The vast majory of the world’s sexual mory populatn — an timated 83 percent of those who intify as lbian, gay or bisexual — keep their orientatn
Contents:
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
- THE ‘GLOBAL CLOSET’ IS HUGE—VAST MAJORY OF WORLD’S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL POPULATN HI ORIENTATN, YSPH STUDY FDS
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
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The worldwi LGBTQ populatn by untry reports timate that approximately eight percent of the world intifi as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual. It is timated that the younger generatns are more likely to be open about their sexualy, wh Generatn Z beg the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual. Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Baby Boomers are the least likely to report or intify as openly gay.
In 2011, one report dited that approximately 96.5 percent of the populatn was heterosexual, while the remar of the populatn reported, intified as homosexual or asexual. More women than men reported as homosexual, while 19 percent of women reported as said they had at least one same-sex attractn their life. By 2020, a separate study found that 7.1 percent of the populatn intified as gay, and the remar intified as heterosexual.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
* number of gay people in the world *
Of those that do intify as LGBTQ, over 50 percent of them are bisexual and 24 percent are gay, while 11 percent are lbian. In Canada, 1988, only one percent of the populatn would adm that they were gay. By 2012, five percent of the populatn were intifyg as gay, lbian, transgenr, or bisexual.
The age group most likely to say they were gay or bisexual was the age group of 18-34. Compared to many untri, cludg Canada, Israel has a higher than average gay populatn when parg LGBTQ populatn by untry. The gay populatn Israel was approximately 11.3 percent 2012 for men, and 15.2 percent for women.
This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not. Homosexualy should be accepted by society OR Homosexualy should not be accepted by society. The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.
TOP 13 COUNTRI WH BIGGT GAY POPULATNS
Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. As was 2013, when the qutn was last asked, attus on the acceptance of homosexualy are shaped by the untry which people live. Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai.
In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007. Many of the untri surveyed 2002 and 2019 have seen a double-dig crease acceptance of homosexualy. There also have been fairly large shifts acceptance of homosexualy over the past 17 years two very different plac: Mexi and Japan.
In both untri, jt over half said they accepted homosexualy 2002, but now closer to seven--ten say this. In Kenya, only 1 100 said homosexualy should be accepted 2002, pared wh 14% who say this now. (For more on acceptance of homosexualy over time among all the untri surveyed, see Appendix A.
THE ‘GLOBAL CLOSET’ IS HUGE—VAST MAJORY OF WORLD’S LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL POPULATN HI ORIENTATN, YSPH STUDY FDS
In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial.
For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”).