| Number of Marriages and Divorces | |||||||
| Year | Total Number of Registered Marriages (10000 couples) |
Registered Marriages of Mainland |
Registered Marriages with Foreigners and Citizens of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan |
Divorces ( persons) |
Divorce Rate (‰) |
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| First Marriages ( persons) |
Remarriages ( persons) |
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| 1985 | 831.3 | 8290588 | 16076337 | 504839 | 2.2 | 457938 | 0.9 |
| 1986 | 8822935 | 17075107 | 570763 | 505675 | 0.9 | ||
| 1987 | 9247372 | 17880856 | 613888 | 581484 | 1.1 | ||
| 1988 | 8971750 | 17285077 | 658423 | 658551 | 1.2 | ||
| 1989 | 937.2 | 9351815 | 17959680 | 744150 | 2.0 | 752914 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | 951.1 | 9486870 | 18191303 | 782437 | 2.4 | 800037 | 1.4 |
| 1991 | 953.6 | 9509849 | 18203226 | 816472 | 2.6 | 829449 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 957.5 | 9545047 | 18320957 | 769137 | 3.0 | 849611 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 915.4 | 9121622 | 17470092 | 773152 | 3.3 | 909195 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 932.4 | 9290027 | 17793306 | 786748 | 3.4 | 980980 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 934.1 | 9297061 | 17760657 | 833465 | 4.4 | 1055196 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | 938.7 | 9339615 | 17817240 | 861990 | 4.7 | 1132215 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 914.1 | 9090571 | 17259504 | 921638 | 5.1 | 1197759 | 1.9 |
| 1998 | 891.7 | 8866593 | 16753749 | 979437 | 5.0 | 1190214 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 885.3 | 8799079 | 16593593 | 1004565 | 5.4 | 1201541 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 848.5 | 8420044 | 15813933 | 1026155 | 6.5 | 1212863 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 805.0 | 7971000 | 14817000 | 1125000 | 7.9 | 1250000 | 2.0 |
| 2002 | 786.2 | 7788000 | 14403000 | 1171000 | 7.3 | 1177000 | 1.8 |
| 2003 | 811.4 | 8035000 | 14839000 | 1233000 | 7.8 | 1331000 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 867.1 | 6.4 | 1666000 | 2.57 | |||