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This page will ideally include information on the estimated numbers of nonbinary people worldwide as well as in specific regions. We also will try to have other demographic and statistical information when available. | This page will ideally include information on the estimated numbers of nonbinary people worldwide as well as in specific regions. We also will try to have other demographic and statistical information when available. | ||
Obtaining numbers of nonbinary people is difficult due to many factors such as: | ==Difficulties== | ||
Obtaining accurate numbers of nonbinary people is difficult due to many factors such as: | |||
*Many nonbinary people are not [[Coming out|out]] or for | *Many nonbinary people are not [[Coming out|out]], or for some other reason they are not comfortable reporting their [[gender identity]] on surveys. | ||
*Most large-scale population counts only allow for [[binary gender]] selections. | *Most large-scale population counts only allow for [[binary gender]] selections. | ||
*Depending on how the gender question is worded, nonbinary people may think it is asking for their [[legal gender]] or their [[sex assigned at birth]]. | *Depending on how the gender question is worded, nonbinary people may think it is asking for their [[legal gender]] or their [[sex assigned at birth]]. | ||
*Some people who technically come under the nonbinary umbrella term (people who have a gender that is not 100% always male/man or 100% always female/woman) may not identify as "nonbinary" or whichever term is being used in a particular survey. (For example, the country of Nepal's 2011 census allowed people to identify themselves as "Female", "Male", or "[[Third Gender]]", but many Nepalese people identify as "[[Methi]]" or "[[Kothi]]" rather than as "third gender".<ref name="Park">{{Cite web |title=Data Collection Methods for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity |last=Park |first=Andrew |work=Williams Institute |date=March 2016 |access-date=24 October 2020 |url= https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/data-collection-sogi/}}</ref>) | |||
==Worldwide== | ==Worldwide== | ||