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Marriages in China 2024
February 16 , 2025
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- The number of new marriages in China dropped to its lowest level ever in 2024.
- Only 6.1 million couples registered their marriages last year—a sharp 20.5% drop compared to 2023.
- This is the lowest figure since the ministry began publishing such data in 1986.
- Last year’s number of marriages was less than half of the 13 million recorded at the peak in 2013.
- Meanwhile, divorces slightly increased, with nearly 2.6 million couples filing for divorce—28,000 more than the previous year.
- China’s population has been shrinking for three consecutive years, even though the birth rate saw a small increase last year.
- The working-age population (ages 16 to 59) fell by 6.83 million in 2024.
- The number of people over 60 continued to grow, now making up 22% of the population.
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