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Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2016

Country
of birth
of wife/
mother		 Total Country of birth of man/father Family
without
a father
Finland Former USSR Estonia Sweden Thailand China Iraq Somalia Russia Former Yogoslavia Other
or
unknown
All families 1 475 583 1 239 038 13 344 8 353 9 884 336 1 844 3 011 1 746 1 226 2 726 42 616 151 459
Finland 1 337 166 1 168 505 1 704 1 222 8 773 183 167 489 119 241 469 21 332 133 962
Former USSR 24 494 8 588 9 474 1 025 85 1 7 25 1 340 31 1 107 3 810
Estonia 12 792 2 772 861 5 429 33 2 4 17 1 43 12 706 2 912
Sweden 11 064 8 511 13 6 376 1 1 9 2 1 9 275 1 860
Thailand 5 649 4 832 14 18 55 109 1 3 1 1 4 104 507
China 3 377 1 339 11 5 17 3 1 562 3 1 5 1 177 253
Iraq 2 923 55 – 4 3 – 1 2 097 1 – – 132 630
Somalia 2 923 45 1 4 1 – – 8 1 479 – 2 54 1 329
Russia 2 847 1 174 523 99 8 – 3 5 1 514 1 175 344
Former Yogoslavia 2 635 175 1 2 1 – – 10 – 1 1 783 239 423
Other or unknown 37 762 13 076 501 336 198 32 67 244 62 70 359 17 388 5 429
Family without a mother 31 951 29 966 241 203 334 5 31 101 78 10 55 927 –

Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 029 551 2798, Timo Nikander 029 551 3250, Joonas Toivola 029 551 3355, info@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 24.11.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2016, Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2016 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2016/02/perh_2016_02_2017-11-24_tau_008_en.html