China’s latest demographic statistics show that the phenomenon of marrying later has spread from urban areas to rural areas, with unmarried rate among young people aged 30 in cities reaching 30.7 percent and the unmarried rate of rural young people aged between 20 and 34 reaching 19.3 percent. Experts attributed this phenomenon to multiple reasons such as the prolonged schooling years, rich spiritual and cultural life, and the imbalance of sex ratio of marriageable population.
According to the data released by the China Population and Employment Statistical Yearbook 2023, more than half of the Chinese population in urban cities between the ages of 25 and 29 remained unmarried in 2022, with the proportion reaching as high as 56.9 percent. Besides, the unmarried rate among the urban young people aged between 30 and 34 reached 20 percent. In particular, 30.7 percent of urban young people aged 30 remained unmarried in 2022, yicai.com reported on Wednesday.
In terms of the unmarried rates among urban young people in other age groups, 8.3 percent of young people aged between 35 and 39 remained unmarried, 10.3 percent of young people aged 35 remained unmarried, 4.5 percent of young people aged between 40 and 44 remained unmarried and 2.6 percent of people aged between 45 and 49 remained unmarried.
Statistics of unmarried young people in townships across the country show that 44.6 percent of young people aged between 25 and 29 remained unmarried in 2022. The unmarried rate of young people aged between 30 and 34 remained 14.1 percent, and the unmarried rate of people aged between 35 and 39 remained 5.9 percent. Besides, 2.9 percent people aged between 40 and 44 remained unmarried and 1.9 percent of people aged between 45 and 49 remained unmarried.
According to the statistics on the unmarried people in rural areas in 2022, 47.4 percent of rural young people aged between 25 and 29 remained unmarried. Unmarried rate of young people aged between 20 and 34 reached 19.3 percent, and the unmarried rate of young people aged between 35 and 39 reached 9.4 percent. Besides, 5.6 percent of people aged 40 to 44 and 3.9 percent of people aged 45 to 49 remained unmarried. It is noteworthy that unmarried rates of people aged 50 and above exceeded 2 percent.
The statistics show that the unmarried rates among urban populations in the age groups of 25-29 and 30-34 remained higher than those in towns and rural areas, while the unmarried rate among urban people aged 55 and above remained lower than those in towns and rural areas.
