However, there is still a very long way to go, especially in many countries where being gay is equivalent to committing a serious crime, even though the former hurts no one, except perhaps some people's feelings. The gay populations has come a long way from being persecuted for simply existing across the world, to being able to safely marry in over 20 countries. Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 countries with the biggest gay populations.
The top 13 countries with the biggest gay populations are surprisingly very rarely in the list of countries where gay marriage is legal.