People per household in South Africa

Nearby in the ranking

22. Haiti 5.5
23. Myanmar 5.4
24. Tonga 5.3
25. South Africa 5.3
26. Turkmenistan 5.2
27. Algeria 4.9
28. Dem. Rep. Congo 4.8

More about South Africa

• Population
• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• People over 65
• Children under 15
• Women’s age at first marriage
• Mothers’ age at first birth
• All figures for South Africa

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/