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Appendix table 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2017

Country
of birth
of mother		 Country of birth of father
Total Finland Former
USSR		 Estonia Sweden Thailand Iraq Somalia China F.d.
Yogo-
slavia		 Viet
Nam		 Other
or
un-
known		 Family
without
a father
All
families
with
under-
age
children		 566 242 409 118 6 305 4 584 6 029 166 2 673 1 504 1 099 1 811 790 25 224 106 939
Finland 482 845 373 806 712 563 5 260 92 310 72 65 226 58 10 528 91 153
Former
USSR		 12 092 3 256 4 433 490 49 1 22 1 3 21 1 818 2 997
Estonia 7 885 1 225 413 3 141 18 1 7 - – 7 3 418 2 652
Sweden 7 325 5 138 8 2 258 1 7 1 1 5 - 171 1 733
Thailand 2 824 2 170 5 3 33 44 4 - - 3 6 52 504
Iraq 2 769 28 1 1 2 0 1 988 2 - - 1 100 646
Somalia 2 709 21 - 5 - - 3 1 324 - 1 0 41 1 314
China 1 971 673 3 3 8 - 1 - 978 0 13 68 224
F.d.
Yogo-
slavia		 1 887 95 1 - - - 11 - - 1 217 1 180 382
Viet Nam 1 449 262 2 1 6 5 1 1 10 - 673 35 453
Other
or
un-
known		 24 845 6 360 569 204 119 16 202 52 14 301 9 12 118 4 881
Family
without
a mother		 17 641 16 084 158 171 276 6 117 51 28 30 25 695 -

Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 5.12.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2017, Appendix table 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2017 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2017/02/perh_2017_02_2018-12-05_tau_009_en.html