Marriages

Marriage is the union of two persons as established in law. The fact of getting married changes the structure of the population (change in marital status) and has an influence on fertility in Switzerland, as most births are to married couples.

From 1 July 2022, same-sex couples can get married or convert their registered partnership to marriage at the registry office.

Marriages

	2021	2022	2023
Total	36 410	40 938	37 540
Of different-sex persons	36 410	37 929	35 792
Of same-sex persons	...	778	949
Conversions of registered partnerships to marriage	...	2231	799

... Unknown since data has not (yet) been gathered or calculated

2023: provisional annual figures
Source: FSO – Vital Statistics

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First-time and subsequent marriages

Currently, this information is only available for people of different sex:

• A first-time marriage is the union of two persons who have both never previously married. To date, the majority of marriages represent this type of union.
• A subsequent marriage is any marriage where at least one of the person has previously been divorced or widowed.

First-time and subsequent marriages

	2020	2021	2022
Total	35 160	36 410	37 929
First-time marriages	25 735	26 796	27 785
Subsequent marriages	9425	9614	10 144

Source: FSO – Vital Statistics

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