Percentiles
Siblings: how do you compare?
Median 2 US adults · approximate
Brothers and sisters, including half and step. Rounded from the General Social Survey.
US adults · approximate
| Count | Share with exactly this | Share with fewer |
|---|---|---|
| 0 siblings | 9% | 0% |
| 1 siblings | 27% | 9% |
| 2 siblings | 25% | 36% |
| 3 siblings | 16% | 61% |
| 4 siblings | 9% | 77% |
| 5 siblings | 5% | 86% |
| 6 siblings | 3% | 91% |
| 7+ siblings | 2% | 94% |
Survey shares, rounded. The slider on the main page runs past this table up to the record: one of the Vassilyev children, Reportedly 69 children from one mother in 18th-century Russia.