UK population sexual identity 2022 | Statista

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In 2022, approximately 93.4 percent of the population of the United Kingdom identified themselves as being straight or heterosexual, compared with 1.8 percent who identified as either Gay or Lesbian, 1.5 percent as Bisexual, 0.6 percent as Other and 2.7 percent who did not know, or refused to answer.

Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022

Characteristic	Heterosexual or Straight	Gay or Lesbian	Bisexual	Other	Don't know or refuse
2014	95.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.3%	2.8%
2015	95.2%	1.2%	0.7%	0.4%	2.6%
2016	95%	1.2%	0.8%	0.8%	2.5%
2017	95%	1.3%	0.8%	0.6%	2.3%
2018	94.6%	1.4%	0.9%	0.6%	2.5%
2019	93.7%	1.6%	1.1%	0.7%	3%
2020	93.6%	1.8%	1.3%	0.7%	2.6%
2021	93.4%	1.9%	1.2%	0.5%	3%
2022	93.4%	1.8%	1.5%	0.6%	2.7%

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September 2023

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2014 to 2022

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