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Average household size

The average number of people living in a private household, from the EU survey on income and living conditions.

Unit: People per household Frequency: Annual Coverage: 37 countries and 1 group 2003 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 3.1 people per household Albania Lowest in 2025 1.8 people per householdp (provisional) Lithuania
European Union, 2025 2.3 people per household Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 31 Updated by the source on 20 October 2026

31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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Germany × Malta ×

People per household. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Average household size (people per household), 2005 to 2025
Period GermanyMalta
2025 2.0 people per household 2.4 people per household
2024 2.0 people per household 2.4 people per household
2023 2.0 people per household 2.4 people per household
2022 2.0 people per household 2.4 people per household
2021 2.0 people per household 2.4 people per household
2020 2.0 people per householdb (break in time series) 2.4 people per household
2019 2.0 people per household 2.5 people per household
2018 2.0 people per household 2.5 people per household
2017 2.0 people per household 2.5 people per household
2016 2.0 people per household 2.5 people per household
2015 2.0 people per household 2.6 people per household
2014 2.0 people per household 2.6 people per household
2013 2.0 people per household 2.6 people per household
2012 2.0 people per household 2.7 people per household
2011 2.0 people per household 2.7 people per household
2010 2.0 people per household 2.7 people per household
2009 2.0 people per household 2.8 people per household
2008 2.1 people per household 2.8 people per household
2007 2.1 people per household 2.8 people per household
2006 2.1 people per household 2.9 people per household
2005 2.1 people per household 2.9 people per household

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Albania (3.1 people per household) and the lowest Lithuania (1.8 people per household).
  • Half of the countries are above 2.3 people per household and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 0 countries and fell in 7.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 2.3 people per household.

About this measure

Definition
The average number of people living in a private household, from the EU survey on income and living conditions.
Population covered
Private households
Unit
People per household
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (people per household)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvph01 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=AVG
Observation period
2003 to 2025
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Albania 3.1 people per household
  2. 2 Slovakia 3.1 people per household
  3. 3 Türkiye 3.1 people per household
  4. 4 Poland 2.8 people per household
  5. 5 Ireland 2.7 people per household
  6. 6 Croatia 2.6 people per household
  7. 7 Serbia 2.6 people per household
  8. 8 Cyprus 2.5 people per household
  9. 9 Romania 2.5 people per household
  10. 10 Spain 2.5 people per household
  11. 11 Greece 2.4 people per household
  12. 12 Malta 2.4 people per household
  13. 13 Portugal 2.4 people per household
  14. 14 Slovenia 2.4 people per household
  15. 15 Czechia 2.3 people per household
  16. 16 Hungary 2.3 people per household
  17. 17 Luxembourg 2.3 people per householdb (break in time series)
  18. 18 Austria 2.2 people per household
  19. 19 Belgium 2.2 people per household
  20. 20 Bulgaria 2.2 people per household
  21. 21 Italy 2.2 people per household
  22. 22 Latvia 2.2 people per household
  23. 23 Estonia 2.1 people per household
  24. 24 France 2.1 people per household
  25. 25 Netherlands 2.1 people per household
  26. 26 Germany 2.0 people per household
  27. 27 Norway 2.0 people per household
  28. 28 Sweden 2.0 people per household
  29. 29 Denmark 1.9 people per household
  30. 30 Finland 1.9 people per household
  31. 31 Lithuania 1.8 people per householdp (provisional)
  32. European Union 2.3 people per household
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.