Understanding the complexities of marriage can often feel like navigating a vast, uncharted wilderness. Did you know that despite popular belief, our society's actual divorce rate is far from the oft-quoted 50%? This article aims to be your compass, guiding you through various facets of matrimony, spanning across cultures and centuries.

Let's embark on this journey together to unravel everything about marriage in the world.

Africa

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Algeria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Angola
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Benin
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Botswana
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Burkina Faso
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Burundi
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cameroon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cape Verde
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Central African Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Chad
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Congo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Djibouti
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Egypt
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Equatorial Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Eritrea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Eswatini
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ethiopia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gabon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gambia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ghana
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guinea-Bissau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ivory Coast
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kenya
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lesotho
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Liberia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Libya
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Madagascar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malawi
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mali
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mauritania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mauritius
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Morocco
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mozambique
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Namibia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Niger
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nigeria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Rwanda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in São Tomé and Príncipe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Senegal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Seychelles
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sierra Leone
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Somalia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Africa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Sudan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sudan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tanzania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Togo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tunisia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Uganda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zambia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zimbabwe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zanzibar

Asia

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Afghanistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Armenia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Azerbaijan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bahrain
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bangladesh
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bhutan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Brunei
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cambodia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in China
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cyprus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Georgia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Hong Kong
• Everything you need to know about marriage in India
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Indonesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iran
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iraq
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Israel
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Japan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Jordan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kazakhstan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kuwait
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kyrgyzstan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Laos
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lebanon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Macau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malaysia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Maldives
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mongolia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Myanmar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nepal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in NorthKorea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Oman
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Pakistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Palestine
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Philippines
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Qatar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saudi Arabia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Singapore
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Korea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sri Lanka
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Syria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Taiwan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tajikistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Thailand
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turkey
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turkmenistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United Arab Emirates
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Uzbekistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vietnam
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Yemen

Oceania

• Everything you need to know about marriage in American Samoa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Australia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cook Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Fiji
• Everything you need to know about marriage in French Polynesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guam
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kiribati
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Marshall Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Micronesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nauru
• Everything you need to know about marriage in New Caledonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in New Zealand
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Niue
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Palau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Papua New Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Samoa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Solomon Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tonga
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tuvalu
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vanuatu

Europe

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Albania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Andorra
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Austria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belarus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belgium
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bulgaria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Croatia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cyprus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Czech Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Denmark
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Estonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Faroe Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Finland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in France
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Germany
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gibraltar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greece
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greenland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Hungary
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iceland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ireland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Isle of Man
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Italy
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kosovo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Latvia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Liechtenstein
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lithuania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Luxembourg
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malta
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Moldova
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Monaco
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Montenegro
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Netherlands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in North Macedonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Norway
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Poland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Portugal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Romania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Russia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in San Marino
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Serbia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Slovakia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Slovenia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Spain
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Svalbard
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sweden
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Switzerland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ukraine
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United Kingdom
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vatican City

North America

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Anguilla
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Antigua and Barbuda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Aruba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in The Bahamas
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Barbados
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belize
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bermuda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bonaire
• Everything you need to know about marriage in British Virgin Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Canada
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cayman Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Costa Rica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cuba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Curaçao
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Dominica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Dominican Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in El Salvador
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greenland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Grenada
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guadeloupe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guatemala
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Haiti
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Honduras
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Jamaica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Martinique
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mexico
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Montserrat
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nicaragua
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Panama
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Puerto Rico
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Barthelemy
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Lucia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Martin
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sint Eustatius
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sint Maarten
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Trinidad and Tobago
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turks and Caicos
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United States
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United States Virgin Islands

Africa

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Algeria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Angola
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Benin
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Botswana
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Burkina Faso
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Burundi
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cameroon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cape Verde
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Central African Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Chad
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Congo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in DR Congo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Djibouti
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Egypt
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Equatorial Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Eritrea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Eswatini
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ethiopia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gabon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gambia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ghana
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guinea-Bissau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ivory Coast
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kenya
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lesotho
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Liberia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Libya
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Madagascar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malawi
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mali
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mauritania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mauritius
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Morocco
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mozambique
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Namibia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Niger
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nigeria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Rwanda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in São Tomé and Príncipe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Senegal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Seychelles
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sierra Leone
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Somalia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Africa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Sudan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sudan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tanzania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Togo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tunisia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Uganda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zambia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zimbabwe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Zanzibar

Asia

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Afghanistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Armenia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Azerbaijan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bahrain
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bangladesh
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bhutan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Brunei
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cambodia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in China
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cyprus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Georgia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Hong Kong
• Everything you need to know about marriage in India
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Indonesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iran
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iraq
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Israel
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Japan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Jordan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kazakhstan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kuwait
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kyrgyzstan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Laos
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lebanon
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Macau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malaysia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Maldives
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mongolia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Myanmar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nepal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in NorthKorea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Oman
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Pakistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Palestine
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Philippines
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Qatar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saudi Arabia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Singapore
• Everything you need to know about marriage in South Korea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sri Lanka
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Syria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Taiwan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tajikistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Thailand
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turkey
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turkmenistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United Arab Emirates
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Uzbekistan
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vietnam
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Yemen

Australia-Oceania

• Everything you need to know about marriage in American Samoa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Australia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cook Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Fiji
• Everything you need to know about marriage in French Polynesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guam
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kiribati
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Marshall Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Micronesia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nauru
• Everything you need to know about marriage in New Caledonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in New Zealand
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Niue
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Palau
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Papua New Guinea
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Samoa
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Solomon Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tonga
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Tuvalu
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vanuatu

Europe

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Albania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Andorra
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Austria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belarus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belgium
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bulgaria
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Croatia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cyprus
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Czech Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Denmark
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Estonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Faroe Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Finland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in France
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Germany
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Gibraltar
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greece
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greenland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Hungary
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Iceland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ireland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Isle of Man
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Italy
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Kosovo
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Latvia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Liechtenstein
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Lithuania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Luxembourg
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Malta
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Moldova
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Monaco
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Montenegro
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Netherlands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in North Macedonia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Norway
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Poland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Portugal
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Romania
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Russia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in San Marino
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Serbia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Slovakia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Slovenia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Spain
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Svalbard
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sweden
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Switzerland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ukraine
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United Kingdom
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Vatican City

North America

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Anguilla
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Antigua and Barbuda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Aruba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in The Bahamas
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Barbados
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Belize
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bermuda
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bonaire
• Everything you need to know about marriage in British Virgin Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Canada
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cayman Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Costa Rica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Cuba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Curaçao
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Dominica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Dominican Republic
• Everything you need to know about marriage in El Salvador
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Greenland
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Grenada
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guadeloupe
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guatemala
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Haiti
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Honduras
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Jamaica
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Martinique
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Mexico
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Montserrat
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Nicaragua
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Panama
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Puerto Rico
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saba
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Barthelemy
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Lucia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Martin
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sint Eustatius
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Sint Maarten
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Trinidad and Tobago
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Turks and Caicos
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United States
• Everything you need to know about marriage in United States Virgin Islands

South America

• Everything you need to know about marriage in Argentina
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Bolivia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Brazil
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Chile
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Colombia
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Ecuador
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Falkland Islands
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Guyana
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Paraguay
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Peru
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Suriname
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Uruguay
• Everything you need to know about marriage in Venezuela