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Last updatedcalendar_monthJun 26, 2020Distribution of household by type

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* exl. Taiwan and Singapore
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022).  "Database on Household Size and Composition 2022".
Retrieved Jan 2025, from https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/data/household-size-and-composition

* Taiwan
Taiwan Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics "Population and Housing Census"
"Table 23    Family Household Type of Ordinary Households"
Retrieved Jan 2025, from https://eng.stat.gov.tw/News.aspx?n=2401&sms=10889

* Singapore
Department of Statistics Singapore "GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 2015"
Retrieved Jan 2025, from https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/publications-and-methodology

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In Japan, the US, the UK and Germany, one person households have the highest proportion among the household composition types. On the other hand, the percentage of couples with children is the highest in all Asian countries except Japan.

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* exl. Taiwan and Singapore United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). "Database on Household Size and Composition 2019". Retrieved June 19 2020 from https://bit.ly/2YZrfzo * Taiwan Taiwan Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics "Population and Housing Census 2010" Retrieved June 23, 2020, from https://bit.ly/2BC2Tn1 * Singapore Department of Statistics Singapore "GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 2015" Retrieved June 23, 2020 from https://bit.ly/2zWtf2R

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