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Marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, over time
How has the marriage rate moved in ten European countries since 1990?
marriages per 1,000 inhabitants
Source: Eurostat, Crude marriage rate (tps00206). Data for 2013 to 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- Germany: 4.6 in 2013, 4.2 in 2024.
- France: 3.6 in 2013, 3.5 in 2023.
- Spain: 3.3 in 2013, 3.6 in 2024.
- Italy: 3.2 in 2013, 2.9 in 2024.
- Poland: 4.7 in 2013, 3.7 in 2024.
- Sweden: 5.4 in 2013, 4.2 in 2024.
- Bulgaria: 3.0 in 2013, 3.2 in 2024.
- Romania: 5.4 in 2013, 5.3 in 2024.
- Ireland: 4.5 in 2013, 3.3 in 2021.
- Denmark: 4.9 in 2013, 4.7 in 2021.
The countries shown are a selection of European countries with long data series, chosen for coverage and not for any result.
What it counts
The crude marriage rate: the number of marriages in a year per 1,000 inhabitants.
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
The dip in 2020 coincides with the restrictions of the pandemic. The rate does not show how many people live together without marrying, and it counts only legally registered marriages.
Source
Eurostat: Crude marriage rate (tps00206). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, over time [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/marriage-rate-trend. Data: Eurostat, Crude marriage rate (tps00206), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00206/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/marriage-rate-trend). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
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title = {Marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, over time},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Law in Charts},
url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/marriage-rate-trend},
note = {Data: Eurostat, Crude marriage rate (tps00206), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00206/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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