ANNUAL MARRIAGES COMPARED
WITH DIVORCES IN SOME COUNTRIES

COUNTRY

YEAR

MARRIAGES

DIVORCES

%

Australia

1993

113,255

48,324

42.7

Canada

1992

164,573

77,031

46.8

Cuba

1992

191,837

63,432

33.1

Czech Republic

1993

66,033

30,227

45.8

Denmark

1993

31,507

12,991

41.2

Estonia

1993

7,745

5,757

74.3

France

1991

280,175

108,086

38.6

Germany

1993

442,605

156,425

35.3

Japan

1993

792,658

188,297

23.8

Maldives

1991

4,065

2,659

65.4

Norway

1993

19,464

10,943

56.2

Puerto Rico

1992

34,222

14,227

41.6

Russian Federation

1993

1,106,723

663,282

59.9

Sweden

1993

34,005

21,673

63.7

United Kingdom

1992

356,013

174,717

49.1

United States

1993

2,334,000

1,187,000

50.9

TOTALS

n/a

5,978,880

2,765,071

46.3

(Based on 1994 Demographic Yearbook, United Nations, New York 1996)