Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

6   Marriage rates for first time married males1 and females1 in selected age groups. 1961-2004
Sex
Annual average
Year
First time married per 1 000 mean population of never married, by age
15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59
Males                            
1961-1965 - 0.2 2.5 12.1 36.3 9.4  109.9  168.0 99.8 50.4 27.6 15.8 7.9 4.6
1966-1970 - 0.2 2.3 11.7 37.5 10.3  130.7  180.1 96.7 46.5 23.0 12.6 7.1 4.1
1971-1975 - 0.1 1.3 9.8 34.3 8.9  120.6  160.6 80.7 36.3 18.1 9.7 5.4 3.0
1976-1980 - 0.0 0.5 4.5 18.1 4.6 79.8  124.2 73.0 33.9 16.3 8.3 5.0 2.6
1981-1985 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.3 9.5 2.4 49.4 94.5 63.8 32.3 15.9 8.3 4.5 2.4
1986-1990 - 0.0 0.1 1.1 4.2 1.1 29.1 72.7 60.6 33.5 17.1 8.8 4.5 2.6
1991-1995 - - 0.1 0.6 2.4 0.7 17.1 54.0 52.9 31.9 16.8 10.0 5.1 2.6
1996-2000 - 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.1 0.6 13.6 50.6 58.2 40.5 23.8 14.4 9.0 5.0
                             
1987 - 0.0 0.2 1.1 4.6 1.2 31.9 75.6 61.5 33.7 18.0 10.2 4.8 1.4
1988 - 0.1 0.1 1.5 3.9 1.2 29.6 75.4 60.8 34.4 16.9 9.0 3.9 2.1
1989 - 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.8 1.0 26.1 66.9 58.7 32.4 15.9 8.1 4.2 3.8
1990 - - 0.1 0.6 3.0 0.8 23.9 68.2 62.7 37.1 19.2 9.6 4.8 2.7
                             
1991 - - 0.1 0.6 2.6 0.7 20.3 58.3 54.8 32.1 16.2 9.8 5.8 3.1
1992 - - 0.1 0.5 2.2 0.6 18.7 54.2 54.1 30.7 15.0 8.4 3.8 2.5
1993 - - 0.0 0.7 2.4 0.7 16.3 52.9 49.6 29.9 16.6 9.3 5.0 2.2
1994 - - - 0.7 2.4 0.7 15.2 52.4 52.1 32.8 17.5 11.1 5.3 1.9
1995 - - 0.1 0.8 2.3 0.7 15.0 52.7 54.2 33.7 18.4 11.1 5.4 3.3
                             
1996 - - 0.0 0.6 2.0 0.5 14.6 53.0 58.8 37.6 20.8 12.8 7.4 3.4
1997 - - 0.0 0.8 1.4 0.5 13.8 52.6 58.5 38.3 22.4 13.2 8.2 4.0
1998 - - 0.0 1.1 2.4 0.7 13.1 48.5 55.7 39.3 22.8 12.8 7.7 4.8
1999 - 0.1 0.1 1.3 1.8 0.7 12.9 48.1 55.8 41.0 25.6 15.0 10.5 5.8
2000 - - 0.2 1.1 2.7 0.8 13.2 50.8 62.0 45.2 26.4 17.4 10.8 6.7
                             
2001 - - 0.3 1.3 2.6 0.8 12.0 43.8 54.6 40.1 24.7 15.8 11.1 5.0
2002 - - 0.1 1.3 2.3 0.8 12.1 46.0 57.1 42.4 25.0 16.7 11.2 7.8
2003 - - 0.1 0.9 2.0 0.6 11.1 41.6 52.5 39.3 24.3 14.7 10.3 6.2
2004 - - 0.1 1.0 2.1 0.6 10.4 38.7 53.2 38.2 25.3 15.8 11.6 6.4
                             
Females                            
1961-1965 0.4 6.8 30.2 78.6  124.6 42.9  206.8  182.4 85.6 44.3 22.6 12.1 6.5 3.2
1966-1970 0.4 7.5 32.6 82.0  129.1 47.5  226.0  176.7 80.4 38.3 20.3 11.3 6.1 3.1
1971-1975 0.3 7.1 30.4 78.5  122.4 44.5  208.0  163.7 70.4 36.3 16.2 10.1 5.2 2.8
1976-1980 0.1 3.7 15.5 46.1 79.7 27.6  142.3  128.2 65.5 32.1 15.3 8.1 4.1 2.2
1981-1985 0.0 1.2 5.6 22.9 44.8 14.3 94.3  105.4 58.6 27.6 13.3 8.3 3.7 1.9
1986-1990 0.0 0.3 1.9 10.2 20.9 6.7 61.3 89.3 56.6 29.5 12.3 7.2 4.2 2.1
1991-1995 - 0.1 0.9 5.0 10.1 3.4 38.1 72.5 49.7 27.0 13.1 6.6 4.0 1.9
1996-2000 0.0 0.1 0.8 5.0 8.6 2.9 30.5 72.2 59.4 34.7 17.9 10.2 6.0 3.1
                             
1987 - 0.4 2.5 12.6 22.6 7.6 65.9 92.1 57.0 28.4 12.0 7.8 5.0 1.4
1988 0.0 0.5 1.7 9.9 22.7 7.1 63.4 91.0 56.8 31.1 13.0 6.7 3.5 2.6
1989 0.1 0.2 1.3 8.3 18.7 5.8 54.8 83.5 56.0 29.0 11.7 5.5 4.5 2.0
1990 - 0.2 1.2 6.6 13.9 4.5 53.5 87.7 61.1 32.8 12.8 8.3 4.0 1.9
                             
1991 - 0.1 1.3 5.8 13.1 4.3 45.0 76.7 52.7 27.7 12.8 6.2 3.7 1.1
1992 - 0.2 1.0 5.2 10.5 3.6 40.1 73.1 49.7 27.0 11.3 4.6 5.3 1.4
1993 - 0.1 0.7 5.2 9.9 3.4 36.6 70.3 47.5 26.2 11.3 7.3 3.6 2.5
1994 - 0.0 0.8 4.9 8.8 3.0 35.2 69.3 48.7 25.5 12.8 8.2 3.8 3.2
1995 - 0.2 0.6 4.0 8.0 2.6 33.5 73.6 50.4 28.6 16.4 6.5 3.6 1.3
                             
1996 - 0.2 0.7 4.2 7.4 2.5 32.7 76.1 57.6 31.3 15.9 9.9 6.1 1.3
1997 - 0.1 0.8 4.9 8.3 2.8 32.7 73.8 58.6 33.7 17.9 8.1 4.3 2.7
1998 0.0 0.1 0.9 4.6 9.8 3.1 28.6 69.6 57.3 33.2 16.9 10.1 5.4 1.9
1999 - 0.2 0.8 5.5 9.3 3.2 28.5 68.2 58.7 35.8 18.1 10.2 5.2 4.5
2000 0.0 0.1 0.7 5.8 8.5 3.1 29.8 73.5 64.2 38.4 20.0 12.3 8.6 4.6
                             
2001 0.1 0.3 1.0 6.4 9.6 3.5 26.0 63.0 57.3 34.0 18.2 11.9 5.5 3.7
2002 0.1 0.2 1.0 7.2 8.7 3.4 26.0 65.8 57.6 36.3 17.2 11.2 7.6 3.5
2003 - 0.2 0.8 6.8 8.4 3.1 24.1 60.8 54.3 32.6 17.7 12.7 6.5 2.1
2004 - 0.1 0.4 5.0 7.1 2.4 22.9 58.0 55.3 32.0 17.7 11.9 6.5 2.2
1  Resident in Norway.

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