22-41 Number of Marriages and Divorces
Year	Total Number	Registered	First	Re-marriages	Registered Marriages	Divorces	Crude
	of  Registered	Marriages	Marriages		with Foreigner and		Divorce
	Marriages	in the	(10 000	(10 000	the Citizen of	(10 000	Rate
Region	(10 000	Mainland	persons)	persons)	Hong Kong,	couples)
	couples)				Macao, Taiwan
1985	831.30	829.06	1607.63	50.48	2.22	45.79	0.44
1990	951.10	948.69	1819.13	78.24	2.38	80.00	0.69
1991	953.60	950.98	1820.32	81.65	2.64	83.10	0.72
1992	957.50	954.50	1832.10	76.91	2.96	84.96	0.74
1993	915.40	912.16	1747.01	77.32	3.28	91.00	0.77
1994	932.40	929.00	1779.33	78.67	3.38	98.20	0.82
1995	934.10	929.71	1776.07	83.35	4.40	105.60	0.88
1996	938.70	933.96	1781.72	86.20	4.72	113.40	0.93
1997	914.10	909.06	1725.95	92.16	5.08	119.90	0.97
1998	891.70	886.66	1675.37	97.94	5.03	119.20	0.96
1999	885.30	879.91	1659.36	100.46	5.42	120.15	0.96
2000	848.50	842.00	1581.39	102.62	6.49	121.29	0.96
2001	805.00	797.11	1481.74	112.49	7.87	125.05	0.98
2002	786.00	778.80	1440.30	117.10	7.28	117.70	0.90
2003	811.40	803.50	1483.90	123.30	7.83	133.00	1.05
2004	867.20	860.80	1569.60	152.00	6.35	166.50	1.28
2005	823.10	816.60	1483.00	163.10	6.43	178.50	1.37
2006	945.00	938.20	1705.60	184.40	6.82	191.30	1.46
2007	991.40	986.30	1779.70	203.10	5.11	209.80	1.59
2008	1098.30	1093.20	1972.50	224.10	5.10	226.90	1.71
2009	1212.40	1207.50	2168.80	256.00	4.92	246.80	1.85
Beijing	18.18	18.06	30.58	5.77	0.12	4.13
Tianjin	10.40	10.36	17.36	3.45	0.04	2.76
Hebei	72.00	71.95	130.06	13.93	0.04	12.67
Shanxi	34.36	34.35	63.29	5.44	0.01	3.89
Inner Mongolia	18.84	18.82	32.04	5.63	0.02	5.20
Liaoning	38.17	37.90	62.40	13.93	0.27	13.15
Jilin	23.91	23.80	41.99	5.82	0.11	8.96
Heilongjiang	30.39	30.09	51.93	8.84	0.29	12.61
Shanghai	14.99	14.74	23.33	6.65	0.25	4.82
Jiangsu	73.09	72.92	129.51	16.66	0.17	14.37
Zhejiang	42.76	42.47	75.60	9.93	0.30	10.71
Anhui	61.00	60.92	111.84	10.17	0.08	9.30
Fujian	36.06	35.20	65.07	7.05	0.86	5.82
Jiangxi	40.81	40.71	73.83	7.78	0.09	6.15
Shandong	91.84	91.72	166.24	17.43	0.12	15.17
Henan	85.88	85.77	164.21	7.56	0.11	12.44
Hubei	56.54	56.36	105.89	7.19	0.18	10.89
Hunan	65.29	65.03	116.93	13.64	0.26	13.16
Guangdong	86.45	85.65	161.42	11.48	0.80	11.91
Guangxi	51.56	51.36	96.32	6.81	0.21	6.56
Hainan	13.00	12.90	24.56	1.43	0.10	1.09
Chongqing	30.11	30.01	45.07	15.15	0.10	10.14
Sichuan	71.00	70.82	120.58	21.42	0.18	19.97
Guizhou	30.79	30.75	56.76	4.82	0.05	5.80
Yunnan	34.29	34.22	62.87	5.72	0.07	6.08
Tibet	1.36	1.36	2.48	0.24		0.17
Shaanxi	31.94	31.89	58.75	5.13	0.05	5.52
Gansu	12.24	12.23	23.33	1.15	0.01	2.47
Qinghai	2.97	2.97	5.44	0.51		0.76
Ningxia	5.66	5.65	10.15	1.16		1.27
Xinjiang	26.55	26.53	38.96	14.15	0.02	8.84