Marriage Registration and Divorce
| Year |
Registered marriages |
Divorces |
Divorce rate (per thousand) |
| 1998 |
8916913 |
1191162 |
1.91 |
| 1999 |
8799079 |
1201541 |
1.9 |
| 2000 |
8485000 |
1212000 |
1.92 |
| 2001 |
8050000 |
1250000 |
1.96 |
| 2002 |
7860000 |
1177000 |
1.8 |
*
A divorce rate means the ratio between divorcees and
year-end population the same year.
By
the end of 2001, China had 351.23 million households
with the average number, 3.46, members.
