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One-Person Households, 2026 compilation

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

One-Person Households, 2026 compilation covers 189 countries. Finland is highest, at 45.34; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 14.36. 43 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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One-Person Households · Latest available · compiled 2026

HighestFinland

45.34

LowestAfghanistan

0.14

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

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

Showing 25 of 189 countries · select a heading to sort

One-Person Households, 2026 compilation: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2021 reading45.342021DYBFinland 2021 Census
GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2022 reading43.142022DYBGermany 2022 Census
RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2021 reading41.822021IPUMS & Russian Federation 2021 CensusRussian Federation 2021 Census
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2021 reading41.082021DYBLatvia 2021 Census
NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare39.582011DYBNorway 2011 Census
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2021 reading39.072021DYBCzechia 2021 Census
AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2021 reading38.342021DYBAustria 2021 Census
FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2020 reading38.212020DYBFrance 2020 Census (2017-2022)
JapanJPNEastern Asia · 2020 reading37.972020DYBJapan 2020 Census
BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2019 reading37.962019DYBBelarus 2019 Census
MonacoMCOWestern Europe · 2016 reading37.692016DYBMonaco 2016 Census
ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2021 reading36.772021DYBItaly 2021 Census
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe · 2021 reading36.132021DYBLiechtenstein 2020 Census
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2000 reading, too old to compare35.982000DYBSwitzerland 2000 Census
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2021 reading35.812021DYBBulgaria 2021 Census
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2022 reading35.522022DYBHungary 2022 Census
BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2021 reading35.372021DYBBelgium 2021 Census
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2021 reading35.162021DYBLithuania 2021 Census
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare35.112011LFSNetherlands 2011 LFS
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean · 2021 reading34.602021DYBCayman Islands 2021 Census
BermudaBMUNorthern America · 2016 reading34.092016DYBBermuda 2016 Census
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2021 reading34.002021DYBSlovenia 2021 Census
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2011 reading, too old to compare33.902011LFSEstonia 2011 LFS
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean · 2020 reading33.592020MICSTurks and Caicos Islands 2019-2020 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2021 reading32.512021DYBMalta 2021 Census

02In One-Person Households, 2026 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland45.34
  2. Germany43.14
  3. Russia41.82
  4. Latvia41.08
  5. Czechia39.07

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan0.14
  2. Iraq1.01
  3. Yemen1.40
  4. Qatar1.53
  5. Algeria1.61

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2026, from 2000 to 2025. 43 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 187 distinct values among 189

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 2.39. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 189 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2026). One-Person Households, 2026 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/one-person-households/2026

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06Questions

One-Person Households, 2026 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest one-person households in One-Person Households, 2026 compilation?

Finland, at 45.34, of the 189 countries in the file.

How many countries does One-Person Households, 2026 compilation cover?

189.

Where can I download One-Person Households, 2026 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is One-Person Households, 2026 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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