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Number of straight and same-sex marriages in the Netherlands 2007-2017

Number of heterosexual and same-sex marriages in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2017

The data displays the number of straight vs. same-sex marriages in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2017. The number of heterosexual marriages decreased between 2006 and 2015, but saw an increase again in 2016. In 2017, there were over 63,000 straight marriages in the Netherlands. The Dutch marry later than before, as shows this statistic. The number of same-sex marriages in the Netherlands is on the rise, as is visible in this graph. The number of same-sex marriages in the Netherlands saw a peak in 2008 and 2016, with over 1,400 same-sex marriages in those year.

2007 71114 1371
2008 74030 1408
2009 72119 1358
2010 74045 1354
2011 70217 1355
2012 69030 1285
2013 63327 1222
2014 64074 1259
2015 62912 1396
2016 63813 1436
2017 63027 1375