Last year, the average age of men at the time of their first marriage was 29, as compared with 27.7 in 2007. Meanwhile, women were 26.6 years of age at the time of their first marriage last year, indicating an increase in the average age from 25.5 in 2007.
According to the data published by Statistics Lithuania on the occasion of the International Day of Families, 19,200 marriages were registered in 2011, indicating a slight increase by 533 marriages (3 percent) year-on-year.
The number of marriages in Lithuania is relatively high, as compared with other European countries.
The number of marriages per population of 1,000 went down from 7.2 in 2008 to 5.7 in 2010 and then back up to 6 in 2011. The European Union's (EU) statistics service Eurostat said that higher marriage rates were reported only in Malta and Poland in 2010.
Some 2,100 Lithuanian women married foreigners last year, which makes 11 percent of all newly married females. Another 872 men wedded foreign citizens (5 percent of all newly married men).
The most marriages in Lithuania are recorded in July and August.
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Lithuanians marry increasingly late
Lithuanians enter in their first marriage at an increasingly older age, shows statistics published on Friday.
Some 2,100 Lithuanian women married foreigners last year. / Luko Balandžio nuotr.
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