Wedding and Marriage Customs and Rites

United States Census Department Statistical Abstract presents statistics for the world as a whole and for many countries on a comparative basis with the United States. Data are shown for marriage and divorce rates by country.

The United Nations Statistics Division calculates selected indicators and rates such as the crude marriage and divorce rates or singulate mean age at marriage and disseminates these indicators along with official country data on marriage, divorce, annulment, etc.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division provides detailed statistics on world marriage and divorce

Sponsored by the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project of Santa Clara County, California

Part of a series by the BBC highlighting religious sacraments including wedding sacraments in the Hindu religion.

An explanation of the laws and customs of a Jewish Wedding

This article by the BBC looks at Muslim weddings and includes information on the ceremony, the law, arranged marriages and polygyny.

Article from CNN Living highlighting international wedding rituals and customs and how they reflect their cultures.

Published as part of CNN's complete coverage on marriage