Germany

German households are getting smaller

German households are getting smaller. In fact, the number of single households across the country increased by 46 percent since 1991 according to the Federal Statistics Office. The following infographic shows that in 1991, the average German household had 2.27 members and in 2018, that had fallen to just 1.99.

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This chart shows the average number of household members in federal states.

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