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Civil Marriages in Singapore

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Marriages in the Community (Outside ROM)

Year % of Solemnisations
2003 24
2004 28
2005 60
2006 73
2007 73
2008 75
2009 76
2010 75
2011 77
2012 76

Marriages in the Community (outside ROM) 

Number of Marriages from 2003 to 2012

Year No. of Solemnisations
2003 18,095
2004 18,095
2005 19,042
2006 19,761
2007 19,854
2008 20,395
2009 22,065
2010 20,232
2011 22,846
2012 23,141

Number of Marriages from 2003 to 2012 

Gazetted Popular Dates 

Year
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2 Feb 139 48 36 7 49
14 Feb 94 221 31 107 50
3 Mar 46 37 77 43 117
4 Apr 23 21 35 37 31
5 May 40 44 46 47 195
6 Jun 66 190 69 96 64
7 Jul 39 35 35 48 237
8 Aug 294 216 104 48 81
9 Sep 95 347 115 105 48
10 Oct 100 244 724 51 48
11 Nov 121 58 52 553 236
12 Dec 133 266 156 94 517
1st Lunar Month
15th Day		 2
(7 Feb)		 72
(9 Feb)		 108
(28 Feb)		 62
(17 Feb)		 55
(6 Feb)
8th Lunar Month
15th Day		 317
(14 Sep)		 424
(3 Oct)		 51
(22 Sep)		 70
(12 Sep)		 187
(30 Sep)

Other Popular Dates

Year
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. of Marriages 59
(20/08/2008)		 621
(20/09/2009)		 206
(20/10/2010)		 599
(20/11/2011)		 166
(20/12/2012)

National Day

Year
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. of Marriages 28 57 34 7 25

7th Lunar Month

Year
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
No. of Marriages 1,089 1,110 765 765 921
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Last Reviewed On Tue, Dec 20, 2016

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