Marriage Registrations Hit a Record Low in China

A Chinese bride poses for a wedding photographer as her groom looks on, on a section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing on October 28, 2014. China's marriage rate has continually decreased for many years. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

In 2021, approximately 7.6 million couples registered marriages in China, the lowest number over the past 36 years according to the latest data released by the China’s Civil Affairs Bureau.

China, the world’s most populous country, has seen the number of marriage registrations decline every year since 2013, foreshadowing potential demographic problems.