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Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Previous Marital Status And Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual

Data from Jan 1984 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 14 Jun 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 15/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Previous marital status refers to a person's marital status prior to the current marriage. Data on inter-ethnic marriages include marriages where both parties are of different CMIO group. Total may include marriages with attribute(s) not reported.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830141

Data explorer

MarriagesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByPreviousMaritalStatusAndEthnicGroupOfCoupleAnnual.csv (65 rows, 14.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric
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Total	5396	6010	6228	5527	5545	5699	6050	5954	5778	5544	5074	4802	4418	4133	4021	4207	4113	3945	3950	4098	3871	3941	4001	4011	4087	4135	4367	4171	4412	4411	4606	4759	4806	4762	4794	4801	4465	4385	4563	4494
Single Man & Single Woman	3704	4177	4512	3930	3889	4062	4335	4240	4097	3980	3540	3349	2977	2748	2637	2747	2575	2553	2537	2640	2596	2680	2694	2689	2809	2903	3081	3040	3269	3269	3509	3634	3759	3760	3762	3850	3571	3563	3777	3717
Single Man & Divorced Woman	477	480	545	508	486	462	522	504	462	408	406	411	357	374	329	428	421	362	402	415	352	356	350	326	358	360	345	312	296	292	301	323	269	281	302	259	238	228	221	178
Single Man & Widowed Woman	26	28	32	17	13	18	24	21	21	15	20	19	17	29	19	14	22	20	17	16	18	12	16	27	24	15	25	16	23	21	27	26	24	14	19	12	22	15	15	16
Divorced Man & Single Woman	361	356	385	347	354	368	386	394	431	424	350	370	382	319	373	344	384	339	360	367	293	315	321	321	318	312	339	290	314	293	288	301	315	300	300	294	272	233	244	258
Divorced Man & Divorced Woman	661	776	634	611	648	648	633	623	605	591	623	523	551	526	517	511	560	535	488	503	480	436	446	498	438	411	443	359	367	406	321	328	301	286	268	251	215	216	165	200
Divorced Man & Widowed Woman	55	76	41	36	54	53	43	57	44	41	40	48	34	41	43	46	47	36	37	40	41	27	41	42	26	33	25	26	35	28	38	33	22	26	19	27	33	37	26	29
Widowed Man & Single Woman	16	25	10	18	13	14	21	18	21	12	13	12	18	21	28	19	28	21	19	33	29	32	39	19	23	34	28	27	29	30	40	32	31	25	31	26	38	30	22	33
Widowed Man & Divorced Woman	62	68	48	38	52	48	60	57	62	47	44	48	52	42	42	49	37	40	49	47	31	47	38	42	40	35	38	53	39	36	38	42	39	31	35	38	33	27	27	28
Widowed Man & Widowed Woman	31	16	16	12	32	19	16	22	18	13	28	10	13	21	25	25	24	28	27	19	12	18	33	22	26	21	21	25	21	20	22	20	26	18	23	22	23	26	25	18

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
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2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ac40cc963df342a0cb00bad2b049bb86"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Previous Marital Status And Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ac40cc963df342a0cb00bad2b049bb86/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)