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Two percent of males in Britain identify themselves as gay or bisexual, the government's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Wednesday.
More than two-thirds of lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) men and women are most likely to be single, never married or civil partnered, it added.
The figures for 2015, the latest year under review, show that the LGB community in Britain is heading towards one million. The agency also said 1.5 percent of women in the country described themselves as LGB.
Of the British population aged 16 to 24, there were 3.3 percent identifying themselves as LGB, which ONS said was the largest percentage within any age group in 2015.
The figures show across Britain, 586,000 men and women consider themselves to be gay or lesbian and 334,000 say they are bisexual. London has the highest number of people from the LGB community, with 133,000 people saying they are gay or lesbian and 46,000 described as bisexual.
In Scotland, the LGB community is 71,000 strong, in Wales the figure is 40,000 and in Northern Ireland, 27,000.
The social group with the highest number of gay and lesbian adults is the managerial and professional category, with 277,000, with a further 75,000 saying they are bi-sexual.
In the category of working class people, 218,000 say they are gay or lesbian and 207,000 are described as bi-sexual.
The study also shows 27,000 people described as gay or lesbian are married to a person of the opposite sex, and a further 93,000 currently married to a person of the opposite sex are bi-sexual.
Pamela Cobb, head of demographic analysis at ONS, said: "Young adults (16-24 year olds) are more likely to identify as LGB compared to older age groups, and a higher proportion of males identify as LGB than females."
(APD)
