Demographics

What is the divorce rate in Russia?

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The divorce rate in Russia has been higher than any other country for the past several years.  Here is a quick look at those rates over the past 23 years to get a better idea about the pattern of divorce in Russia since the breakup of the USSR.  The highest rate was in 2002 when the rate was 5.9 divorces per 1000 population.  The rates declined for several years then began to climb again in 2008 and seemingly leveling off around 5.0 divorces per 1000 population over the past four years.

Divorce rates for more countries are here…..

More information about patterns of divorce in the US and the world are also available.  

Divorce Rates- Caribbean & Central America 2010

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Divorce Rate Caribbean- Central America 2010

 

The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….

Divorce Rates in Asia– 2010

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Divorce rates Asia 2010

The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….

Divorce Rates in Islamic Countries

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Divorce rates in Islamic countries

Many of the major Islamic countries do not report their divorce rates to the United Nations so there is limited data about divorce rates in these countries.  The major countries with missing data are Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh all of which have over 100 million Muslims among their population.  For Indonesia there have been reports in the press and scientific literature about divorce rates.

The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….

Divorce Rates in the Middle East

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divorce rates Middle east 2010

 

 

Only a few countries in the Middle East have reported their divorce rates, but this provides a sample of the patterns of divorce in these countries.

The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….

Divorce Rates for Oceania– 2007-2010

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Oceania Divorce rates 20007-2010

 

 

 

 

The divorce rates in Australia, Guam, New Caledonia and New Zealand have been very stable in these for years.

The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….

Best Estimates of World Divorce Rates in 2011

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The most complete listing of 2011 world divorce rates with 82 countries including the US and Great Britain have been released in January 2015.  

Also see this new graph with the 2012 data from 70 countries.  

Updated Jan 2015.
World Divorce Rates 2011 incomplete

 The United Nations publishes an Annual Demographic Year Book for 2011 includes a table of divorce rates  for about 200 countries in the world.  These are the crude divorce rates which means the number of divorces per 1000 population.  The data in this table are from the 2011 yearbook.  Many countries have not reported their 2011 data, but some have made these reports.  More reports on divorce rates around the world are reported here….