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440,611 widowers and 60 to 64 years old comprising 425,067 of the total number of widowers.

The data also showed thousands of women were also widowed before reaching the age of 30 years old. This included 2,533 women below 20 years old; 7,246 women aged 20 to 24 years old; and 16,880, 25 to 29 years old.

In terms of separated, divorced, and annulled, women aged 40 to 44 years old posted the highest number at 138,042 followed by those aged 35 to 39 with 135,616 women. There were 14,680 women who were separated, divorced, and annulled before reaching 20 years old while 5,778 women were separated, divorced, and annulled at 80 years old and over.

Meanwhile, the PSA said of the 86.33 million persons aged 10 years and over in 2020, 34.26 million persons or 39.7 percent were never married while 33.87 million persons or 39.2 percent were married.

The rest of the population was categorized as follows: in commonlaw/live-in marital arrangement with 14.7 percent, widowed with 4.5 percent, and divorced/separated/annulled with 1.9 percent. There was a a decline of 4.1 percentage points in single or nevermarried persons to 39.7 percent in 2020 from 43.8 percent in 2015 while the percentage of married persons in 2020 was very close to that in 2015.