In 2020, just under 28.4 million people in England and Wales were single, compared with 24.3 million who were married. In the same year there were 3.77 million people who were divorced, and 3.11 million widows.
Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020
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Statistics on Marriage and weddings in the UK
Marriage demographics
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- Basic Statistic Number of marriages in the UK 1887-2018
- Basic Statistic Marriage rate of opposite-sex couples in England and Wales 1862-2019, by gender
- Premium Statistic Average age at marriage in England and Wales 1851-2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of people marrying an opposite-sex partner England and Wales 2019, by age
- Basic Statistic Number of people marrying a same-sex partner England and Wales 2019, by age
- Basic Statistic Marital status of people in England and Wales 2002-2020
Weddings
4
Costs and planning
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- Premium Statistic Average wedding cost in the United Kingdom (UK) 2009-2021
- Premium Statistic Average wedding costs in the United Kingdom (UK) 2021, by spending category
- Premium Statistic Average spend on wedding necessities in the UK 2019-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Biggest challenges of wedding planning in the United Kingdom (UK) 2021
- Premium Statistic Most popular honeymoon destinations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020
- Premium Statistic Most commonly hired wedding suppliers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020, by type
Divorce
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Further related statistics
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- Marital status of the United Kingdom population in 2011
- Number of women aged over 45 years in Wales 2017, by marital status
- Marital status of the United Kingdom population in 2011
- Number of women aged over 45 years in England 2017, by marital status
- Average income of married and unmarried men in the U.S. 2016, by age
- Reactions to higher UK university fees among separated parents with children in 2013
- Scotland: age of married adults in 2018
- Scotland: marital status of adult population 2018
- Canada: resident population 2022, by marital status and gender
- Share of girls married by the age of 18 by selected MENA country 2014
- Number of widowed people in Canada 2000-2022, by gender
- Share of married women between 15-49 years using contraception MENA 2015 by country
- Newly married U.S. adults 2008-2010
- Mexico: single population in 2016, by gender & age
- Marital status of the U.S. population 2014, by race/origin
- Meet2cheat: current and past usage in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017, by marital status
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Statistics
- Marital status of the United Kingdom population in 2011
- Number of women aged over 45 years in Wales 2017, by marital status
- Marital status of the United Kingdom population in 2011
- Number of women aged over 45 years in England 2017, by marital status
- Average income of married and unmarried men in the U.S. 2016, by age
- Reactions to higher UK university fees among separated parents with children in 2013
- Scotland: age of married adults in 2018
- Scotland: marital status of adult population 2018
- Canada: resident population 2022, by marital status and gender
- Share of girls married by the age of 18 by selected MENA country 2014
- Number of widowed people in Canada 2000-2022, by gender
- Share of married women between 15-49 years using contraception MENA 2015 by country
- Newly married U.S. adults 2008-2010
- Mexico: single population in 2016, by gender & age
- Marital status of the U.S. population 2014, by race/origin
- Meet2cheat: current and past usage in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017, by marital status
Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 16, 2021). Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Marital Status of The Adult Population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2020 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/621325/marital-status-in-england-and-wales/