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25 100 marriages and 10 200 divorces
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Marriages and divorces2008

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25 100 marriages and 10 200 divorces

A total of 25 100 couples got married in 2008, the highest number since 2000. A total of 10 200 marriages were dissolved by divorce, and 11 700 couples were separated. 224 registered partnerships were contracted.

Marriages contracted. 1977-2008

Divorces and separations. 1977-2008

About 25 100 couples got married last year, an increase of 1 650 compared with 2007.

There were 10 200 marriages dissolved by divorce in 2008. The number of divorces has decreased in the last four years. There were 11.6 dissolved marriages per 1 000 married and separated women. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the rate has varied between 10.4 and 12.6, and was at its highest in 2004 and 2005. The number of separations increased somewhat from 2007, after having declined the previous years.

In 2008, 224 registered partnerships were contracted, 134 between two females and 90 between two males. Partnerships among females and males have decreased by 43 compared with 2007. As in the two previous years, there are more partnerships contracted between two females than between two males. Last year 58 partnerships were dissolved by divorce and 94 couples in partnerships experienced separation.

Partnerships contracted, by sex.1 1993-2008

Main figures and detailed figures

The main figures contain the total number of marriages, divorces and separations for the country as a whole and by county based on the groom's county of residence. More detailed statistics will be published in autumn 2009.

This change in publishing routines implies that final figures for the population per 1 January as well as population changes in the previous year and in the last quarter of the previous year will be published in February. See http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrkv_en/ and http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/folkemengde_en/

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