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Couples from Germany took out 1,014 licenses in 2025, down from 1,331 in 2024. For Germany, that is a fall of 23.8%.
At the top of the Germany series is 2014, with 1,607 licenses; 2021 sits at the bottom with 106.
The sharpest annual fall for Germany was 88.9% in 2020, from 1,369 to 152 licenses.
The strongest Germany annual rebound brought 1,093 licenses in 2022, up 931.1% from 106.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1,076 |
| 2008 | 1,240 |
| 2009 | 1,291 |
| 2010 | 1,349 |
| 2011 | 1,366 |
| 2012 | 1,421 |
| 2013 | 1,598 |
| 2014 | 1,607 |
| 2015 | 1,517 |
| 2016 | 1,409 |
| 2017 | 1,336 |
| 2018 | 1,247 |
| 2019 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 152 |
| 2021 | 106 |
| 2022 | 1,093 |
| 2023 | 1,141 |
| 2024 | 1,331 |
| 2025 | 1,014 |
The recent Germany group includes 3,079 couples marrying for the first time and 1,606 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for Germany was 65.7%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 15.54 percentage points above that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 3,079 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 1,606 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Germany, the age distribution peaks at 30-34 with 2,189 people. Another 1,563 people on Germany licenses were in the second-largest 35-39 band. Partners aged 30-34 represented 23.4% of people on Germany licenses, above their 19.3% share among all couples. After its leading two age bands, Germany recorded 1,378 partners aged 25-29, followed by 1,113 aged 40-44 in the next position by count.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 201 |
| 25-29 | 1,378 |
| 30-34 | 2,189 |
| 35-39 | 1,563 |
| 40-44 | 1,113 |
| 45-49 | 817 |
| 50-54 | 863 |
| 55-59 | 704 |
| 60-64 | 365 |
| 65-69 | 106 |
| 70-74 | 43 |
| 75-79 | 16 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
For Germany, September led the monthly totals at 751 licenses, accounting for 16.0% of the period. By comparison, January brought 123 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 628 below September. May followed with 601 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 123 |
| February | 168 |
| March | 292 |
| April | 485 |
| May | 601 |
| June | 349 |
| July | 303 |
| August | 457 |
| September | 751 |
| October | 591 |
| November | 273 |
| December | 292 |
Compared with 9.08% across all origins, September contributed 16.03% of Germany licenses, putting its share 6.95 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for Germany went to October, contributing 591 licenses behind September and May. The leading months, September, May and October, together accounted for 1,943 Germany licenses, representing 41.5% of the 4,685 recent count; those same months accounted for 28.8% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Compare Germany's 4,685 recent licenses with 3,399 from France, the adjacent published origin in the overseas ranking. For Germany, third was the latest-year overseas rank, alongside third in the recent-count ranking of published overseas origins. Across the recent 2021 to 2025 files, Germany averaged 937.0 recorded licenses per year, retaining the 22 December cutoff for 2022 in the pooled count.
Before you travel: Germany government guidance on marrying abroad.
Looking back at couples from Germany, the published counts were 1,076 in 2007, 1,369 in 2019, 152 in 2020, 106 in 2021, 1,141 in 2023. The latest Germany count is 25.9% below the 2019 figure, using the same address grouping. Couples from Germany supplied 1.25% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 4,685 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Germany, the latest count accounts for 1.44% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Germany share at the beginning of this record was 1.00% in 2007, when 1,076 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Germany, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Germany, follow the certified-copy guide after the marriage is recorded: a certified certificate costs $20 per copy, and the officiant must return the completed document within 10 days of the ceremony for recording.