Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that LGB people now account for more than one in 50 people in the UK, with an estimated 1.2 million people aged 16 and over identifying as such.
1.6% of the UK population identified as LGB in 2014, compared to 2.2% in 2018. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the group most likely to identify as LGB were people aged 16-24, at more than one in 25 (4.4%).