demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

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MARRIAGES
24. Number of marriages 1935 - 1950
[Registered civil or religious marriages classified by year of occurrence. For discussion, see page 35.]
Country Code 1 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 I 1941
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AFRICA
Egypt•••••.••••.•..•.•..•.•••••••••• ... 210790 217683 209838 181 574 183 823 198839 235725
Union of South Africa:
Europeans 2•••••••••••••••••••••••• C 20599 22294 23 121 22974 22-943 28387 22690
OTHER AREAS
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Algeria [Fr.]:
Europeans •••.•.•..••..•••••.•.•.•. ... 6791 6691 6724 6907 7896 6547 8481
Moslems..•••••••..••••••••••••.•.• U 23037 22949 21 844 27566 28832 31 648 28522
Angola 3 [Port.] •••••.•••••.••••••••••• U 4 4214 4522 4502 5003 5344 5043 5100
Bechuanaland [U.K.]:
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Europeans 5•••••••••••••••••••••••• .. . ... ... .. . ... ... " . ...
Belgian Congo:
Non-indigenous population..•..••... " ... 69 70 95 130 132 127 86
Cape Verde Islands [Port.] ••...••••••... U 4 458 539 563 633 I 616 578 299
Mauritius ex. dep. 6 [U.K.] ...•••.•.•...•. C 1 651 1 991 1 951 2 113 1 984 2424 I 4741
Moroccan Protectorate 7 [Sp.]. '" ••...... U .. . ... ... ... ... " . i ...
Morocco [Fr.]:
Non-indigenous population 8.•.......•. ... ... ... ... ... 1 885 1 681 2 055
Mozambique [Port.]..•.•.••............ U4 . " ... .. . ... 6080 4873 12 689
Non-indigenous population.......•.. " C 209 250 237 247 234 247 284
Northern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans . ........................ " . ... ... ... 137 167 187 157
Portuguese Guinea .•..•..............• U4 ... ... ... .. . ... I '"
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Possessions in North Africa [Sp.]:
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Ceuta and Melillo ...........•.•..... ... 9429 9403 9671 9448 ~ 433 948 942
St. Helena ex. dep. [U.K.]........•.....• ... 40 23 42 21 24 I
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Seo Tome and Principe [Port.] ..••.•...•• U4 ... 13 21 29 24 27 23
Southern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans..•.•.••••.....•...•••. " C 645 675 686 755 1 020
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848 771
South West Africa 10:
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Europeans..••••.. " .. , •...•.•...•. C 289 326 334 408 323 I
344 249
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Spanish Guinea.•••.....•...•.•••••.•• U ... .. . ... i .. . ... I 227 ...
Swaziland [U.K.]:
Europeans••••.•.•.....•...•.•..••• .. . ...
21 19 I 17 28 34 12
Tunisia [Fr.]:
Europeans•.•...••.•...•.•.•••••... Ull
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... ... 1 218 1 275 1 133 1 361
Zanzibar and Pe nba 12 [U.K.] •••..•.••.. U 3454 2090 3196 3700 4103 2642 2679
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AMERICA, NORTH
Canada 13........................... ... 76893 80904 87800 88438 103658 123318 121 842
Newfoundland••.•••....•••••.•....•
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1 925 1 943 2 101 2 172 2 492 2 331 2 684
Yukon and Northwest Territories.•.•.••• ... 90 94 82 99 116 148 118
Costa Rica ..••....•.••••.....•.••..•• C 3487 3551 4128
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3923 4052 3722 3978
Cuba .•......••.•...........•...•••• U 19229 20340 21991 19613 16773 ... ...
Dominican Republic.•..........•.••..•• C '" 4 054 5 053 4 058 4 649 5 458 5 137
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1 Data stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C",
those stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete
coverage are coded "U".
2 Marriages in which only one of the parties is European are not included.
3 Marriages recorded in church registers.
4 Registration not compulsory: believed to be complete only for the
non-indigenous population, which represents a relatively small proportion
af the total.
5 Europeans, Indians and other non-Africans, together comprising about
1 per cent of the total population.
6 Civil marriages performed. Religious marriages are not counted as
marriages. The census of 1944 showed that the number of religious
marriages was nearly equal to the number of civil marriages.
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7 Northern Zone only.
8 "Non-Moroccan" population.
9 Mellilla only.
10 Former mandated territory (Un. of S. Afr.).
11 Data are number of marriages declared. Declaration not required of
Europeans other than French.
12 Christian and Mohammedan marriages.
13 Excluding Yukon, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland, shown
separately below.
14 Large increase in marriages recorded due to law facilitating legalization
of consensual marriages.
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