Number of families decreased further in 2022
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Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland, there were 1,464,768 families in Finland at the end of 2022. The number of families fell by 1,210, while in the previous year it went down by 1,675 families. While in 1992 the commonest family type was a married couple with children, in 2022 the commonest family type was a married couple without children. The number of families with a married couple and children has been falling steadily. Correspondingly, the numbers of families of cohabiting couples without children and those of cohabiting couples with children have both grown.
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- At the end of 2022, altogether 71 per cent of the population belonged to a family.
- The commonest family type at the end of 2022 was a married couple without children.
- Eighty-three per cent of families were entirely Finnish-speaking.
- At the end of 2022, there were 552,034 families with underage children, which represented 38 per cent of all families.
- The commonest family type for families with underage children was still a married couple with children.
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Documentation
Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.
Go to documentation of the statisticsReferencing instructions
Families [online publication].
Reference period: 2022. ISSN=1798-3231. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 14.12.2025].
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