Marriage Trends

How many Pakistani women remain never married into their late twenties?

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Census 2023 recorded 1,679,755 never-married women aged 25–29 out of 9,016,962 women in that age group, or 18.63%. The figure gives a strong national snapshot, but it does not prove that the share is rising; that requires a comparable percentage from an earlier census with the same category and age band. “Never married” also differs from divorced, widowed or separated. The statistic should not be used to label these women as delayed, unwilling or unsuccessful, because the census records status rather than reason.

18.63%Women aged 25–29 recorded as never married in Census 2023
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Official Statistics · 2023

Population age 15 and above by marital status, Census 2023

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Official national counts by age, sex and rural or urban residence for married, widowed, divorced and separated people.View source
Official Statistics · 2025

National Census Report 2023

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Official census report defining marital-status categories and reporting national and provincial distributions.View source
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