| Characteristic | Number of marriages |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 100,899 |
| 2019 | 253,112 |
| 2018 | 270,286 |
| 2017 | 279,582 |
| 2016 | 287,328 |
| 2015 | 283,559 |
| 2014 | 289,841 |
| 2013 | 276,527 |
| 2012 | 301,254 |
| 2011 | 286,634 |
| 2010 | 280,444 |
| 2009 | 267,898 |
| 2008 | 273,207 |
| 2007 | 273,920 |
| 2006 | 277,611 |
| 2005 | 286,826 |
| 2004 | 313,551 |
| 2003 | 308,623 |
| 2002 | 293,021 |
| 2001 | 286,129 |
| 2000 | 305,912 |
| 1999 | 301,083 |
| 1998 | 304,797 |
| 1997 | 310,218 |
| 1996 | 317,513 |
| 1995 | 322,251 |
| 1994 | 331,232 |
| 1993 | 341,608 |
| 1992 | 356,013 |
| 1991 | 349,739 |
| 1990 | 375,410 |
| 1989 | 392,042 |
| 1988 | 394,051 |
| 1987 | 397,937 |
| 1986 | 393,939 |
| 1985 | 393,117 |
| 1984 | 395,800 |
| 1983 | 389,286 |
| 1982 | 387,021 |
| 1981 | 397,846 |
| 1980 | 418,446 |
| 1979 | 416,927 |
| 1978 | 416,376 |
| 1977 | 403,938 |
| 1976 | 406,024 |
| 1975 | 430,678 |
| 1974 | 436,346 |
| 1973 | 453,665 |
| 1972 | 480,285 |
| 1971 | 459,389 |
| 1970 | 470,987 |
| 1969 | 451,627 |
| 1968 | 462,758 |
| 1967 | 439,092 |
| 1966 | 437,083 |
| 1965 | 422,054 |
| 1964 | 410,163 |
| 1963 | 401,137 |
| 1962 | 397,818 |
| 1961 | 397,101 |
| 1960 | 393,598 |
| 1959 | 390,178 |
| 1958 | 390,356 |
| 1957 | 398,955 |
| 1956 | 406,266 |
| 1955 | 410,630 |
| 1954 | 392,859 |
| 1953 | 395,316 |
| 1952 | 399,762 |
| 1951 | 411,399 |
| 1950 | 408,033 |
| 1949 | 425,965 |
| 1948 | 449,969 |
| 1947 | 455,087 |
| 1946 | 441,192 |
| 1945 | 456,720 |
| 1944 | 349,239 |
| 1943 | 344,764 |
| 1942 | 428,819 |
| 1941 | 448,507 |
| 1940 | 533,866 |
| 1939 | 495,115 |
| 1938 | 409,101 |
| 1937 | 406,117 |
| 1936 | 401,684 |
| 1935 | 396,368 |
| 1934 | 387,471 |
| 1933 | 360,022 |
| 1932 | 347,300 |
| 1931 | 351,868 |
| 1930 | 355,971 |
| 1929 | 353,709 |
| 1928 | 343,440 |
| 1927 | 348,098 |
| 1926 | 318,332 |
| 1925 | 335,827 |
| 1924 | 336,258 |
| 1923 | 335,582 |
| 1922 | 341,971 |
| 1921 | 368,216 |
| 1920 | 436,286 |
| 1919 | 423,463 |
| 1918 | 329,489 |
| 1917 | 296,148 |
| 1916 | 318,303 |
| 1915 | 404,990 |
| 1914 | 336,931 |
| 1913 | 327,503 |
| 1912 | 323,809 |
| 1911 | 314,377 |
| 1910 | 305,977 |
| 1909 | 297,863 |
| 1908 | 303,765 |
| 1907 | 317,125 |
| 1906 | 310,693 |
| 1905 | 299,475 |
| 1904 | 297,439 |
| 1903 | 300,842 |
| 1902 | 301,342 |
| 1901 | 298,203 |
| 1900 | 297,050 |
| 1899 | 302,810 |
| 1898 | 295,137 |
| 1897 | 287,920 |
| 1896 | 280,790 |
| 1895 | 264,246 |
| 1894 | 261,156 |
| 1893 | 252,832 |
| 1892 | 262,788 |
| 1891 | 261,599 |
| 1890 | 257,346 |
| 1889 | 247,040 |
| 1888 | 235,935 |
| 1887 | 232,245 |
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Release date
May 2023
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United Kingdom
Survey time period
1887 to 2020
Supplementary notes
Data from 2014 onwards includes same-sex marriages
The dataset '' was also used to obtain data for 2020. (table 1a)
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