Countries of the World

Those 5 (five) countries that do NOT allow 1st cousins to marry are labeled.

A

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan

B

• The Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi

C

• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China - Does not allow 1st cousin marriage
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Congo, Republic of the
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic

D

• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic

E

• East Timor (Timor-Leste)
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia

F

• Fiji
• Finland
• France

G

• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana

H

• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary

I

• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy

J

• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan

K

• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea, North  - Does not allow 1st cousin marriage
• Korea, South
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan

L

• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg

M

• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (Burma)

N

• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Macedonia
• Norway

O

• Oman

P

• Pakistan
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines  - Does not allow 1st cousin marriage
• Poland
• Portugal

Q

• Qatar

R

• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda

S

• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Sudan, South
• Suriname
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria

T

• Taiwan  - Does not allow 1st cousin marriage
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu

U

• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam  - Does not allow 1st cousin marriage

Y

• Yemen

Z

• Zambia
• Zimbabwe