People per household by country

How many people live in a typical home. The map opens on 2019, with figures for 58 countries.

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Highest in 2019

  1. Senegal 12.5
  2. Pakistan 8.4
  3. Guinea 8.1
  4. Mali 7.8
  5. Cameroon 7.7

Lowest in 2019

  1. Mexico 0.9
  2. Belarus 2.3
  3. Turks and Caicos Is. 2.4
  4. Togo 2.7
  5. Cuba 2.7

About the data

Unit
people per household
Years
1992–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Global Data Lab
License
Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab
Credit
Data retrieved from the Demographics database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/demographics/

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