SINGAPORE: There were fewer citizen marriages as well as Singaporean births last yearvipph, according to the annual Population in Brief report that was released on Tuesday (Sep 24).
In 2023, there were 24,355 citizen marriages, a 1.7 per cent decrease from the record high of 24,767 citizen marriages seen the year before.
However, this was still higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to the report published by the National Population and Talent Division of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and its partner agencies.
The annual average number of citizen marriages between 2019 and 2023 (22,800) was lower than the average recorded between 2014 and 2018 (24vipph,000).