Sweden, after 13 years of having civil unions, is poised to start allowing marriage for gay and lesbian couples. They will be joining 5 countries (Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada and Spain) and one U.S. state (Massachusetts).
That means countries that represent 161 million people in the world (or about 2.7% of the world population) now allow full equality for their gay and lesbian citizens (breakdown in the continuation).
By size of the country/state:
South Africa: 45.9 million
Spain: 41.9 million
[[California if the governor would sign the bill: 36.1 million]]
Canada: 31.7 million
Netherlands: 16.2 million
Belgium: 10.3 million
Sweden: 8.9 million
Massachuesetts: 6.4 million
Comments (1)
I'm from Massachusetts! That's a great roundup with all the stats.
Comment #11134 on March 22, 2007 12:34 PM |