Based on a comparison of 145 countries in 2024, China ranked the highest in number of households with 513 mil followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Cayman Islands with 0.027 mil, Seychelles with 0.027 mil and Maldives with 0.072 mil.
Total number of households reached 2,174 mil in 2024 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.874 % more than in the previous year and 10.6 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total number of households reached an all time high of 2,193 mil in 2025 and an all time low of 1,168 mil in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 1.82 % since 1947.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 23.4 % of number of households in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 42.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 61.3 % in 2024.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Households indicator page.
| Number of Households | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Bangladesh | mil | 35.6 | 36.1 | 36.7 | 37.2 | 37.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 76.8 | 78.0 | 79.2 | 80.0 | 80.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 486 | 494 | 501 | 505 | 508 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 31.2 | 31.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 40.9 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.1 | 42.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 275 | 279 | 283 | 286 | 289 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 72.1 | 73.5 | 74.8 | 75.9 | 76.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 57.1 | 57.8 | 58.4 | 58.6 | 58.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 32.3 | 32.8 | 33.3 | 33.8 | 34.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 40.9 | 41.9 | 43.0 | 44.2 | 45.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 36.1 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 55.5 | 55.9 | 56.3 | 56.5 | 56.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 28.4 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 29.4 | 29.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 30.1 | 31.0 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 32.8 |
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