21-34  Number of Marriages and Divorces
               
           
Year Total Number Registered     Registered Marriages   Crude
  of  Registered Marriages First Re-marriages with Foreigner and Divorces Divorce
Region Marriages in the Marriages   the Citizen of   Rate
  (10 000 Mainland (10 000 (10 000 Hong Kong, (10 000  
  couples)   persons) persons) Macao, Taiwan couples) (‰)
               
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
2010 1241.00 1236.10 2200.90 281.10 4.90 267.80 2.00
2011 1302.36 1297.48 2309.88 294.85 4.88 287.40 2.13
   
  Beijing 17.32 17.20 28.84 5.81 0.13 4.4 3.45
  Tianjin 10.41 10.37 17.33 3.50 0.04 3.2 3.24
  Hebei 77.72 77.67 137.00 18.43 0.05 15.6 2.14
  Shanxi 33.96 33.95 63.36 4.56 0.01 4.8 1.37
  Inner Mongolia 21.53 21.51 35.91 7.14 0.02 6.7 2.72
   
  Liaoning 37.26 37.04 61.01 13.52 0.23 13.9 3.27
  Jilin 23.82 23.70 40.86 6.78 0.11 10.1 3.72
  Heilongjiang 33.27 33.03 55.60 10.94 0.24 15.0 3.89
   
  Shanghai 14.89 14.67 23.94 5.84 0.22 4.8 3.39
  Jiangsu 86.75 86.58 152.53 20.98 0.17 16.7 2.23
  Zhejiang 44.09 43.71 77.60 10.59 0.39 11.5 2.43
  Anhui 71.14 71.06 126.36 15.92 0.08 12.0 1.75
  Fujian 38.28 37.28 67.86 8.69 1.00 6.7 1.89
  Jiangxi 37.30 37.20 70.37 4.23 0.10 7.0 1.49
  Shandong 96.91 96.79 172.58 21.24 0.12 18.2 1.90
   
  Henan 106.31 106.20 202.84 9.77 0.11 13.8 1.28
  Hubei 62.69 62.52 116.98 8.41 0.17 12.5 2.03
  Hunan 65.87 65.63 116.93 14.81 0.23 14.8 2.09
  Guangdong 86.36 85.64 159.34 13.38 0.73 14.1 1.66
  Guangxi 49.33 49.13 91.78 6.87 0.20 7.8 1.45
  Hainan 11.52 11.43 21.43 1.61 0.09 1.1 1.22
   
  Chongqing 30.48 30.39 44.98 15.99 0.09 12.4 3.74
  Sichuan 74.98 74.92 124.33 25.64 0.06 23.2 2.57
  Guizhou 37.34 37.29 67.93 6.75 0.05 7.2 1.72
  Yunnan 39.07 38.90 71.96 6.18 0.17 7.4 1.64
  Tibet 1.36 1.36 2.65 0.08 0.2 0.68
   
  Shaanxi 36.93 36.90 65.62 8.24 0.04 6.8 1.76
  Gansu 16.91 16.90 31.68 2.14 0.01 3.1 1.13
  Qinghai 4.17 4.16 7.46 0.87 0.9 1.70
  Ningxia 6.15 6.14 10.86 1.43 1.3 2.08
  Xinjiang 28.23 28.21 41.93 14.54 0.03 10.4 4.81