"Figure 1: Number of marriages and divorces, 1934 to 2014","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number" "","" "","Divorces","Marriages" "1934","4287","342307" "1935","4069","349536" "1936","5146","354644" "1937","4886","359160" "1938","6250","361768" "1939","8254","439694" "1940","7755","470549" "1941","6368","388921" "1942","7618","369744" "1943","10012","296432" "1944","12312","302714" "1945","15634","397626" "1946","29829","385606" "1947","60254","401210" "1948","43698","396891" "1949","34856","375041" "1950","30870","358490" "1951","28767","360624" "1952","33922","349308" "1953","30326","344998" "1954","28027","341731" "1955","26816","357918" "1956","26265","352944" "1957","23785","346903" "1958","22654","339913" "1959","24286","340126" "1960","23868","343614" "1961","25394","346678" "1962","28935","347732" "1963","32052","351329" "1964","34868","359307" "1965","37785","371127" "1966","39067","384497" "1967","43093","386052" "1968","45794","407822" "1969","51310","396746" "1970","58239","415487" "1971","74437","404737" "1972","119025","426241" "1973","106003","400435" "1974","113500","384389" "1975","120522","380620" "1976","126694","358567" "1977","129053","356954" "1978","143667","368258" "1979","138706","368853" "1980","148301","370022" "1981","145713","351973" "1982","146698","342166" "1983","147479","344334" "1984","144501","349186" "1985","160300","346389" "1986","153903","347924" "1987","151007","351761" "1988","152633","348492" "1989","150872","346697" "1990","153386","331150" "1991","158745","306756" "1992","160385","311564" "1993","165018","299197" "1994","158175","291069" "1995","155499","283012" "1996","157107","278975" "1997","146689","272536" "1998","145214","267303" "1999","144556","263515" "2000","141135","267961" "2001","143818","249227" "2002","147735","255596" "2003","153065","270109" "2004","152923","273069" "2005","141322","247805" "2006","132140","239454" "2007","128131","235367" "2008","121708","235794" "2009","113949","232443" "2010","119589","243808" "2011","117558","249133" "2012","118140","263640" "2013","114720","240854" "2014","111169",""