A look at the comparison between opposite-sex and same-sex marriage/civil partnership (absolute number) in the selected countries:
1) Canada:
Year Opposite Sex Same Sex (% of Same Sex
Marriage Marriage Marriage)
2000 157395
2001 146618
2002 146738
2003 147391 774 (0.52)
2004 148585
2005 151047
2006 149236
* Statistic for year 2004 onwards is still not available (or rather I could not get it from Statistc Canada yet).
2) Denmark:
Year Opposite Sex Same Sex (% of Same Sex
Marriage Marriage Marriage)
1998 34733
1999 35439 296 (0.83)
2000 38388 308 (0.80)
2001 36567 347 (0.94)
2002 37210 303 (0.81)
2003 35041 320 (0.90)
2004 37711 333 (0.88)
2005 36148 394 (1.08)
2006 36452 400 (1.09)
3) Finland:
Year Opposite Sex Same Sex (% of Same Sex
Marriage Marriage Marriage)
2005 29283 200 (0.68)
2006 28236 191 (0.67)
* Same sex marriage in Finland started on March 2002, but I could not find the statistic on Statistic Finland.
4) Iceland:
Year Opposite Sex Same Sex (% of Same Sex
Marriage Marriage Marriage)
1998 1529 11 (0.71)
1999 1560 11 (0.70)
2000 1777 12 (0.67)
2001 1484 13 (0.87)
2002 1652 9 (0.54)
2003 1532 13 (0.84)
2004 1515 20 (1.30)
2005 1659 13 (0.78)
2006 1681 20 (1.18)
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OECD: Marriage Stats Comparison (Part II) « small-m said,
August 24, 2007 at 2:03 am
[...] 24th, 2007 at 2:03 am (OECD, Statistic, Social) Continued from previous post, the absolute number of opposite-sex and same-sex marriage/civil partnership in the following [...]