Country where bride price is practiced | Population (total) | Population (women) | Poverty index |
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Bride Price (Net assets move from groom’s family to bride’s family) by Country and Poverty Index by Country | |||
Afghanistan | 31,411,743 | 15,160,172 | 15.8 |
Algeria | 35,468,208 | 17,567,864 | 22.6 |
Angola | 19,081,912 | 9,632,075 | 36.6 |
Bahrain | 1,261,835 | 473,999 | N/A |
Bangladesh | 148,692,131 | 73,383,331 | 22 |
Botswana | 2,006,945 | 995,092 | 19.3 |
Brunei | 398,920 | 197,358 | N/A |
Burkina Faso | 16,468,714 | 8,296,443 | 9.7 |
Burundi | 8,382,849 | 4,269,467 | 66.9 |
Cambodia | 14,138,255 | 7,221,673 | 30.1 |
Cameroon | 19,598,889 | 9,816,338 | 39.9 |
Central African Republic | 4,401,051 | 2,233,189 | 62.0 |
Chad | 11,227,208 | 5,644,877 | 46.7 |
China | 1,341,335,152 | 644,994,400 | N/A |
Democratic Rep. of the Congo | 65,965,795 | 33,157,496 | 71.3 |
Republic of the Congo | 4,042,899 | 2,019,306 | 46.5 |
Djibouti | 888,716 | 444,166 | N/A |
East Timor | 1,124,355 | 551,191 | 49.9 |
Egypt | 81,121,077 | 40,387,475 | 25.2 |
Equatorial Guinea | 700,401 | 341,408 | 76.8 |
Eritrea | 5,253,676 | 2,666,033 | 69.0 |
Ethiopia | 82,949,541 | 41,667,964 | 38.9 |
Gabon | 1,505,463 | 750,454 | 32.7 |
Gambia | 1,728,394 | 874,877 | 48.4 |
Guinea | 9,981,590 | 4,937,969 | 55.2 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,515,224 | 764,258 | 69.3 |
Hong Kong | 7,053,189 | 3,711,339 | N/A |
India | 1,224,614,327 | 592,067,546 | 22.0 |
Indonesia | 239,870,937 | 120,248,498 | 12.5 |
Iran | 73,973,630 | 36,432,408 | N/A |
Iraq | 31,671,591 | 15,784,742 | 22.9 |
Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire) | 19,737,800 | 9,680,280 | 42.7 |
Jordan | 6,187,227 | 3,004,996 | 14.4 |
Kazakhstan | 16,026,367 | 8,331,739 | 8.2 |
Kenya | 40,512,682 | 20,278,981 | 45.9 |
Kuwait | 2,736,732 | 1,103,460 | N/A |
Kyrgyzstan | 5,334,223 | 2,702,477 | 33.7 |
Laos | 6,200,894 | 3,107,050 | 27.6 |
Lebanon | 4,227,597 | 2,163,457 | N/A |
Lesotho | 2,171,318 | 1,104,192 | 56.6 |
Liberia | 3,994,122 | 1,987,469 | 63.8 |
Libya | 6,355,112 | 3,132,342 | N/A |
Madagascar | 20,713,819 | 10,388,280 | 75.3 |
Malawi | 14,900,841 | 7,446,051 | 50.7 |
Malaysia | 28,401,017 | 13,993,650 | 3.8 |
Mali | 15,369,809 | 7,691,028 | 43.6 |
Mauritania | 3,459,773 | 1,721,146 | 42 |
Morocco | 32,481,912 | 16,532,592 | 9 |
Mozambique | 23,390,765 | 12,010,341 | 54.7 |
Myanmar | 47,963,012 | 24,323,127 | N/A |
Namibia | 2,283,289 | 1,149,298 | 28.7 |
Nepal | 29,959,364 | 15,097,145 | 25.2 |
Niger | 15,511,953 | 7,710,241 | 59.5 |
Nigeria | 158,423,182 | 78,222,179 | 46 |
Oman | 2,782,435 | 1,148,710 | N/A |
Pakistan | 173,593,383 | 85,356,405 | 17.2 |
Papua New Guinea | 6,858,266 | 3,359,979 | 39.9 |
Qatar | 1,758,793 | 427,853 | N/A |
Rwanda | 10,624,005 | 5,408,996 | 44.9 |
Saudi Arabia | 27,448,086 | 12,251,954 | N/A |
Senegal | 12,433,728 | 6,266,846 | 46.7 |
Sierra Leone | 5,867,536 | 3,001,444 | 52.9 |
Singapore | 5,086,418 | 2,521,975 | N/A |
Solomon Islands | 538,148 | 259,909 | 3.2 |
Somalia | 9,330,872 | 4,703,761 | N/A |
South Africa | 50,132,817 | 25,308,517 | 23 |
South Sudan | 13,024,734 | 6,462,444 | 50.6 |
Sri Lanka | 20,859,949 | 10,560,835 | 8.9 |
Sudan | 43,551,941 | 21,609,210 | 46.5 |
Swaziland | 1,186,056 | 603,061 | 63 |
Syria | 20,410,606 | 10,080,745 | N/A |
Taiwan | 23,216,236 | 11,468,433 | N/A |
Tajikistan | 6,878,637 | 3,493,864 | 46.7 |
Tanzania | 44,841,226 | 22,443,881 | 28.2 |
Thailand | 69,122,234 | 35,149,886 | 13.2 |
Togo | 6,027,798 | 3,042,605 | 58.7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,341,465 | 691,380 | N/A |
Tunisia | 10,480,934 | 5,240,866 | 15.5 |
Turkey | 72,752,325 | 36,467,075 | 18.1 |
Turkmenistan | 5,041,995 | 2,559,364 | N/A |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 36,196 | 17,174 | N/A |
Ganda | 33,424,683 | 16,721,224 | 24.5 |
United Arab Emirates | 7,511,690 | 2,288,096 | N/A |
Uzbekistan | 27,444,702 | 13,803,958 | 16 |
Vanuatu | 239,651 | 117,573 | N/A |
Vietnam | 87,848,445 | 44,430,545 | 17.2 |
Yemen | 24,052,514 | 11,948,920 | 8.9 |
Zambia | 13,088,570 | 6,529,515 | 59.3 |
Zimbabwe | 12,571,454 | 6,374,259 | 72.3 |
Total | 4,644,257,765 | 2,184,975,205 |