The following data shows the changes in the number of marriages in Japan between 1947 and 2015.
| Year | Marriages |
| 1947 | 934,170 |
| 1948 | 953,999 |
| 1949 | 842,170 |
| 1950 | 715,081 |
| 1951 | 671,905 |
| 1952 | 676,995 |
| 1953 | 682,077 |
| 1954 | 697,809 |
| 1955 | 714,861 |
| 1956 | 715,934 |
| 1957 | 773,362 |
| 1958 | 826,902 |
| 1959 | 847,135 |
| 1960 | 866,115 |
| 1961 | 890,158 |
| 1962 | 928,341 |
| 1963 | 937,516 |
| 1964 | 963,130 |
| 1965 | 954,852 |
| 1966 | 940,120 |
| 1967 | 953,096 |
| 1968 | 956,312 |
| 1969 | 984,142 |
| 1970 | 1,029,405 |
| 1971 | 1,091,229 |
| 1972 | 1,099,984 |
| 1973 | 1,071,923 |
| 1974 | 1,000,455 |
| 1975 | 941,628 |
| 1976 | 871,543 |
| 1977 | 821,029 |
| 1978 | 793,257 |
| 1979 | 788,505 |
| 1980 | 774,702 |
| 1981 | 776,531 |
| 1982 | 781,252 |
| 1983 | 762,552 |
| 1984 | 739,991 |
| 1985 | 735,850 |
| 1986 | 710,962 |
| 1987 | 696,173 |
| 1988 | 707,716 |
| 1989 | 708,316 |
| 1990 | 722,138 |
| 1991 | 742,264 |
| 1992 | 754,441 |
| 1993 | 792,658 |
| 1994 | 782,738 |
| 1995 | 791,888 |
| 1996 | 795,080 |
| 1997 | 775,651 |
| 1998 | 784,595 |
| 1999 | 762,028 |
| 2000 | 798,138 |
| 2001 | 799,999 |
| 2002 | 757,331 |
| 2003 | 740,191 |
| 2004 | 720,417 |
| 2005 | 714,265 |
| 2006 | 730,971 |
| 2007 | 719,822 |
| 2008 | 726,106 |
| 2009 | 707,734 |
| 2010 | 700,214 |
| 2011 | 661,895 |
| 2012 | 668,869 |
| 2013 | 660,613 |
| 2014 | 643,749 |
| 2015 | 635,000 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
平成27年(2015)人口動態統計の年間推計
www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/suikei15/index.html
www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/suikei15/xls/2015zuhyou.xls
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