China's Marriage Rate Hits 40-Year Low, Deepening Population Challenges

Marriages In China Plunged A Record 20% Last Year

The number of marriages in China dropped to 6.1 million in 2024, a record-breaking fall of 20.5% from the previous year – compounding the country’s plight with a declining population. Marriages in China fell by more than 20% last year, the biggest drop on record, despite efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost the country’s waning population.Only 6.10 million couples registered for marriage in 2024, do…

BEIJING. Universities are holding courses on love. Chinese cities are organizing blind dates and mass weddings. But nothing is helping: the number of Chinese people getting married is at an all-time low. The development threatens the Communist Party's goal of making China the most powerful country in the world.

China's marriage numbers plunge amid population crisis

Marriages numbers have fallen over 54 percent since 2013.

China's population woes deepen as marriage registrations plummet to lowest level since 1980

China recorded its lowest number of new marriages for four decades in 2024, in a sign that the country's challenges with a declining birth rate and shrinking population are likely to deepen this year.

China Posts Record Decline in Marriages in 2024

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs released data on Monday that showed marriage applications declined by 20 percent last year. The post China Posts Record Decline in Marriages in 2024 appeared first on Breitbart.

China's marriage rate hits record low in 2024, birth decline expected

Marriage registrations in China dropped by 20.5% in 2024, marking lowest rate since 1980 - Anadolu Ajansı