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Table 43(Pop., Marriage)
Marriage (Type, Civil Condition, Age of Groom and Bride) 1992-1999
Pop 43e
Year	1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997*	1998*	1999*
Number    　　　　　　Type	Number	％	Number	％	Number	％	Number	％	Number	％	Number	Number	Number
Total	155,345	100	152,423	100	162,489	100	169,220	100	173,873	100	168,015	186,568	174,223
General	129,697	83.5	130,856	85.9	139,827	86.1	146,018	86.3	149,358	85.9	144,380	161,458	150,356
Kandyan	11,975	7.7	9,721	6.4	8,767	5.4	8,313	4.9	9,202	5.3	8,637	8,310	7,291
Muslim	13,673	8.8	11,846	7.8	13,895	8.6	14,889	8.8	15,313	8.8	14,998	16,800	16,576
Civil Condition
Bachelors who married	152,810	100	150,094	100	160,160	100	1,058	100	171,291	100	165,733	183,607	171,242
Spinsters	151,570	99.2	149,071	99.3	159,160	99.4	165,732	99.4	170,172	99.3	164,704	182,227	169,870
Widows	898	0.6	631	0.4	631	0.4	739	0.4	623	0.4	601	833	780
Divorced Women	342	0.2	392	0.3	369	0.2	319	0.2	496	0.3	428	547	592
Widows who married	1,255	100	1,153	100	1,215	100	1,435	100	1,152	100	969	1,364	1,225
Spinsters	995	79.3	836	72.5	855	70.4	1,070	74.6	847	73.5	708	1,014	871
Widows	200	15.9	244	21.2	281	23.1	278	19.4	200	17.4	186	239	235
Divorced Women	60	4.8	73	6.3	79	6.5	87	6.1	105	9.1	75	111	119
Divorced men who married	1,280	100	1,176	100	1,117	100	995	100	1,400	100	1,249	1,509	1,582
Spinsters	700	54.7	685	58.2	729	65.3	658	66.1	867	61.9	760	934	962
Widows	85	6.6	72	6.1	88	7.9	66	6.6	83	5.9	77	101	102
Divorced Women	495	38.7	419	35.6	300	26.9	271	27.2	450	32.1	412	474	518
Bachelors who married
Age of Males	155,345	100	152,423	100	162,489	100	169,210	100	173,873	100	168,015	186,568	174,223
Under 16 years	4	0.00	4	0.00	2	0.00	11	0.01	1	0.00	-	-	-
16 - 20	3,383	2.18	3,520	2.31	4,581	2.82	5,165	3.05	6,265	3.60	5,615	11,045	12,398
21 - 24	42,256	27.20	42,049	27.59	45,426	27.96	45,864	27.10	45,625	26.24	44,607	46,190	44,334
25 - 29	54,079	34.81	52,978	34.76	56,666	34.87	59,952	35.43	61,121	35.15	58,663	65,477	58,075
30 - 34	33,459	21.54	33,409	21.92	34,499	21.23	35,125	20.76	36,459	20.97	34,686	38,261	34,238
35 - 39	12,429	8.00	12,480	8.19	12,444	7.66	14,035	8.29	15,042	8.65	15,228	15,007	13,964
40 - 44	4,927	3.17	4,287	2.81	4,595	2.83	4,492	2.65	4,730	2.72	4,741	5,294	5,479
45 and Over	4,808	3.10	3,696	2.42	4,276	2.63	4,566	2.70	4,630	2.66	4,475	5,294	5,735
Age of Females	155,345	100	152,423	100	161,956	100	169,220	100	174,873	100	168,015	186,568	174,223
Under 16 years	480	0.31	440	0.29	533	0.33	517	0.31	199	0.11	177	218	183
16 - 20	32,221	20.74	31,712	20.81	36,335	22.36	38,759	22.90	41,099	23.50	37,910	55,393	54,799
21 - 24	59,755	38.47	59,349	38.94	61,503	37.85	61,583	36.39	61,334	35.07	60,605	55,123	49,417
25 - 29	36,827	23.71	36,577	24.00	38,049	23.42	40,999	24.23	42,103	24.08	40,439	45,027	39,770
30 - 34	15,721	10.12	15,500	10.17	16,183	9.96	16,787	9.92	17,955	10.27	17,443	18,367	16,976
35 - 39	5,871	3.78	5,335	3.50	5,784	3.56	6,265	3.70	6,783	3.88	6,902	7,217	7,176
40 - 44	2,324	1.50	1,927	1.26	2,247	1.38	2,356	1.39	2,332	1.33	2,479	2,785	3,120
45 and Over	2,146	1.38	1,583	1.04	1,855	1.14	1,954	1.15	3,068	1.75	2,060	2,438	2,782
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2004, Department of Census & Statistics
＊ : Registrar General's Department
Revised:  2008(y)/07(m)/31
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka