7.6 Million Unmarried Egyptian Males-Many for the Taking

by Ana on Nov.24, 2009, under polygamy general info.

Abu Bakr el-Gendy, director of Central Authority for Public Mobilization and Statistics, declared at a press conference yesterday that marriage contracts reached 660,100 during 2008, a 7.4 per cent increase over the previous year

El-Gendy said that marriage rates in rural areas composed 67.3 per cent of the total, compared to 32.7 per cent in urban areas, noting that the number of unmarried Egyptian adults reached 13.3 million, according to the 2006 census. Of the 13 million, 7.6 million are male and 5.7 are female.

El-Gendy added that there were 84,400 divorces during 2008, an increase of 8.4 per cent over the previous year. There were 44,500 divorce cases in urban areas, compared to rural areas where there were 39,800 thousands.

Port Said Governorate had the highest number of marriage contracts, representing 14 per 1000 Egyptian marriages. Giza came in last, with a share of 3.1 per 1000 marriages nationwide. Port Said also topped the list in divorce rates with 3.6 per 1000, with Giza again in the last rank by .5 per 1000.

El-Gendy said that the highest rate of marriage was among people between 25 and 30. This age range recorded 265,000 marriage contracts, 40.2 per cent of the national total. The lowest marriage rate was among people over 65.

He added that the highest divorce ratio among males was in the age group between 25 and 30, and females between 20 and 25.

Written by Egypt News, Sunday, 11 October 2009

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4 comments for this entry:

Ana
November 24th, 2009 on 1:47 pm
Micer, one of our readers was very kind and generous in providing us the article above.

Micer commented on the post, “A Wife in Egypt Promotes Polygamy’. He said, “There is absolutely no justification for polygamy in Egypt. The most recent statistics show there are far more single men than women in Egypt and therefore to take more than one wife is greedy.”

What is your view?

This is an open house. No need to knock. Just come on in.
Amina
November 24th, 2009 on 2:04 pm
Salam Ana!
That’s the first thing I was thinking. I was like WHoa there are more single men than women. I also wonder how many of these people are actually married, but not account for Ie: just the kitab( contract) and not legally. I know lot’s of people who do that.
Ana
November 24th, 2009 on 2:30 pm
Wa Alaikum As Salaam, Amina

You made a good point. I just don’t know how the censuses in Egypt are conducted.

I guess single women with passports, seeking husbands should make some vacation plans

This is an open house. No need to knock. Just come on in.
Amina
November 24th, 2009 on 2:53 pm
LOL,thats funny