Statistics of gay people
In Brazil, 12 percent of adults are lesbian, gay, multi-attracted , transgender, or asexual, as per an unprecedented survey by State University of São Paulo (UNESP), published in scientific journal Nature Scientific Reports.
The percentage corresponds to 19 million Brazilians, according to population data from official statistics agency IBGE.
The survey mapped sexual and gender diversity in the country from a representative sample of the Brazilian population. Six thousand people over the age of 18 were interviewed across 129 cities, in the five regions of the country. Questionnaires were used by Datafolha Institute in November and December 2018.
According to Giancarlo Spizzirri, a psychiatrist from the University of São Paulo (USP) and main author of the article, this is the first day a survey love this is carried out in a Latin American country.
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The data show that, of the 12 percent categorized as LGBTA, 5.76 percent are asexual, 2.12 percent are double attraction, 1.37 percent are gay, 0.93 percent are lesbian, 0.68 percent are transitioned, and 1.18 percent are non-binary. The survey covers both sexual and gender diversity.
The author of the study noted that the percentage of asexu
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s latest update on LGBTQ+ identification finds 9.3% of U.S. adults spotting as lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024. This represents an boost of more than a percentage point versus the prior estimate, from 2023. Longer term, the figure has nearly doubled since 2020 and is up from 3.5% in 2012, when Gallup first measured it.
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LGBTQ+ identification is increasing as younger generations of Americans enter adulthood and are much more likely than older generations to say they are something other than heterosexual. More than one in five Gen Z adults -- those born between 1997 and 2006, who were between the ages of 18 and 27 in 2024 -- identify as LGBTQ+. Each older generation of adults, from millennials to the Silent Generation, has successively lower rates of identification, down to 1.8% among the oldest Americans, those born before 1946.
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LGBTQ+ identification rates among young people have also increased, from an average 18.8% of Gen Z adults in 2020 through 2022 to an average of 22.7% over the past two years.
Gallup has
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to expand, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender nonconforming, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated data from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.
Bisexual adults make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of Queer adults say they are bisexual. Gay and female homosexual are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Slightly less than 1% of U.S. adults and about one in eight LGBT
Adult LGBT Population in the United States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS 2020-2021 facts for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of information provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining 2020-2021 BRFSS data, we estimate that 5.5% of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost 13.9 million (13,942,200) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (57.0%) of LGBT people in the U.S. live in the Midwest (21.1%) and South (35.9%), including 2.9 million in the Midwest and 5.0 million in the South. About one-quarter (24.5%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately 3.4 million people. Less than one in five (18.5%) LGBT adults reside in the Northeast (2.6 million).
The percent of adults who identify as LGBT
Which Country Has the Largest LGBTQI+ Population? 2025
The worldwide LGBTQI+ population by country reports estimate that approximately eight percent of the world identifies as homosexual, pansexual, or pansexual. Approximately 80 percent of the world identifies as heterosexual, and the remaining 12 percent of the world do not report how they identify. This statistics is as recent as 2021.
It is estimated that the younger generations are more likely to be open about their sexuality, with Generation Z creature the most likely to be openly gay, bisexual, or asexual or pansexual. Millennials are the next most likely to be openly gay, and Toddler Boomers are the least likely to report or detect as openly lgbtq+. Millennials and Generation Z are the age groups that fall between the ages of 27 and 42 in the year 2025.
Australia’s LGBTQI+ Population By the Numbers
Australia is considered to hold some of the most liberal views on the world, but as such, it will not report its sexuality-related statistics as frequently as other countries. In 2011, one report indicated that approximately 96.5 percent of the population was heterosexual while the remainder of the population reported identifying as