Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, is the latest country to legalize gay marriage.
Here are the 28 countries where gay marriage is legal - including one from Africa
Worldwide, Europe has the highest number of nations that have legalized same-sex unions.
The Asian nation's parliament voted to legalize same-sex unions on Friday, May 17, 2019. The bill allows same-sex couples to apply for "marriage registration" as part of "exclusive permanent unions."
"On May 17th, 2019 in #Taiwan, #LoveWon. We took a big step towards true equality, and made Taiwan a better country," the president tweeted after the parliament's vote.
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Taiwan is the first nation in Asia to permit gay marriage. It joins the growing list of countries that have legalised same-sex unions.
Here are the remaining 27 countries that permit gay unions and the year same-sex marriages became legal:
- The Netherlands - 2000
- Belgium - 2003
- Canada - 2005
- Spain - 2005
- South Africa - 2006
- Norway - 2009
- Sweden - 2009
- Argentia - 2010
- Iceland - 2010
- Portugal - 2010
Countries where gay marriage is legal (statista)
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- Denmark - 2012
- Brazil - 2013
- England/Wales - 2013
- France - 2013
- New Zealand - 2013
- Uruguay - 2013
- Luxembourg - 2014
- Scotland - 2014
- Finland - 2015
- Ireland - 2015
- United States - 2015
- Colombia - 2016
- Greenland - 2016
- Australia - 2017
- Malta - 2017
- Germany - 2017
- Austria - 2019
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