492,666: Total number of registered marriages in the Philippines in 2006. This was down by 5 percent, or 25,929 marriages from the 2005 figure of 518,595.

214,386: Total number of marriages solemnized through civil rites in 2006, almost half of the total number of marriages solemnized during the year.

17: Percentage of total marriages in 2006 that were teenage marriages, or marriages between persons below 20 years old.

6,387: Total number of marriages registered abroad in 2004, where at least one of the contracting parties is a Filipino. Of these, 72.9 percent (4,653) were interracial marriages (between Filipinos and foreigners) while 27.1 percent (1,734) were marriages involving Filipino couples.

7,753: Total number of annulment cases filed in the country in 2007, according to the Office of the Solicitor General.

3 to 6: In months, the average waiting period for a hearing of an annulment case in the Catholic Church.

2.4 million: Estimated number of unmarried Filipinos who are in live-in unions or arrangements, according to the 2000 Census of Population and Housing.

6: Number of states in the US where same-sex marriages are allowed, as of March 2010. The states are Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sources: census.gov.ph, nscb.gov.ph, npr.org, nytimes.com, Manila Tribunal, PDI Archives