Number of households rose 1.24% to 500 mil in China in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of households in China reached an all time high of 500 mil in 2020 and an all time low of 220 mil in 1982. When compared to China's main peers, number of households in India amounted to 281 mil, 57.2 mil in Japan, 52.6 mil in Russia and 130 mil in USA in 2020.
China has been ranked 1st within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of number of households.
| Number of Households | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bangladesh | mil | 33.5 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 35.1 | 35.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 463 | 469 | 475 | 481 | 487 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.8 | 40.8 | 40.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 258 | 262 | 266 | 270 | 273 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 54.0 | 54.5 | 55.1 | 55.6 | 56.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 30.8 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 33.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 33.2 | 34.0 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 36.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 52.5 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 52.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | mil | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | mil | 123 | 124 | 125 | 127 | 128 |
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