SINGAPORE - The number of couples who tied the knot last year hit a nine-year low, with 25,434 marriages registered last year.
However, despite the decline in 2019, the annual average number of marriages registered in the last five years at 27,389 was higher than the annual average registered between 2010 and 2014 which was 26,844. Meanwhile, the number of marriages that ended in a divorce or annulment increased last year, according to the Department of Statistics, which released the 2019 marriage and divorce statistics on Tuesday .
The increase in divorces was mainly due to the number of non-Muslim couples divorcing, as 5,633 such couples parted ways last year, up from 5,308 the year before.Between 2015 and 2019, the annual average number of marital dissolutions was 7,536, higher than the 7,402 in the preceding five-year period.For grooms, the median age at first marriage rose from 29.8 years in 2009 to 30.4 years last year, while for brides, it went up from 27.5 years to 28.8 years.
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