as of 24 May 2024: Final figures for 2023 have been added.

When will there be new figures? In the fourth quarter of 2025, the final figures for 2024 will be included in this publication.

Sector: Family and social behaviours Algorithm: Marriages celebrated on resident population aged 20-59 * 1,000 Phenomenon: Flow Territorial comparisons: South Tyrol, North-East, Italy, EU-27, EU-15, Eurozone

Over the period observed, the marriage rate decreased from five per 1,000 inhabitants in 2004 to 3.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.

Statistics of wedding days in Parisian town halls.

Table of INEBase Marriages between males by province of residence of the marriage, age group of spouse 1 and age group of spouse 2. Annual. Provinces. Vital Statistics: Marriages

The analysis of the demographic dynamics of the population and its evolution over time rests on the carrying out of demographic statistical operations, whose main sources of updating are the Civil Registers, a type of administrative registry of a census nature.The Marriage Statistics (EMAT) updates the information on marriages contracted by residents in the Basque Country, regardless of where they took place.

Analysis of ‘Marriage rate by sex, age and nationality (spanish/foreigner). IDB (API identifier: 1374)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-38-1374 on 08 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase Marriage rate by sex, age and nationality (spanish/foreigner). Annual. Basic Demographic Indicators

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Table of INEBase Marriage rate by sex, age and nationality (spanish/foreigner). Annual. Basic Demographic Indicators

The table contains data on marriages (excluding partnership registrations) and persons marrying (excluding persons who have entered into a registered partnership) among the population of the Netherlands by sex ratio, age (on 31 December), marital status, marriage ranking and country of birth. In the table, the data can be broken down into the following characteristics: - Marriages by sex ratio and age difference; - Marriages by sex ratio and mutual marital status; - Marriages by sex ratio and mutual ranking number of the marriage; - Marriages by sex ratio and mutual country of birth; - Married persons by sex and age; - Married persons by sex and marital status; - Married persons by gender and marriage rank. Data available from: 1996 Status of the figures All figures included in the table are final. Changes as of June 28, 2022: - Final figures for 2021 have been added. - Statistics Netherlands will switch to a new classification of the population by origin. From now on it is more important where someone was born, and less important where someone's parents were born. The word migration background is no longer used. The main division western/non-western is replaced by a division based on continents and common immigration countries. This classification is gradually being introduced in tables and publications with population by origin. It can be decided that the origin classification will be dropped for a StatLine table. The new classification may also affect tables with characteristics such as country of birth, nationality and country of origin / country of destination. In line with this new classification, all topics about marriages by mutual country of birth that refer to the groups 'Western' and 'non-Western' have been removed from the table in this table. The deleted information is permanently available in table 'Marriage; marriages and persons marrying by various characteristics, 1996 - 2020' (see link under 3. LINKS TO RELEVANT TABLES AND ARTICLES). When will new numbers come out? The final figures for 2022 will be included in this publication in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Analysis of ‘Gross Marriage rate by Autonomous Community. IDB (API identifier: 1456)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-38-1456 on 07 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase Gross Marriage rate by Autonomous Community. Annual. Autonomous Communities and Cities. Basic Demographic Indicators

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