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Name: Household size by country, 2026
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102 countries · 2026

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Household size league table
#	Country	Number	Region	Income
1	France	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Latvia	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Liechtenstein	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Japan	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Korea, Rep.	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Belarus	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
7	Canada	2.5	North America	High income
8	Slovenia	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	United States	2.5	North America	High income
10	Australia	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	New Zealand	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	Cuba	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	Ireland	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Thailand	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Serbia	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
16	Moldova	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Argentina	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Singapore	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	Chile	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Dominican Republic	3.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21	Costa Rica	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Montenegro	3.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Albania	3.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	South Africa	3.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Georgia	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Kazakhstan	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Viet Nam	3.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	North Macedonia	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Peru	3.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Guyana	3.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
31	Colombia	3.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Armenia	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
33	Mongolia	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Lesotho	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Mexico	3.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
36	Belize	3.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Kenya	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Ghana	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Suriname	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Indonesia	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
41	Honduras	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
42	Paraguay	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Tunisia	3.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
44	El Salvador	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Zimbabwe	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Eswatini	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Kyrgyz Republic	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
48	Sao Tome and Principe	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
50	Congo, Rep.	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Myanmar	4.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Philippines	4.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Nepal	4.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
54	Bangladesh	4.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
55	Rwanda	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Malawi	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Haiti	4.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
58	Togo	4.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	India	4.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
60	Madagascar	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Mozambique	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Fiji	4.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
63	Morocco	4.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Cote d'Ivoire	4.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Liberia	4.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Cambodia	4.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Nigeria	4.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Lao PDR	4.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
69	Jordan	4.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
70	Ethiopia	4.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Guatemala	4.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Angola	4.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Burundi	4.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Tanzania	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Uganda	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Algeria	4.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
77	Cameroon	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Zambia	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	West Bank and Gaza	5.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Congo, Dem. Rep.	5.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Benin	5.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Turkmenistan	5.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Timor-Leste	5.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
84	Sierra Leone	5.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Tonga	5.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
86	Maldives	5.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
87	Central African Republic	5.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Mauritania	5.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Mali	5.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Sudan	5.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Kiribati	5.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
92	Burkina Faso	5.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Chad	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
94	Tajikistan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Tuvalu	6.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Iraq	6.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Guinea	6.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Samoa	6.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Guinea-Bissau	6.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Afghanistan	8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
101	Gambia, The	8.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Senegal	8.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

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