In 2020, the number of private households in Japan amounted to around 123.2 million, with the large majority, more than 54 percent, being nuclear-family households. Over the last decades, the number of members per household in Japan has been on a gradual decline, raising the number of one-person households to a record high in 2020.
Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 21, 2022). Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type." Chart. September 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Breakdown of Private Households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/