Distribution of households Japan 1986-2023, by family composition

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 21, 2024

In 2023, around one-third of households in Japan were estimated to be single households. The share of married couple households with unmarried children has gradually declined over the past decades, reaching 24.8 percent in the same year.

Distribution of households in Japan from 1986 to 2023, by family composition

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July 2024

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Japan

Survey time period

1986 to 2023

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based on survey results

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*Excluding figures for Hyogo Prefecture.

**Excluding figures for Kumamoto Prefecture.

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