PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia registered 190,304 marriages and 60,457 divorces in 2024, according to the Marriage, Divorce and Rujuk Statistics 2025 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today that the number of marriages in 2024 rose 0.9 per cent to 190,304, up from 188,614 in 2023.
"The Crude Marriage Rate (CMR) remained unchanged at 5.6 per thousand population in 2024. Muslim marriages accounted for 72.3 per cent of all marriages recorded," he said.
According to Mohd Uzir, divorces in 2024 increased by 4.1 per cent to 60,457 from 58,095 in 2023, with the Crude Divorce Rate (CDR) rising to 1.8 from 1.7 per thousand population.
"The number of Muslim divorces increased by 7.3 per cent in 2024 (47,577) as compared to 2023 (44,322)," he added.
Meanwhile, the report said that the number of rujuk cases in 2024 fell 4.7 per cent to 5,563 from 5,835 in the previous year.
Selangor recorded the highest number of rujuk at 1,148, while Labuan recorded the lowest with 13.
According to the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), rujuk refers to "bringing back the wife who has been divorced by talak raj’ie to the bonds of marriage by making a particular pronouncement". - BERNAMA