 According to the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE), 27,357 same-sex marriages took place up to the end of 2012: 1,275 in 2005, 4,574 in 2006, 3,250 in 2007, 3,549 in 2008, 3,412 in 2009, 3,583 in 2010, 3,880 in 2011 and 3,834 in 2012.
