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in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Sudan" title="Polygamy in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Tanzania (page does not exist)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Togo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Togo (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Tunisia" title="Polygamy in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Uganda" title="Polygamy in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Zambia" title="Polygamy in Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Zimbabwe" title="Polygamy in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br />recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (page does not exist)">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br />other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_the_Canary_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in the Canary Islands (page does not exist)">Canary Islands</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Ceuta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Ceuta (page does not exist)">Ceuta</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Melilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Melilla (page does not exist)">Melilla</a>  <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Madeira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Madeira (page does not exist)">Madeira</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mayotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Mayotte">Mayotte</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_R%C3%A9union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Réunion (page does not exist)">Réunion</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Saint_Helena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Saint Helena (page does not exist)">Saint Helena</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Ascension_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Ascension Island (page does not exist)">Ascension Island</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polygamy_in_Tristan_da_Cunha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polygamy in Tristan da Cunha (page does not exist)">Tristan da Cunha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United Kingdom)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Western_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Polygamous_marriage_by_country" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Polygamous_marriage" title="Template:Polygamous marriage"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Polygamous_marriage" title="Template talk:Polygamous marriage"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Polygamous_marriage" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Polygamous marriage"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Polygamous_marriage_by_country" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Polygamy" title="Polygamy">Polygamous marriage</a> by country</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Performed<br />legally</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nationwide</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Afghanistan" title="Polygamy in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Algeria" title="Polygamy in Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bahrain" title="Polygamy in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bangladesh" title="Polygamy in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bhutan" title="Polygamy in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li>Brunei</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Cameroon" title="Polygamy in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Chad" title="Polygamy in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Polygamy in the Central African Republic">CAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Comoros" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Polygamy in the Republic of the Congo">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Djibouti" title="Polygamy in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Egypt" title="Polygamy in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Gabon" title="Polygamy in Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Gambia" title="Polygamy in the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li>India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygyny_in_India" title="Polygyny in India">Polygyny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyandry_in_India" title="Polyandry in India">Polyandry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Indonesia" title="Polygamy in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li>Iran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Kenya" title="Polygamy in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Kuwait" title="Polygamy in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Libya" title="Polygamy in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Maldives" title="Polygamy in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mauritania" title="Polygamy in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Morocco" title="Polygamy in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Burma">Myanmar</a></li> <li>Oman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Pakistan" title="Polygamy in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li>Qatar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Polygamy in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li>Senegal</li> <li>Singapore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Somalia" title="Polygamy in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Sudan" title="Polygamy in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_South_Sudan" title="Polygamy in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li>Tanzania</li> <li>Togo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Uganda" title="Polygamy in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Polygamy in the United Arab Emirates">UAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Yemen" title="Polygamy in Yemen">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Zambia" title="Polygamy in Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statewide</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Iraq<sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Nigeria" title="Polygamy in Nigeria">Nigeria</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in the Palestinian territories">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Syria" title="Polygamy in Syria">Syria</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recognized if<br />performed<br />legally abroad</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Australia" title="Polygamy in Australia">Australia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_New_Zealand" title="Polygamy in New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Polygamy in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008; welfare only)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recognized under<br />customary law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Botswana" title="Polygamy in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li>Burkina Faso</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Polygamy in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li>Guinea-Bissau</li> <li>Hong Kong (performed until 1971)</li> <li>Jordan</li> <li>Lebanon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Lesotho" title="Polygamy in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Malawi" title="Polygamy in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mali" title="Polygamy in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li>Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mozambique" title="Polygamy in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Namibia" title="Polygamy in Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Niger" title="Polygamy in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Nigeria" title="Polygamy in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Polygamy in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_South_Africa" title="Polygamy in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Swaziland" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Swaziland">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Zimbabwe" title="Polygamy in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other countries<br />and regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Angola" title="Polygamy in Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Benin" title="Polygamy in Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Burundi" title="Polygamy in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_North_America#Canada" title="Polygamy in North America">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Polygamy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Côte d'Ivoire">Côte d'Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Eritrea" title="Polygamy in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Ethiopia" title="Polygamy in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_France" title="Polygamy in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Ghana" title="Polygamy in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Guinea" title="Polygamy in Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Polygamy in Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Kazakhstan" title="Polygamy in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Polygamy in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Laos" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygamy in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mauritius" title="Polygamy in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_North_America" title="Polygamy in North America">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Mongolia" title="Polygamy in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Niue" title="Polygamy in Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Russia" title="Polygamy in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Rwanda" title="Polygamy in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygamy_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Polygamy in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a 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