In places where same-sex marriages are legal, how many married same-sex couples are there?
In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
Roughly three-quarters of Americans (76%) have visited at least one other country, including 26% who have been to five or more.
China has the world’s largest population (1.426 billion), but India (1.417 billion) is expected to claim this title next year.
The number of Americans ages 100 and older is projected to more than quadruple over the next three decades.
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Majorities of adults in 18 of 24 countries surveyed this spring rate their nation’s economic situation poorly.
Fewer than 1 million foreign students enrolled for either online or in-person classes at U.S. universities in the 2020-21 school year.
Third-quarter 2021 inflation was higher in nearly all (39) of the 46 nations analyzed than in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019.
Here’s how people in the U.S. and elsewhere have viewed the troop evacuation and its aftermath, and their broader attitudes about the war.
As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year.
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