FACTOID # 17: Most households in Europe and North America contain fewer than three people.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Ireland: 3.1 
# 2   Japan: 2.8 
# 3   Italy: 2.7 
= 4   United States: 2.6 
= 4   Canada: 2.6 
= 4   Australia: 2.6 
= 7   Austria: 2.5 
= 7   Finland: 2.5 
= 7   France: 2.5 
= 10   Belgium: 2.4 
= 10   United Kingdom: 2.4 
= 12   Netherlands: 2.3 
= 12   Switzerland: 2.3 
= 14   Norway: 2.2 
= 14   Denmark: 2.2 
= 14   Germany: 2.2 
# 17   Sweden: 2.1 
Weighted average: 2.5  



DEFINITION: Average households size (number of people living in the house) - late 1990s.

SOURCE: Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74

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