List of countries by number of households

UN statistics

This is a list of countries by the number of household. The list includes households occupying housing units and excludes persons living inside collective living quarters, such as hotels, rooming houses and other lodging houses, institutions and camps.^[1]

Country	Current Population	Number In Household	Households	% 1 Member	% 2-3 Members	% 4-5 Members	% 6+ Members	Year
China	1,409,778,724	2.80	482,427,212	17.84	44.50	28.06	9.60	2023^[2]
India	1,425,775,850	4.57	294,292,700	4.11	27.31	41.64	26.94	2015^[2]
United States	330,662,999	2.49	125,736,353	27.89	49.49	18.81	3.81	2020^[2]
Indonesia	269,603,400	3.86	69,855,344	7.10	36.62	41.50	14.78	2017^[2]
Brazil	212,347,290	3.31	64,124,398	12.00	47.27	31.91	8.82	2010^[2]
Russia	146,748,590	2.58	56,771,478	25.97	50.83	19.55	3.65	2010^[2]
Japan	125,800,000	2.26	54,310,000	37.97	44.67	15.72	1.64	2020^[2]
Nigeria	206,139,587	4.90	42,057,041	11.51	25.53	27.86	35.10	2015^[2]
Germany	83,122,889	2.05	40,624,971	39.53	47.00	12.71	0.76	2011^[2]
Bangladesh	169,660,274	4.47	37,957,746	1.74	29.71	45.59	22.96	2014^[2]
Mexico	127,792,286	3.74	34,167,462	10.08	37.68	37.75	14.49	2015^[2]
Pakistan	220,892,331	6.80	32,462,785	1.08	12.88	25.16	60.88	2013^[2]
France	67,146,000	2.22	30,243,926	35.46	46.84	16.08	1.62	2015^[2]
United Kingdom	66,796,807	2.27	29,486,179	33.01	48.96	16.24	1.79	2011^[2]
Turkey	84,140,990	3.14	26,309,332	19.74	42.49	28.60	9.17	2023^[2]
Philippines	109,441,605	4.23	25,893,157	9.18	30.05	36.82	23.95	2017^[2]
Vietnam	96,483,981	3.78	25,503,951	7.28	36.25	43.44	13.02	2009^[2]
Italy	60,026,546	2.40	25,020,120	31.10	46.56	21.29	1.05	2011^[2]
Egypt	101,189,802	4.13	24,496,076	6.48	30.40	43.12	20.00	2014^[2]
Iran	83,955,821	3.49	24,056,109	8.48	49.13	37.86	4.53	2016^[2]
South Korea	51,583,722	2.18	23,650,555	40.81	40.98	17.36	0.85	2022^[3]
Ethiopia	100,829,000	4.61	21,850,103	7.52	27.01	32.00	33.47	2016^[2]
DR Congo	101,935,800	5.30	19,225,670	7.25	21.19	27.81	43.74	2013^[2]
Thailand	66,577,342	3.69	18,042,640	18.36	44.71	28.16	8.77	2010^[2]
South Africa	59,622,350	3.36	17,733,119	23.84	36.32	24.66	15.17	2016^[2]
Spain	47,329,981	2.69	17,565,288	19.06	53.40	25.56	1.98	2011^[2]
Ukraine	41,723,998	2.46	16,972,715	27.90	51.22	18.07	2.81	2007^[2]
Canada	38,246,955	2.45	15,618,491	28.20	49.59	19.20	3.02	2016^[2]
Colombia	50,372,424	3.53	14,282,545	11.13	42.41	34.80	11.66	2015^[2]
Argentina	45,376,763	3.26	13,925,275	17.60	42.33	28.95	11.12	2010^[2]
Poland	38,352,000	2.81	13,666,831	20.67	49.49	24.80	5.04	2011^[2]
Kenya	47,564,296	3.64	13,071,338	21.60	31.06	27.84	19.49	2015^[2]
Myanmar	54,817,919	4.22	12,978,359	5.35	33.49	39.14	22.01	2016^[2]
Tanzania	57,637,628	4.85	11,880,255	9.63	25.77	30.00	34.60	2015^[2]
Australia	25,598,869	2.50	10,220,186	24.34	49.95	22.44	3.27	2011^[2]
Uganda	41,583,600	4.53	9,170,821	13.68	25.30	28.75	32.26	2016^[2]
Ghana	30,955,202	3.49	8,862,356	25.88	30.34	25.30	18.48	2014^[2]
Peru	32,625,948	3.75	8,695,193	12.91	34.68	36.02	16.39	2012^[2]
Netherlands	17,531,181	2.23	7,874,258	35.11	45.53	18.01	1.35	2011^[2]
Sudan	42,996,555	5.59	7,691,174	5.06	20.66	26.80	47.48	2008^[2]
Malaysia	32,708,730	4.56	7,176,812	7.14	25.64	37.86	29.36	2000^[2]
Nepal	29,996,478	4.24	7,075,702	6.45	33.96	36.57	23.02	2016^[2]
Morocco	36,077,527	5.24	6,890,065	5.88	21.48	31.96	40.68	2004^[2]
Mozambique	30,066,648	4.37	6,885,971	9.85	30.96	30.10	29.09	2011^[2]
Romania	19,317,984	2.88	6,709,224	20.91	46.98	26.47	5.63	2011^[2]
Uzbekistan	34,529,473	5.24	6,586,983	5.26	18.90	33.62	42.22	1996^[2]
Venezuela	28,435,943	4.33	6,565,128	7.56	29.11	36.87	26.46	2001^[2]
North Korea	25,550,000	3.93	6,502,416	1.68	32.72	55.42	10.17	2008^[2]
Angola	31,127,674	4.82	6,463,847	10.81	23.90	28.46	36.83	2016^[2]
Chile	19,458,310	3.58	5,440,715	11.43	39.22	37.11	12.24	2002^[2]
Kazakhstan	18,815,536	3.50	5,381,052	14.57	38.32	30.97	16.14	2009^[2]
Madagascar	26,251,309	4.95	5,304,084	5.34	25.30	33.14	36.22	2011^[2]
Iraq	40,150,200	7.70	5,212,262	1.23	10.21	20.83	67.74	1997^[2]
Ivory Coast	26,453,542	5.09	5,197,095	12.18	24.73	25.87	37.22	2012^[2]
Belgium	11,539,878	2.36	4,883,743	30.87	48.31	18.70	2.12	2011^[2]
Cameroon	24,348,251	4.99	4,877,120	15.14	22.69	24.44	37.72	2011^[2]
Sweden	10,379,295	2.17	4,776,239	40.32	38.32	14.86	?	2020^[4]
Ecuador	17,611,528	3.78	4,659,382	12.12	35.91	35.49	16.48	2010^[2]
Yemen	29,825,968	6.67	4,469,863	1.87	14.68	23.66	59.79	2013^[2]
Czech Republic	10,699,142	2.40	4,465,680	27.28	51.34	20.37	1.02	2011^[2]
Greece	10,724,599	2.44	4,394,506	27.48	49.84	21.26	1.42	2011^[2]
Afghanistan	32,890,171	8.04	4,092,477	0.19	6.45	16.84	76.52	2015^[2]
Malawi	18,449,828	4.51	4,091,853	6.45	28.10	35.56	29.90	2015^[2]
Austria	8,935,112	2.27	3,933,516	36.34	44.52	17.06	2.08	2011^[2]
Niger	23,196,002	5.92	3,920,330	3.19	19.86	28.99	47.96	2012^[2]
Switzerland	8,632,703	2.21	3,901,112	37.51	43.64	17.23	1.62	2000^[2]
Portugal	10,295,909	2.66	3,876,822	18.91	56.47	22.68	1.93	2011^[2]
Zimbabwe	15,473,818	4.08	3,795,226	12.37	31.14	33.76	22.72	2015^[2]
Belarus	9,408,400	2.48	3,789,941	27.00	51.73	19.09	2.19	2009^[2]
Hungary	9,769,526	2.60	3,753,000	23.63	50.92	22.72	2.74	2011^[2]
Burkina Faso	21,510,181	5.92	3,630,745	6.64	19.51	27.40	46.46	2014^[2]
Cuba	11,193,470	3.14	3,568,550	13.73	49.55	30.23	6.50	2002^[2]
Guatemala	16,858,333	4.81	3,507,977	4.33	26.57	37.51	31.60	2015^[2]
Zambia	17,885,422	5.13	3,485,901	7.17	21.41	30.06	41.35	2013^[2]
Mali	20,250,833	5.81	3,484,826	3.11	20.29	30.32	46.28	2018^[2]
Cambodia	15,288,489	4.61	3,315,050	3.37	25.65	43.08	27.90	2014^[2]
Bolivia	11,633,371	3.53	3,295,144	20.34	34.82	27.64	17.20	2012^[2]
Dominican Republic	10,448,499	3.48	3,004,226	14.33	39.85	33.08	12.73	2013^[2]
Bulgaria	6,951,482	2.34	2,973,737	30.53	50.97	16.62	1.89	2011^[2]
Rwanda	12,663,116	4.26	2,973,056	8.15	30.76	34.88	26.20	2015^[2]
Israel	9,280,200	3.14	2,953,648	21.01	40.00	28.29	10.70	2008^[2]
Chad	16,244,513	5.78	2,811,841	7.73	18.49	25.67	48.11	2015^[2]
Haiti	11,743,017	4.29	2,735,164	9.43	31.10	32.93	26.54	2017^[2]
Finland	5,503,335	2.07	2,652,262	41.01	44.46	12.97	1.57	2010^[2]
Hong Kong	7,500,700	2.83	2,646,107	18.29	50.89	27.55	3.27	2016^[2]
Burundi	12,309,600	4.83	2,548,469	6.04	25.17	31.72	37.07	2016^[2]
Norway	5,374,807	2.22	2,426,071	39.58	40.73	18.13	1.56	2011^[2]
Serbia	6,926,705	2.88	2,405,804	22.33	44.81	26.19	6.67	2011^[2]
Benin	12,114,193	5.19	2,335,719	9.78	23.56	29.10	37.56	2018^[2]
Jordan	10,815,192	4.72	2,291,955	4.36	25.76	34.91	34.97	2017^[2]
South Sudan	13,249,924	5.95	2,227,637	4.33	15.68	26.87	53.12	2008^[2]
Azerbaijan	10,085,900	4.55	2,217,398	6.77	20.86	44.69	27.68	2009^[2]
Honduras	9,304,380	4.47	2,082,686	6.69	29.43	36.81	27.07	2012^[2]
Guinea	12,559,623	6.25	2,009,276	4.53	16.91	27.52	51.04	2012^[2]
Slovakia	5,460,136	2.80	1,948,989	20.83	47.99	26.99	4.20	2011^[2]
Senegal	16,705,608	8.66	1,928,689	6.92	11.47	15.48	66.13	2017^[2]
New Zealand	5,095,668	2.67	1,906,474	22.84	50.52	22.09	4.55	2013^[2]
Ireland	4,977,400	2.77	1,799,221	21.58	48.05	26.21	4.16	2011^[2]
Singapore	5,685,807	3.29	1,727,455	12.21	38.95	37.69	11.15	2010^[2]
Togo	7,706,000	4.55	1,693,139	15.65	26.22	27.69	30.45	2014^[2]
El Salvador	6,765,753	4.07	1,662,356	8.82	34.09	36.82	20.28	2007^[2]
Papua New Guinea	8,935,000	5.43	1,645,457	4.08	21.97	29.73	44.22	2000^[2]
Paraguay	7,252,672	4.63	1,565,626	8.09	27.32	33.15	31.44	2002^[2]
Kyrgyzstan	6,596,500	4.21	1,565,200	8.21	30.82	36.13	24.85	2012^[2]
Tajikistan	9,313,800	6.27	1,485,317	2.96	12.06	29.22	55.76	2012^[2]
Costa Rica	5,111,238	3.46	1,476,628	11.23	42.70	35.83	10.25	2011^[2]
Croatia	4,058,165	2.80	1,451,732	24.56	44.43	25.28	5.73	2011^[2]
Sierra Leone	8,100,318	5.90	1,373,151	4.00	15.87	30.74	49.38	2013^[2]
Nicaragua	6,527,691	4.92	1,326,800	4.59	26.37	35.96	33.08	2005^[2]
Congo	5,518,092	4.31	1,281,072	13.09	29.90	29.08	27.94	2011^[2]
Uruguay	3,530,912	2.78	1,269,537	23.52	47.68	23.37	5.43	2011^[2]
Laos	7,231,210	5.77	1,254,263	1.22	15.01	34.80	48.97	2005^[2]
Lithuania	2,794,870	2.32	1,204,383	34.71	45.40	18.00	1.89	2011^[2]
Puerto Rico	3,193,694	2.67	1,195,915	23.06	50.37	23.17	3.40	2010^[2]
Panama	4,278,500	3.67	1,165,778	14.66	38.02	31.26	16.06	2010^[2]
Central African Republic	5,633,412	4.91	1,148,086	13.50	28.08	23.94	34.48	1994^[2]
Georgia	3,716,858	3.34	1,113,542	17.48	39.28	30.60	12.64	2014^[2]
Liberia	4,568,298	4.95	923,685	9.67	24.81	28.74	36.78	2013^[2]
Moldova	2,640,438	2.89	914,026	22.64	43.62	27.87	5.87	2014^[2]
Jamaica	2,734,093	3.06	893,225	..	..	..	..	2011^[2]
Albania	2,845,955	3.30	862,512	9.95	48.08	32.51	9.45	2017^[2]
Slovenia	2,100,126	2.47	851,149	32.60	43.69	20.54	3.16	2015^[2]
Armenia	2,967,900	3.54	837,896	15.19	36.17	32.30	16.34	2016^[2]
Mongolia	3,348,124	4.32	774,771	6.61	28.72	40.34	24.33	2000^[2]
Latvia	1,898,400	2.58	736,370	26.47	49.93	19.72	3.88	2011^[2]
Botswana	2,374,698	3.52	673,860	27.89	32.32	20.48	19.31	2011^[2]
Lesotho	2,007,201	3.34	600,072	20.66	37.91	27.90	13.52	2014^[2]
Namibia	2,504,498	4.24	590,931	17.45	29.84	25.56	27.16	2013^[2]
Estonia	1,328,976	2.30	578,440	33.90	47.28	17.14	1.67	2011^[2]
Oman	4,445,262	8.02	554,430	10.62	19.07	18.37	51.94	2003^[2]
Gabon	2,176,766	4.10	531,230	22.42	28.48	22.50	26.60	2012^[2]
Trinidad and Tobago	1,366,725	3.29	415,308	19.21	39.79	29.36	11.64	2011^[2]
Mauritius	1,266,000	3.48	364,285	9.97	41.02	40.24	8.77	2011^[2]
Cyprus	875,900	2.75	318,823	18.72	52.55	25.82	2.92	2011^[2]
Gambia	2,335,504	8.23	283,790	8.39	12.96	17.23	61.42	2013^[2]
Luxembourg	626,108	2.41	259,519	32.30	44.15	21.45	2.10	2011^[2]
East Timor	1,299,412	5.27	246,665	6.41	20.61	29.59	43.40	2016^[2]
Swaziland	1,136,261	4.74	239,860	17.65	24.63	21.60	36.12	2007^[2]
China, Macao SAR	696,100	3.07	227,031	15.13	48.16	31.06	5.64	2016^[2]
Guyana	744,962	3.80	196,290	12.87	36.69	32.09	18.35	2009^[2]
Fiji	889,327	4.57	194,497	5.94	30.10	34.31	29.64	2014^[2]
Montenegro	621,873	3.21	193,488	18.13	39.58	33.35	8.94	2011^[2]
Malta	514,564	2.85	180,375	17.15	49.78	30.40	2.66	2011^[2]
Guadeloupe	395,700	2.30	172,304	34.52	47.03	16.42	2.03	2015^[2]
Suriname	590,100	3.94	149,741	14.97	32.77	31.85	20.41	2004^[2]
Comoros	758,316	5.37	141,171	4.91	22.92	28.71	43.46	2012^[2]
Bahamas	389,410	3.40	114,679	17.73	40.33	29.15	12.79	2010^[2]
Maldives	383,135	5.40	70,952	4.49	22.28	33.50	39.73	2017^[2]
Aruba	112,269	2.89	38,855	21.37	46.77	25.59	6.28	2010^[2]
Isle of Man	83,314	2.28	36,478	30.07	51.53	16.84	1.56	2016^[2]
Samoa	202,506	6.75	29,995	4.18	14.88	21.89	59.05	2016^[2]
Bermuda	64,054	2.26	28,314	34.09	48.39	15.81	1.70	2016^[2]
Liechtenstein	38,749	2.32	16,700	34.17	44.75	19.50	1.58	2010^[2]

References

↑ Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 2, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Statistics Division, 2008. Accessed on 2 October 2011.
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↑ Resident Registration Population and Household Status, Number of households by number of households by region, May 2022. Accessed on 15 June 2022.
↑ "Statistics Sweden".Household categories do not map perfectly onto table columns. "Other households" not included in numerators since their size is unknown.

[1] Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 2, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Statistics Division, 2008. Accessed on 2 October 2011.

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[3] Resident Registration Population and Household Status, Number of households by number of households by region, May 2022. Accessed on 15 June 2022.

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