List of countries by number of households

This is a list of countries by number of households. The list includes households occupying housing units and excludes persons residing in collective living quarters, such as hotels, rooming houses and other lodging houses, institutions and camps.[1]

Country Household
population 		Households Household
size 		Year
 China 1,367,820,000 455,940,000 3.0 2012[2]
 India 1,018,865,868 192,671,808 5.3 2001[3]
 United States 304,130,000 117,538,000 2.6 2009[4]
 Brazil 189,790,211 57,324,167 3.3 2010[5]
 Russia 142,754,098 52,711,375 2.7 2002[3]
 Japan 124,973,207 49,062,530 2.5 2005[3]
 Germany N/A 40,076,000 N/A 2008[6]
 United Kingdom N/A 26,473,000 N/A 2011[7][8][9]
 France N/A 25,253,000 N/A 2005[6]
 Italy N/A 23,848,000 N/A 2008[6]
 Vietnam N/A 22,444,322 N/A 2009[3]
 Mexico 95,380,242 22,268,196 4.3 2000[3]
 Philippines N/A 18,539,769 N/A 2007[3]
 Turkey N/A 17,794,238 N/A 2008[6]
 Iran N/A 17,352,686 N/A 2006[3]
 Ukraine N/A 17,199,000 N/A 2008[6]
 Spain N/A 16,741,379 N/A 2008[6]
 Korea, South 45,452,526 15,887,128 2.9 2005[3]
 Ethiopia 73,302,305 15,634,304 4.7 2007[3]
 Poland 37,812,741 13,337,040 2.8 2002[3]
 Canada N/A 12,437,470 N/A 2006[6]
 Argentina 39,672,520 12,171,675 3.3 2010[10]
 South Africa N/A 11,205,705 N/A 2001[3]
 Colombia 41,174,853 10,570,899 3.9 2005[3]
 Australia 20,762,326 7,760,322 2.7 2011[3]
 Romania 21,358,796 7,320,202 2.9 2002[3]
 Netherlands N/A 7,242,202 N/A 2008[6]
 Peru 27,057,199 6,754,074 4.0 2007[3]
 Korea, North 23,133,692 5,887,471 3.9 2008[3]
   Nepal 26,620,809 5,659,984 4.7 2011[11]
 Uganda N/A 5,043,256 N/A 2002[3]
 Chile 16,473,453 5,035,637 3.3 2012[12]
 Malaysia 26,602,931 6,341,273 4.2 2010[13]
 Belgium N/A 4,575,959 N/A 2008[6]
 Sweden N/A 4,554,824 N/A 2008[6]
 Czech Republic N/A 4,312,819 N/A 2008[6]
 Kazakhstan N/A 4,152,740 N/A 2000[6]
 Hungary N/A 4,001,976 N/A 2005[6]
 Belarus N/A 3,855,016 N/A 2000[6]
 Greece 10,266,004 3,664,392 2.8 2001[3]
 Portugal 10,252,544 3,650,757 2.8 2001[3]
 Austria N/A 3,566,489 N/A 2008[6]
 Cuba 11,135,964 3,532,313 3.2 2002[3]
  Switzerland N/A 3,362,073 N/A 2008[6]
 Bulgaria 7,848,395 2,921,887 2.7 2001[3]
 Ecuador 12,068,651 2,879,935 4.2 2001[3]
 Cambodia 13,395,682 2,841,897 4.7 2008[3]
 Denmark N/A 2,547,377 N/A 2008[6]
 Serbia 7,460,460 2,521,190 3.0 2002[3]
 Finland N/A 2,499,332 N/A 2008[6]
 Mali N/A 2,369,866 N/A 2009[3]
 Burkina Faso 14,017,262 2,360,126 5.9 2006[3]
 Dominican Republic 8,541,149 2,193,848 3.9 2002[3]
 Norway N/A 2,142,638 N/A 2008[3]
 Israel N/A 2,087,400 N/A 2008[6]
 Slovakia N/A 2,071,743 N/A 2001[6]
 Bolivia 8,090,732 1,977,665 4.1 2001[3]
 Azerbaijan N/A 1,862,922 N/A 2008[6]
 Rwanda 7,963,809 1,757,426 4.5 2002[3]
 Ireland N/A 1,576,409 N/A 2008[6]
 Croatia 4,410,828 1,477,377 3.0 2001[3]
 Lithuania 3,369,211 1,356,826 2.5 2001[3]
 New Zealand 3,594,516 1,331,652 2.7 2001[3]
 Puerto Rico 3,761,836 1,261,325 3.0 2000[3]
 Georgia 4,167,966 1,243,158 3.4 2002[3]
 Benin N/A 1,210,463 N/A 2002[3]
 Moldova, Republic of 3,383,332 1,131,827 3.0 2004[3]
 Kyrgyzstan N/A 1,109,633 N/A 2000[6]
 Senegal N/A 1,075,858 N/A 2002[3]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A 1,067,120 N/A 2004[6]
 Tajikistan N/A 1,047,000 N/A 2000[6]
 Singapore 3,273,363 915,090 3.6 2000[3]
 Latvia 2,354,620 802,848 2.9 2000[3]
 Albania N/A 791,830 N/A 2008[6]
 Armenia N/A 778,578 N/A 2001[6]
 Slovenia 1,949,614 684,847 2.8 2002[3]
 Palestinian Territory 3,668,990 629,185 5.8 2007[3]
 Estonia N/A 583,991 N/A 2008[6]
 Macedonia, Republic of N/A 496,020 N/A 2002[6]
 Lesotho 1,862,860 422,371 4.4 2006[3]
 Botswana N/A 404,706 N/A 2001[3]
 Mauritius 668,868 296,294 2.3 2000[3]
 Cyprus 685,280 223,790 3.1 2001[3]
 Swaziland 1,005,206 212,195 4.7 2007[3]
 Timor-Leste 918,458 194,962 4.7 2004[3]
 Montenegro N/A 180,517 N/A 2003[6]
 Luxembourg 432,037 171,953 2.5 2001[3]
 Malta 398,615 139,583 2.9 2005[3]
 New Caledonia N/A 64,345 N/A 2004[3]
 Bermuda 61,485 25,148 2.4 2000[3]
 Seychelles 78,618 20,806 3.8 2002[3]
Aaland Islands Åland Islands 25,499 11,074 2.3 2000[3]
 Palau N/A 4,707 N/A 2005[3]

References

  1. ↑ Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 2, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Statistics Division, 2008. Accessed on 2 October 2011.
  2. ↑ National Bureau of Statistics (2013). China Statistical Yearbook 2013. Beijing: China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7503769634.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 3.46 3.47 3.48 3.49 3.50 3.51 3.52 3.53 3.54 Demographic Yearbook, Population Censuses' Datasets (1995 - Present), United Nations Statistics Division. Accessed on 2 October 2011.
  4. ↑ TABLE 3. WEIGHTED AND UNWEIGHTED COUNTS OF MARCH 2010, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed on 2 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Censo Demográfico 2010". IBGE. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 Private households by Household Type, Measurement, Country and Year, UNECE Statistical Division. Accessed on 2 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "2011 Census - Population and Household Estimates for England and Wales, March 2011". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  8. ↑ "General Register Office for Scotland: The Number of Households in Scotland Continues to Rise". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Census 2011 - Population and Household Estimates". Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  10. ↑ "Censo 2010 Argentina". INDEC. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  11. ↑ "Nepal Census 2011". Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal). Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "CUADRO 11.10: HOGARES, POR NÚMERO DE PERSONAS EN EL HOGAR, SEGÚN ÁREA URBANA-RURAL Y NÚMERO DE PIEZAS QUE EL HOGAR USA EXCLUSIVAMENTE COMO DORMITORIO" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  13. ↑ . Department of Statistics Malaysia http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/household/5.Tables.pdf. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)