| Year | Marriages | Divorces | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | per 1,000 residents | Total | per 1,000 residents | |
| 1: Changed definition of the federal statistics after the First Law on Reforming Marriage and Family Legislation has taken effect on 1 July 1977. | ||||
| 1989 | 398,608 | 6.4 | 126,628 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 397,738 | 6.4 | 128,729 | 2.1 |
| 1987 | 382,564 | 6.2 | 129,850 | 2.1 |
| 1986 | 372,112 | 6.1 | 122,443 | 2.0 |
| 1985 | 364,661 | 6.0 | 128,124 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 364,140 | 6.0 | 130,744 | 2.1 |
| 1983 | 369,963 | 6.0 | 121,317 | 2.0 |
| 1982 | 361,966 | 5.9 | 118,483 | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 359,658 | 5.8 | 109,520 | 1.8 |
| 1980 | 362,408 | 5.9 | 96,222 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 344,823 | 5.6 | 79,490 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 328,215 | 5.4 | 32,462 | 0.5 |
| 1977 | 358,487 | 5.8 | 74,658 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 365,728 | 6.0 | 108,258 | 1.8 |
| 1975 | 386,681 | 6.3 | 106,829 | 1.7 |
| 1974 | 377,265 | 6.1 | 98,584 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 394,603 | 6.4 | 90,164 | 1.5 |
| 1972 | 415,132 | 6.7 | 86,614 | 1.4 |
| 1971 | 432,030 | 7.0 | 80,444 | 1.3 |
| 1970 | 444,510 | 7.3 | 76,520 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 446,586 | 7.3 | 72,300 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 444,150 | 7.3 | 65,264 | 1.1 |
| 1967 | 483,101 | 8.1 | 62,855 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 484,562 | 8.1 | 58,744 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 492,128 | 8.3 | 58,728 | 1.0 |
| 1964 | 506,182 | 8.6 | 55,710 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 507,644 | 8.8 | 50,840 | 0.9 |
| 1962 | 530,640 | 9.3 | 49,521 | 0.9 |
| 1961 | 529,901 | 9.4 | 49,280 | 0.9 |
| 1960 | 521,445 | 9.3 | 48,878 | 0.9 |
| 1959 | 503,981 | 9.1 | 48,848 | 0.9 |
| 1958 | 494,110 | 9.0 | 48,050 | 0.9 |
| 1957 | 482,590 | 8.9 | 46,352 | 0.9 |
| 1956 | 478,352 | 9.0 | 46,101 | 0.9 |
| 1955 | 461,818 | 8.8 | 48,277 | 0.9 |
| 1954 | 453,168 | 8.7 | 50,670 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 462,101 | 8.9 | 53,876 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 483,358 | 9.5 | 57,933 | 1.1 |
| 1951 | 522,946 | 10.3 | 64,009 | 1.3 |
| 1950 | 535,708 | 10.6 | 84,740 | 1.7 |
As at 12 March 2019