From 2013 to 2022, people aged between 25 and 29 made up the highest proportion of couples registering for marriage in the Chinese mainland, and the ratio of couples aged between 30 and 34 and between 35 and 39 continued to rise, according to statistics released by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In 2022, the proportion of the married couples aged between 25 and 29 was 37.24%, an increase of 1.96 percentage points compared to a year ago, said the latest statistical bulletin released by the ministry. The ratio of couples aged between 30 and 34 and aged between 35 and 39 respectively rose to 20.7% and 9.1% in 2022 from 11.3% and 6.6% in 2010.
The ratio of couples aged between 20 and 24, however, dropped to 15.2% in 2022, a continuous decline since 2010, when the ratio was 37.6%.
