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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 2021
Value Variation (%) Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
Alt Camp 160 116.2 3.5
Alt Empordà 444 62.6 3.1
Alt Penedès 422 60.5 3.8
Alt Urgell 53 47.2 2.6
Alta Ribagorça 10 100.0 2.5
Anoia 363 24.7 2.9
Aran 26 0.0 2.5
Bages 582 58.2 3.2
Baix Camp 666 41.4 3.4
Baix Ebre 210 40.0 2.6
Baix Empordà 449 63.3 3.3
Baix Llobregat 2,699 55.9 3.2
Baix Penedès 363 33.5 3.3
Barcelonès 5,720 44.7 2.5
Berguedà 146 40.4 3.6
Cerdanya 52 6.1 2.7
Conca de Barberà 53 43.2 2.6
Garraf 529 44.5 3.4
Garrigues 54 125.0 2.8
Garrotxa 203 79.6 3.4
Gironès 672 48.0 3.4
Maresme 1,652 62.0 3.6
Moianès 50 8.7 3.5
Montsià 215 38.7 3.1
Noguera 105 7.1 2.7
Osona 576 72.5 3.5
Pallars Jussà 37 85.0 2.8
Pallars Sobirà 30 172.7 4.2
Pla d'Urgell 108 52.1 2.9
Pla de l'Estany 103 22.6 3.1
Priorat 23 -14.8 2.5
Ribera d'Ebre 63 110.0 2.9
Ripollès 95 55.7 3.7
Segarra 52 6.1 2.2
Segrià 557 51.4 2.6
Selva 592 78.3 3.4
Solsonès 81 80.0 5.9
Tarragonès 802 49.1 3.0
Terra Alta 28 55.6 2.5
Urgell 114 28.1 3.1
Vallès Occidental 3,073 50.3 3.3
Vallès Oriental 1,369 54.2 3.3
Catalonia 23,601 50.7 3.0
Metropolità 14,529 50.7 3.0
Comarques Gironines 2,558 60.7 3.3
Camp de Tarragona 1,704 48.6 3.2
Terres de l'Ebre 516 46.2 2.8
Ponent 990 41.6 2.7
Comarques Centrals 1,426 59.2 3.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 208 41.5 2.8
Penedès 1,670 41.0 3.4
Barcelona 17,180 50.8 3.0
Girona 2,599 58.1 3.3
Lleida 1,239 45.8 2.8
Tarragona 2,583 45.8 3.1
Source: Idescat. Marriages Statistics.

Last update: October 11, 2022. 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.