Average household size by country, 2025, European Union (27 countries)
The average number of people living in a private household, from the EU survey on income and living conditions.
27 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Slovakia (3.1 people per household). Lowest: Lithuania (1.8 people per household). The median is 2.3 people per household.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Slovakia 3.1 people per household
- 2. Poland 2.8 people per household
- 3. Ireland 2.7 people per household
- 4. Croatia 2.6 people per household
- 5. Cyprus 2.5 people per household
- 6. Romania 2.5 people per household
- 7. Spain 2.5 people per household
- 8. Greece 2.4 people per household
- 9. Malta 2.4 people per household
- 10. Portugal 2.4 people per household
Lowest 10
- 27. Lithuania 1.8 people per householdp (provisional)
- 26. Finland 1.9 people per household
- 25. Denmark 1.9 people per household
- 24. Sweden 2.0 people per household
- 23. Germany 2.0 people per household
- 22. Netherlands 2.1 people per household
- 21. France 2.1 people per household
- 20. Estonia 2.1 people per household
- 19. Latvia 2.2 people per household
- 18. Italy 2.2 people per household
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Source: Eurostat.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 3.1 people per household | 2025 | |
| 2 | Poland | 2.8 people per household | 2025 | |
| 3 | Ireland | 2.7 people per household | 2025 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 2.6 people per household | 2025 | |
| 5 | Cyprus | 2.5 people per household | 2025 | |
| 6 | Romania | 2.5 people per household | 2025 | |
| 7 | Spain | 2.5 people per household | 2025 | |
| 8 | Greece | 2.4 people per household | 2025 | |
| 9 | Malta | 2.4 people per household | 2025 | |
| 10 | Portugal | 2.4 people per household | 2025 | |
| 11 | Slovenia | 2.4 people per household | 2025 | |
| 12 | Czechia | 2.3 people per household | 2025 | |
| 13 | Hungary | 2.3 people per household | 2025 | |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 2.3 people per householdb (break in time series) | 2025 | |
| 15 | Austria | 2.2 people per household | 2025 | |
| 16 | Belgium | 2.2 people per household | 2025 | |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 2.2 people per household | 2025 | |
| 18 | Italy | 2.2 people per household | 2025 | |
| 19 | Latvia | 2.2 people per household | 2025 | |
| 20 | Estonia | 2.1 people per household | 2025 | |
| 21 | France | 2.1 people per household | 2025 | |
| 22 | Netherlands | 2.1 people per household | 2025 | |
| 23 | Germany | 2.0 people per household | 2025 | |
| 24 | Sweden | 2.0 people per household | 2025 | |
| 25 | Denmark | 1.9 people per household | 2025 | |
| 26 | Finland | 1.9 people per household | 2025 | |
| 27 | Lithuania | 1.8 people per householdp (provisional) | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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