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| Indicators on housing |
Last update: December 2008
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Country or area |
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| Aruba |
1991 |
0.7 |
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... |
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... |
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| Austria |
1997 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
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| Azerbaijan |
1998 |
2.1 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
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2.3 |
|
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| Bahamas |
1990 |
1.3 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1.1 |
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| Belgium |
1991 |
0.6 |
|
|
... |
|
|
0.6 |
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| Bermuda |
1991 |
0.6 |
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|
0.6 |
|
|
... |
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| Bolivia |
1988 |
... |
|
|
1.7 |
|
a |
... |
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| Brazil |
1998 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.8 |
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| Bulgaria |
1992 |
1.0 |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
0.8 |
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| Cameroon |
1976 |
1.2 |
|
|
1.2 |
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|
1.3 |
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| Canada |
1996 |
0.5 |
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|
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
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| China, Macao SAR |
1996 |
1.1 |
|
|
... |
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|
... |
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| Colombia |
1993 |
1.4 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1.7 |
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| Costa Rica |
1997 |
0.9 |
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|
0.8 |
|
|
1.0 |
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| Croatia |
1991 |
1.2 |
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|
... |
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|
... |
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| Cuba |
1981 |
1.0 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
1.0 |
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| Cyprus |
1992 |
0.6 |
|
b |
0.6 |
|
b |
0.7 |
|
b |
| Czech Republic |
1991 |
1.0 |
|
|
1.1 |
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|
1.0 |
|
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| Egypt |
1996 |
1.3 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1.4 |
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| Finland |
1998 |
0.8 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
1.0 |
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| France |
1990 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
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| French Guiana |
1990 |
1.1 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
1.5 |
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| Gambia |
1993 |
1.5 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1.6 |
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| Germany |
1987 |
0.5 |
|
c |
0.5 |
|
c |
0.5 |
|
c |
| Guadeloupe |
1990 |
0.9 |
|
d |
0.9 |
|
d |
0.9 |
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d |
| Guam |
1990 |
0.8 |
|
|
0.7 |
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|
0.8 |
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| Honduras |
1988 |
2.2 |
|
e |
1.8 |
|
e |
2.6 |
|
e |
| Hungary |
1990 |
0.8 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
0.8 |
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| India |
1981 |
2.7 |
|
d,f,g |
2.6 |
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d,f,g |
2.8 |
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d,f,g |
| Iraq |
1987 |
1.5 |
|
|
1.8 |
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|
1.0 |
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| Israel |
1983 |
1.2 |
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|
... |
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|
... |
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| Japan |
1978 |
0.8 |
|
h |
0.8 |
|
h |
0.7 |
|
h |
| Korea, Republic of |
1995 |
1.1 |
|
|
1.2 |
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|
0.9 |
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| Kuwait |
1985 |
1.7 |
|
i |
... |
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|
... |
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| Lesotho |
1996 |
2.1 |
|
|
... |
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|
... |
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| Martinique |
1990 |
0.9 |
|
d |
0.9 |
|
d |
0.9 |
|
d |
| Mauritius |
1990 |
1.2 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
1.3 |
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| Mexico |
1995 |
... |
|
... |
1.4 |
|
j |
... |
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| Netherlands |
1998 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
0.6 |
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| New Caledonia |
1989 |
1.2 |
|
d |
1.1 |
|
d |
1.4 |
|
d |
| New Zealand |
1991 |
0.5 |
|
k |
0.5 |
|
k |
0.5 |
|
k |
| Nicaragua |
1995 |
2.6 |
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|
2.2 |
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|
3.1 |
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| Norway |
1990 |
0.6 |
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|
0.6 |
|
|
0.6 |
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| Pakistan |
1998 |
3.0 |
|
l |
2.8 |
|
l |
3.1 |
|
l |
| Panama |
1990 |
1.6 |
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|
1.4 |
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|
1.9 |
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| Peru |
1990 |
2.0 |
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|
1.9 |
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|
2.4 |
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| Poland |
1995 |
1.0 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
1.1 |
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| Portugal |
1991 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
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|
0.7 |
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| Puerto Rico |
1990 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.6 |
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|
0.7 |
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| Reunion |
1990 |
1.0 |
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|
1.0 |
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|
0.9 |
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| Romania |
1992 |
1.3 |
|
k,m |
1.3 |
|
k,m |
1.2 |
|
k,m |
| San Marino |
1991 |
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
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|
0.8 |
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| Serbia and Montenegro |
1991 |
1.2 |
|
|
3.1 |
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|
3.3 |
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| Slovakia |
1991 |
1.2 |
|
|
1.2 |
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|
1.2 |
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| Sri Lanka |
1981 |
2.2 |
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|
2.3 |
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|
2.1 |
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| Sweden |
1990 |
0.5 |
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|
0.5 |
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|
0.5 |
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| Switzerland |
1990 |
0.6 |
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|
0.6 |
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|
0.6 |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
1994 |
2.0 |
|
|
1.8 |
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|
2.3 |
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| Turkey |
1994 |
1.3 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1.4 |
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| United Kingdom |
1996 |
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
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|
0.4 |
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| United States |
1997 |
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
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| US Virgin Islands |
1990 |
0.6 |
|
n |
... |
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|
... |
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| Uruguay |
1996 |
1.0 |
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|
1.0 |
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|
1.0 |
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Sources:
United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5).
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Footnotes:
* |
Excluding bathrooms and toilet rooms.
|
... |
Not available. |
a |
La Paz. |
b |
Data refer to Government controlled areas
only. |
c |
Data do not include the former
German Democratic Republic. |
d |
Based on households in housing
units. |
e |
Based on the number of occupied housing
units with people present at the time of the census. |
f |
Excluding Assam and some areas where
1981 census could not be conducted. Also, not included are institutional
households for which the number of living rooms in occupation of household
was not canvassed. |
g |
Including the Indian-held part of Jammu
and Kashmir, the final status of which has not yet been determined.
|
h |
Kitchens not counted as rooms. |
i |
Based on occupied conventional
and unconventional dwellings and occupied collective living quarters. |
j |
Ciudad de Mexico. |
k |
Based on conventional dwellings only. |
l |
Excluding Jammu and Kashmir,
the final status of which has not yet been determined. |
m |
The definition of room does not cover
kitchen even if it suits the definition of a room. |
n |
Island of St. Thomas. Total number of
rooms was estimated by the UN. |
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Technical notes:
The main data sources for housing
statistics are national population and housing censuses. Internationally
recommended concepts and definitions for collecting these statistics are
published in the Principles and Recommendations for Population and
Housing Censuses (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.XVII.8)
and given below. It should be noted that countries sometimes deviate significantly
from these recommended concepts and definitions. Departures from these
definitions, when furnished by the reporting country, are footnoted in
the table.
The average number of persons per room
was obtained by dividing the total population in occupied housing units
by the total number of rooms as reported by countries. If the total number
of occupants, i.e., total population occupying housing units, was not
available, the total population figure was used in the numerator.
A room is defined as a space in a housing
unit or other living quarters enclosed by walls reaching from the floor
to the ceiling or roof covering, or at least to a height of 2 meters,
of a size large enough to hold a bed for an adult, that is, at least 4
square meters. Rooms, therefore, may include bedrooms, dining rooms, living
rooms, studies, habitable attics, servants' rooms, kitchens, rooms used
for professional or business purposes and other separate spaces used or
intended for dwelling purposes, so long as they meet the criteria of walls
and floor space. Passageways, verandas, lobbies, bathrooms and toilet
rooms are not expected to be counted as rooms, even if they meet the criteria.
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