The Average Household Size In Every Country, Mapped

Households — who we live and share space with — differ from country to country. A Pew Research Center analysis mapped the different living arrangements around the world.

The size of households ranges widely — In Gambia an average household consists of nearly 14 people, while in Germany and Sweden that number is just under three — but the global average is around 4.9 people per household:

Other key highlights from Pew's analysis include:

• In some Asian and African countries, a majority of people live with their extended family.
•  Muslims and Hindus are the least likely to live as couples (without children or other relatives.)
• Living alone is more common in wealthier countries.
• Men in every country are older, on average, than their wives or female cohabiting partners.
• More Christians than members of any other religious group live in single-parent homes (6%).

[Via Pew Research Center]