The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said that even as marriage remains an important institution for many Filipinos, fewer couples are now tying the knot. The CPD, in a news release on Tuesday, noted that the number of registered marriages in the country has steadily declined over the past decade. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that registered marriages declined by 13.5 percent over the last 10 years, from 429,723 in 2014 to 371,825 in 2024.