Gay marriage around the world
Today, Ireland could become the very first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote. Will liberal thinking win out over the Catholic nation's conservative leanings? Opinion polls certainly do suggest that Ireland is on course to join the world's 18 other countries where gay marriage is legal. Read more in the Independent.
Number of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage by 2025, by continent
Number of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage in 2025, by type of legal procedure
Number of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage as of 2022, by continent
Number of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage as of 2022, by legal procedure
Share of respondents who support same-sex marriage worldwide in 2021 and 2023, by country
Number of same-sex marriages in France between 2013 and 2025
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