The graph shows the number of marriages and divorces in the UK between 1975 and 2000.

The line graph gives information about the

number

of

marriages

and divorces in the UK over a

period

of 25 years.

Overall

,

while

the

number

of

marriages

increased over the

period

, the

number

of first

marriages

declined. The

figure

for divorces rose steadily. There were almost 500,000

marriages

in the UK in 1975, and

this

figure

rose steadily to reach a peak of 640,000 in 1985. Despite a gradual decrease

to560,000

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to 560,000

in 1995, the

number

rose again to 570,000

at the end

of the

period

.

By contrast

,

although

the

figure

for first

marriages

rose from 370,000 to 410,000 from 1975 to 1985, the

number

then

declined steadily to just over 300,000 in 2020.

However

,

whereas

the

figure

for second

marriages

stood at only 200,000 in 1975,

this

rose to 260,000 by the end of the

period

. In 1975, there were only 80,000 divorces,

although

this

number

more than doubled over the next 5 years. The numbers

then

witnessed an increase to reach a peak of 250,000 by 2020, at times overtaking the figures for second

marriages

.