topic: marriages

metric: Registered marriages

unit: marriages

geography: Kazakhstan

sourceName: The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics

notes: Kazakhstan registered 115,900 marriages in 2025.


metric: Marriage rate

unit: per 1000 people

notes: Overall marriage rate in 2025.


topic: regions

geography: Astana

notes: Astana recorded the highest marriage rate in the country.


geography: Karagandy Region

notes: Second-highest cited regional marriage rate.


geography: East Kazakhstan Region

notes: Third-highest cited regional marriage rate.


geography: Kyzylorda Region

notes: Lowest cited regional marriage rate.


metric: Urban registered marriages

notes: Urban registrations accounted for 68.1%.


metric: Urban share of registered marriages

unit: percent

notes: Share of marriages registered in urban areas.


metric: Rural registered marriages

notes: Rural registrations accounted for 31.9%.


metric: Rural share of registered marriages

notes: Share of marriages registered in rural areas.


topic: age

metric: Average age at first marriage for men

unit: years

notes: Average male age at first marriage.


metric: Average age at first marriage for women

notes: Average female age at first marriage.


metric: Men entering marriage for first time

notes: Share among newly married men.


metric: Women entering marriage for first time

notes: Share among newly married women.


topic: seasonality

metric: July marriages

notes: Highest monthly number in 2025.


metric: August marriages

notes: Second-highest monthly number in 2025.


metric: June marriages

notes: Third-highest monthly number in 2025.


metric: June-August marriages

sourceName: Vverx Flowers calculation from The Astana Times data

notes: Calculated as June 11,848 + July 12,955 + August 12,418.


metric: June-August share of annual marriages

notes: Calculated as 37,221 divided by 115,900.


metric: Monoethnic marriages

notes: Share of marriages classified as monoethnic.


metric: Interethnic marriages

notes: Share of marriages classified as interethnic.


topic: divorces

metric: Recorded divorces

unit: divorces

notes: Total divorces recorded in 2025.


metric: Divorce rate

notes: Overall divorce rate in 2025.


metric: Urban share of divorces

notes: Share of divorces occurring in urban areas.


metric: Divorces among marriages lasting 1-4 years

notes: Largest cited divorce-duration segment.


metric: Average August marriages

sourceName: Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics

notes: Average August marriages over 2015-2024.


metric: Peak August marriages

notes: Highest August figure cited for the 2015-2024 period.


notes: June overtook September in recent years.


metric: September marriages

notes: Comparison month for June 2024.


metric: Lowest monthly marriages in decade

notes: Pandemic low in April 2020.


metric: Households unable to afford ceremonies without debt

sourceName: The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics / KIPD

notes: BNS household survey cited in Astana Times article.


metric: Positive attitude toward lavish weddings on credit

sourceName: The Astana Times / KIPD

notes: KIPD report cited by Astana Times.


metric: Oppose lavish weddings on credit

notes: Reported as over 60%; value stored as lower-bound 60.