Which Country Has the Largest LGBTQI+ Population? 2025
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5 Countries with the Most Who Identify as LGBTQ
Country | LGBTQ+ % of Total Population 2024↓ | |
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 | Netherlands | 14% |
 | Brazil | 13% |
 | Germany | 11% |
 | United Kingdom | 11% |
 | Canada | 11% |
 | Chile | 11% |
 | United States | 10% |
 | Thailand | 10% |
 | Spain | 10% |
 | Argentina | 10% |
 | Australia | 10% |
 | Belgium | 10% |
 | Sweden | 10% |
 | France | 9% |
 | Colombia | 9% |
 | Poland | 9% |
 | Turkey | 8% |
 | Ireland | 8% |
 | Mexico | 6% |
 | Italy | 6% |
 | Singapore | 5% |
 | Japan | 4% |
 | South Africa | 4% |
 | South Korea | 4% |
 | Peru | 4% |
 | Hungary | 4% |
- Percentages shown include all individuals who self-identified as Lesbian/Gay/Homosexual, Bisexual, Pansexual/Omnisexual, or Asexual.
- In many countries, admitting one’s LGBTQ+ orientation can put one’s employment, acceptance by society, eligibility for certain social assistance programs, and even personal safety at risk. As such, accurate data on LGBTQ+ populations can be quite difficult to attain, even in the most tolerant of countries.
The worldwide LGBTQI+ population by country reports estimate that approximately eight percent of the world identifies as homosexual, bisexual, 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 data is as recent as 2021.
It is estimated that the younger generations are more likely to be open about their sexuality, with Generation Z being 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 identify as openly gay. 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 have some of the most liberal views on the planet, 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 homosexual or asexual.
More women than men reported being homosexual, while 19 percent of women stated they had at least one same-sex attraction in their lives. By 2020, a separate study found that 7.1 percent of the population identified as gay, and the remainder identified as heterosexual.
The United States’ Reported LGBTQI+ Population Isn’t Large
The United States is a developed country and most would presume it has a large and open LGBTQ community. It doesn’t. It has one of the smallest reported LGBTQI+ populations by country in the world, of the countries that report their numbers. It was estimated by one Gallup poll that approximately 5.6 percent of the US population identified as LGBTQI+.
Over 50 percent of those that do identify as LGBTQI+ are bisexual, 24 percent are gay, and 11 percent are lesbian. The remainder are transgender or do not identify with either gender.
Canada’s Gay Population
In Canada, in 1988, only one percent of the population admitted to being gay. By 2012, five percent of the population were identifying as gay, lesbian, transgender, or bisexual. The age group most likely to claim being gay or bisexual was between the ages of 18 and 34. In 2016, a study or poll on women alone indicated that eight percent were gay.
Israel’s Higher Gay Population
Compared to many countries, including Canada, Israel has a higher than average gay population when comparing LGBTQ populations. The gay population in Israel was approximately 11.3 percent in 2012 for men and 15.2 percent for women. By 2015, the rates dropped to 91.5 percent of the population identifying as heterosexual.
Israel follows suit with other countries in terms of the numbers of people reporting or identifying as gay. The younger generations are more likely to identify as gay or report being gay.
