demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

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MARRIAGES
24. Number of marriages (continued)
[See headnote an page 474.]
Country Code 1 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
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AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
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EI Solvador 15........................ 5886 5685 6337 6050 6149 i 5965 6667
Guatemola 15........................ C 4601 4071 4497 5386 6118 4835 4784
Honduras 16.......................... .. . 2763 2552 3213 ... 3 158 3359 I 3039
Mexico 17...•........................ C 118960 120288 129463 130840 133746 156358 i I
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Nicaraguo••••••••..•.•.••••••.•.•••• ... 906 1270 1 338 1 546 1 822 1 905 ! 2162
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Panoma•••••.•........••••••..•.•••. 18 1779 1 852 2064 1 932 1 925 ... I 3220
United States••••....•..•......•..••.• 19 1 327000 1 369000 1 451 296 1 330780 1 403633 I 1 595879 1 695999
OTHER AREAS
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Alaska [U.S.] ••••••••••••.•••........• .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ... .. . ...
Bahama Islands [U.K.] •••••••.•.•.....•• C 536 574 602 562 577 586 643
Barbados [U.K.] •••••.•....•.•.•.•.•.•• ... 831 981 946 869 1 172 1 119 976
Bermudas [U.K.] ..•••••••••.•.•......•. ... 184 181 229 226 257 286 295
British Honduras.•••.•.•.•••...•...•.•• ·.. 370 436 467 447 435 360 421
Canol Zone 20 [U.S.] ..•.....••....•.•.• C 386 375 416 430 477 1 238 1 533
Jamaica ex. dep. [U.K.] ...•.•••.••.•.•. ... 4628 4421 5305 5416 5528 4740 5612
Leeward Islands 21 [U.K.] ...•••••...••.•• ... 22216 22217 22246 22197 22213 22193 449
Netherlands Antilles ........•.....•.... U 23 436 23 379 ... 733 845 749 704
Puerto Rico [U.S.] .••..•....•.•..•••••• ·.. 11222 13851 13964 9212 10785 19457 15007
St. Pierre and Miquelon [Fr.] .•.•..•..... U ... ... ... .. . ... ... ...
Trinidod and Tobago [U.K.] ..........••• C 2040 2063 2608 2774 3043 3 136 3563
Virgin Islands 24 [U.S.] .•...•••..•••.•••• .. . .. . ... .. . ... ... ... I ...
Windward Islands [U.K.] .••...•......••• ... 1 084 878 978 917 1 071 1 038 986
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AMERICA, SOUTH
Argentina•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• U 26 85659 87612 91 082 89212 94031 91 594 98112
Bolivia 15...........•................ U27 ... ... 6517 5171 6392 5754 17501
Chile ••••.•••..•••••••••.•.•••.••••• C 32661 34201 38082 37487 44767 42 187 42390
Colombia 28.......................... U 37898 38777 42699 42603 44291 43682 49170
Ecuador 29........................... U 17098 16505 16615 16034 17108 16843 16955
Paraguay.•........•..........•.•••• U 3175 5299 6672 6422 6693 5850 4671
Peru•...•.••.•..................•.•• ... 21766 23258 22415 20209 18357 21 386 18680
Uruguay•••••••••.•••.•...•.......... ... 11 301 12087 13979 14709 15001 14344 16057
Venezuela...•..•.•.•................ C 8 880 10428 13 656 13904 16005 17053 15877
OTHER AREAS
British Guiana •••.•..•.•.............. ... 1406 1459
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Falkland Islands [U.K.] ....•.••...•.....• ... 22 25 18 14 14 I 23 21
Surinam 15 [Neth.] •................•.•• ...
442 386 I 395 391 469 I 468 451
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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 ore coded "un.
15 Civil marriages only.
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1935-1937: years ending 31 July; beginning 1939, years ending 30
June.
17 Civil marriages only. Religious marriage prohibited in obsence of
praof that civil marriage has been perfarmed.
18 Caverage notobly incomplete in earlier years.
19 Figures are estimates based on marriages registered for some areas
ond on licenses issued or similar information for other areas.
20 Data refer to marriage licenses issued.
1434
1404 1 600
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21 Excluding Virgin Islands (U.K.).
22 Excluding St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
23 Curacao only.
24 Data refer to marriage licenses issued. 1945-1948: fiscal year ending
30 June.
25 Excluding Grenada.
26 Registration incomplete outside Federal Capitol and principal cities.
27 Compulsory registration initiated in 1940.
28 Religious marriages.
29 Excluding the Eastern Provinces and Galapagos Islands.
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