Persons per household fell 0.490% to 2.23 persons in the European Union in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, persons per household in the European Union reached an all time high of 4.65 persons in 1990 and an all time low of 2.23 persons in 2017. When compared to European Union's main peers, persons per household in China amounted to 2.90 persons, 2.25 persons in Japan, 2.65 persons in Russia and 2.58 persons in USA in 2017.
European Union has been ranked th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of persons per household.
| Persons Per Household | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Canada | persons | 2.54 | 2.54 | 2.53 | 2.52 | 2.52 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | persons | 2.99 | 2.96 | 2.93 | 2.90 | 2.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Union | persons | 2.27 | 2.26 | 2.24 | 2.23 | 2.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 2.02 | 2.01 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 1.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | persons | 4.87 | 4.85 | 4.82 | 4.79 | 4.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | 2.34 | 2.31 | 2.28 | 2.25 | 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | 3.99 | 3.94 | 3.89 | 3.84 | 3.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 2.69 | 2.68 | 2.66 | 2.65 | 2.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | 2.68 | 2.65 | 2.62 | 2.59 | 2.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 2.60 | 2.59 | 2.59 | 2.58 | 2.57 |
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