With Valentine's Day fast approaching, single men are fast decreasing in the early 2020s from 43.8 percent in 2015 to 39.7 percent in 2020.
Registered marriages increased to half a million within one year, data form Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.
The average Filipino gets married around age 25 to 29, while the number of young female adults getting hitched in their early 20s have also increased.
The most recent PSA data for single men are recorded at 18.5 million, while single women are at 15.7 million.
Death of the bachelors: Single Filipinos get hitched as early as 25
Despite decline in single men, 18.5 million Pinoy remain available in the dating pool
Feb 8, 2024 01:33 AM
At a glance
Valentine’s Day looms around the corner, and single Filipinos are slowly disappearing by the early 2020s.
A comparison of data revealed that single persons began to decline from 43.8 percent in 2015 to 39.7 percent in 2020, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The shrinking number of single people in the country can be linked to the rising population of registered marriages, as statistics observed that unions from 2019 to 2022 increased by 4 percent.
The 2022 data also recorded nearly half a million marriages nationwide compared to a total of 356,839 in 2021, elevating the marriage population to 26 percent.
The PSA’s research also suggests that single Filipinos enter married life after the easing of pandemic restrictions.
End-2023 statistics noted that the average age of a Filipino getting hitched is around 25 to 29.
Meanwhile, the number of females engaging in marital unions aged 20 and below has grown four times than the number of males getting married in their early twenties.
This was the case for Angelie Lipana, a Filipina US citizen, who was newly wedded at age 25 to her husband, Ramjo, at age 22. She and her partner tied the knot last 2023, making her the first married one among her friend group.
Lipana was proposed to by her partner a year into their relationship and shared that their long-distance due to work circumstances and their commitment to each other were their main drives to conjugate.
“[Getting married in early-mid 20s] is not a must. But when you find the right person, you’ll know. It all depends on preference and priorities in life,” she said.
While bachelors are yet to find their other half before Valentine’s, fear not; the population of single people is still wide. The 2020 census of population and housing found that 34 million Filipinos are still not married.
Although the 2020s bid goodbye to many single guys, there is still a lot of fish in the sea— 18.5 million available men to be exact.
This number is higher than the population of single women, which totaled 15.7 million. So don’t fret; this is a sign that single Filipinos still have time to secure a Valentine.