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Average Household Size, 2026 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2026; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Average household size is the number of people who usually live in one household, averaged over every household in a country. It is one of the plainest measures of how family life is organised — whether grandparents, adult children and other relatives share a home, or people live in couples and alone.

Average Household Size, 2026 compilation covers 181 countries. Mali is highest, at 8.93; Finland is lowest, at 1.96. The middle country reads 3.59. 41 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Average Household Size · Latest available · compiled 2026

HighestMali

8.93

LowestFinland

1.96

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Average Household Size, 2026 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 181 countries · select a heading to sort

Average Household Size, 2026 compilation: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2024 reading8.932024DHSMali 2023-2024 Demographic and Health Survey
SenegalSENWestern Africa · 2023 reading8.452023DHSSenegal 2023 Demographic and Health Survey
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia · 2023 reading8.262023MICSAfghanistan 2022-2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
GambiaGMBWestern Africa · 2020 reading8.072020DHSGambia 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey
OmanOMNWestern Asia · 2003 reading, too old to compare8.022003DYBOman 2003 Census
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2019 reading6.812019MICSGuinea-Bissau 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia · 2013 reading, too old to compare6.802013DHSPakistan 2012-2013 Demographic and Health Survey
SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2019 reading6.602019MICSSamoa 2019-2020 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2023 reading6.552023MICSYemen 2022-2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2021 reading6.392021DHSGuinea 2021 Malaria Indicators Survey
NigerNERWestern Africa · 2021 reading6.382021DHSNiger 2021 Malaria Indicator Survey
IraqIRQWestern Asia · 2018 reading6.352018MICSIraq 2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
NauruNRUMicronesia · 2023 reading6.262023MICSNauru 2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
TuvaluTUVPolynesia · 2020 reading6.052020MICSTuvalu 2019-2020 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
South SudanSSDEastern Africa · 2010 reading, too old to compare5.982010MICSSouth Sudan 2010 Household Health Survey Second Round
ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2019 reading5.972019MICSChad 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2014 reading, too old to compare5.922014DHSBurkina Faso 2014 Malaria Indicators Survey
KiribatiKIRMicronesia · 2018 reading5.902018MICSKiribati 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2006 reading, too old to compare5.892006MICSDjibouti 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2014 reading, too old to compare5.892014MICSSudan 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa · 2015 reading, too old to compare5.772015MICSMauritania 2015 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa · 2006 reading, too old to compare5.692006MICSSomalia 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
SyriaSYRWestern Asia · 2006 reading, too old to compare5.652006MICSSyrian Arab Republic 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2023 reading5.642023DHSTajikistan 2023 Demographic and Health Survey
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2019 reading5.592019MICSCentral African Republic 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

02In Average Household Size, 2026 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. Mali8.93
  2. Senegal8.45
  3. Afghanistan8.26
  4. Gambia8.07
  5. Guinea-Bissau6.81

Lowest

  1. Finland1.96
  2. Germany2.04
  3. Monaco2.13
  4. Franceshared2.15
  5. Czechiashared2.15

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2026, from 2000 to 2025. 41 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 145 distinct values among 181

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.55. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2026). Average Household Size, 2026 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-size/2026

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