How much does the average person sleep per night?

~7 hours/night

Habits

Sleep-tracking app data from Sleep Cycle puts average time asleep near 7 hours a night across tracked countries, with the Netherlands and the Nordics longest and Japan shortest. App users are not a random sample. US surveys find about a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, and most adults need 7 or more.

Source: Sleep Cycle app data (2024, not peer-reviewed); CDC BRFSS (2022)

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Sleep Duration

Norway sleeps 7.3 hours a night. Japan: 6.3.

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