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In 2019, 28.2 million people in England and Wales were single, compared with 24.1 million who were married. In the same year there were 3.92 million people who were divorced, and 3.11 million widows.

Marital status of the adult population in England and Wales from 2002 to 2019

	Single	Married	Divorced	Widowed	In civil partnership
2019	28,194,407	24,118,838	3,924,058	3,113,715	88,822
2018	28,037,103	24,116,565	3,804,784	3,069,538	87,817
2017	27,553,734	24,247,548	3,699,446	3,144,444	99,423
2016	27,430,378	24,062,507	3,770,430	3,028,870	89,032
2015	27,161,413	23,733,162	3,815,214	3,079,377	96,248
2014	26,644,909	23,838,097	3,801,995	3,008,164	115,491
2013	26,384,831	23,516,299	3,730,643	3,192,610	123,847
2012	26,126,393	23,351,825	3,821,323	3,148,134	120,121
2011	26,029,479	23,123,923	3,776,648	3,119,765	121,112
2010	25,433,695	23,285,841	3,700,872	3,188,332	83,683
2009	25,143,843	23,193,525	3,598,748	3,219,206	79,931
2008	24,889,122	23,105,056	3,503,166	3,268,830	75,546
2007	24,503,235	23,120,897	3,410,031	3,287,352	65,877
2006	24,206,014	23,066,569	3,370,687	3,283,515	24,069
2005	23,815,246	23,155,488	3,289,944	3,314,665	-
2004	23,528,600	22,999,978	3,231,047	3,392,397	-
2003	23,248,375	23,046,141	3,174,557	3,394,165	-
2002	22,944,481	23,088,100	3,139,516	3,430,046	-

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July 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

2002 to 2019

Age group

16 years and older

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