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50% -- share of population living in households of 5 plus people for global population (2025)
Over 50% of the global population lives in a household of five or more people.
- Source states 'Over 50%' / '50%+' and notes this share is growing
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50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
World Data Lab
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Tier A
https://worlddatalab.com/our-blog/while-youre-targeting-individuals-half-the-world-makes-decisions-a… ↗
Source Article
While You're Targeting Individuals, Half the World Makes…
Key Insights:
- 50%+ of the world lives in households of 5+ people (and this share is growing)
- 83% of low-income people live in 5+ person households vs. just 26% of high-income people
- Per capita spending drops 28% from single-person to five-person households in North America
- The "empty nest" t…
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World Data Lab
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Methodology
World Data Lab analysis of 185 countries and over 6,000 cities
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global population: 50% share of population living in households of 5 plus people. Source: World Data Lab (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/world-population-households-5-plus-2025
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