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Marriages and Crude marriage rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Marriages and Crude marriage rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2022
Value Variation (%) Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
Alt Camp 169 5.6 3.7
Alt Empordà 549 23.6 3.8
Alt Penedès 458 8.5 4.1
Alt Urgell 81 52.8 3.9
Alta Ribagorça 11 10.0 2.8
Anoia 452 24.5 3.6
Aran 52 100.0 5.0
Bages 705 21.1 3.9
Baix Camp 750 12.6 3.8
Baix Ebre 243 15.7 3.0
Baix Empordà 548 22.0 3.9
Baix Llobregat 3,083 14.2 3.7
Baix Penedès 435 19.8 3.8
Barcelonès 6,660 16.4 2.9
Berguedà 162 11.0 4.0
Cerdanya 84 61.5 4.3
Conca de Barberà 81 52.8 4.0
Garraf 612 15.7 3.9
Garrigues 56 3.7 3.0
Garrotxa 248 22.2 4.1
Gironès 720 7.1 3.6
Maresme 1,857 12.4 4.0
Moianès 60 20.0 4.1
Montsià 249 15.8 3.6
Noguera 113 7.6 2.9
Osona 644 11.8 3.9
Pallars Jussà 36 -2.7 2.7
Pallars Sobirà 33 10.0 4.6
Pla d'Urgell 128 18.5 3.4
Pla de l'Estany 143 38.8 4.3
Priorat 36 56.5 3.9
Ribera d'Ebre 79 25.4 3.6
Ripollès 115 21.1 4.5
Segarra 70 34.6 2.9
Segrià 685 23.0 3.2
Selva 673 13.7 3.7
Solsonès 72 -11.1 5.3
Tarragonès 875 9.1 3.3
Terra Alta 33 17.9 2.9
Urgell 131 14.9 3.5
Vallès Occidental 3,273 6.5 3.5
Vallès Oriental 1,636 19.5 3.9
Catalonia 27,100 14.8 3.5
Metropolità 16,530 13.8 3.3
Comarques Gironines 2,996 17.1 3.8
Camp de Tarragona 1,911 12.1 3.5
Terres de l'Ebre 604 17.1 3.3
Ponent 1,183 19.5 3.2
Comarques Centrals 1,642 15.1 3.9
Alt Pirineu i Aran 297 42.8 3.9
Penedès 1,937 16.0 3.8
Barcelona 19,603 14.1 3.4
Girona 3,060 17.7 3.8
Lleida 1,487 20.0 3.3
Tarragona 2,950 14.2 3.5
Source: Idescat. Marriages Statistics.

Last update: December 12, 2023. Revised series on March 13, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Marriage
Legal union of two people of the opposite sex, determined by civil, religious or other means determinated by the national laws of a country. On July 3, 2005 Law 13/2005, of July 1 came into force, which allows marriages between people of the same sex.
Crude marriage rate
Ratio between the number of weddings in a certain year and the population halfway through the period. Expressed in so many per thousand.

Methodological aspects

The Marriages Statistics provide information on the number and characteristics of the marriages of residents of Catalonia entered into during a given year.

The Marriages Statistics provides annual information on marriages and spouses who take up residence in Catalonia, according to demographic, social and territorial characteristics.

The statistics are compiled based on the data from the registration of marriages in the Civil Register. The data include all marriages that establish their residence in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to registrations in Catalonia of marriages that established their habitual residence in Catalonia.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.