"Figure 1: Number of marriages and divorces of opposite sex couples, 1950 to 2015","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number" "","" "Year","Marriages","Divorces" "1950","358490","30870" "1951","360624","28767" "1952","349308","33922" "1953","344998","30326" "1954","341731","28027" "1955","357918","26816" "1956","352944","26265" "1957","346903","23785" "1958","339913","22654" "1959","340126","24286" "1960","343614","23868" "1961","346678","25394" "1962","347732","28935" "1963","351329","32052" "1964","359307","34868" "1965","371127","37785" "1966","384497","39067" "1967","386052","43093" "1968","407822","45794" "1969","396746","51310" "1970","415487","58239" "1971","404737","74437" "1972","426241","119025" "1973","400435","106003" "1974","384389","113500" "1975","380620","120522" "1976","358567","126694" "1977","356954","129053" "1978","368258","143667" "1979","368853","138706" "1980","370022","148301" "1981","351973","145713" "1982","342166","146698" "1983","344334","147479" "1984","349186","144501" "1985","346389","160300" "1986","347924","153903" "1987","351761","151007" "1988","348492","152633" "1989","346697","150872" "1990","331150","153386" "1991","306756","158745" "1992","311564","160385" "1993","299197","165018" "1994","291069","158175" "1995","283012","155499" "1996","278975","157107" "1997","272536","146689" "1998","267303","145214" "1999","263515","144556" "2000","267961","141135" "2001","249227","143818" "2002","255596","147735" "2003","270109","153065" "2004","273069","152923" "2005","247805","141322" "2006","239454","132140" "2007","235367","128131" "2008","235794","121708" "2009","232443","113949" "2010","243808","119589" "2011","249133","117558" "2012","263640","118140" "2013","240854","114720" "2014","247372","111169" "2015","","101055"