UK male population sexual identity 2023| Statista

As of 2023, approximately 93.3 percent of men in the United Kingdom identified as being heterosexual, compared with 2.8 percent that identified as being homosexual, 1.5 percent as Bisexual, 0.7 percent as "other", and 1.8 percent that did not know, or refused to answer. Since 2014, the share of men that said they identified as homosexual has increased from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent.

Sexual identity of males in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2023

Characteristic	Heterosexual	Homosexual	Bisexual	Other	Don't know / Refusal
2014	95%	1.5%	0.3%	0.3%	2.8%
2015	94.9%	1.6%	0.5%	0.5%	2.5%
2016	94.8%	1.7%	0.6%	0.5%	2.4%
2017	94.7%	1.8%	0.6%	0.6%	2.3%
2018	94.4%	1.9%	0.6%	0.5%	2.6%
2019	93.4%	2.1%	0.8%	0.7%	3.1%
2020	93.2%	2.5%	0.9%	0.6%	2.8%
2021	92.9%	2.8%	0.9%	0.5%	2.9%
2022	92.9%	2.7%	1.1%	0.6%	2.6%
2023	93.3%	2.8%	1.5%	0.7%	1.8%

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January 2025

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United Kingdom

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2014 to 2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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