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Altogether 70 per cent of the population belonged to a family in 2024

Release related to topics:Population and society
release | Families 2024

Change

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According to Statistics Finland, there were 1,472,516 families in Finland at the end of 2024, which is 5,562 families more than in the year before. The share of persons belonging to a family in the population has, however, decreased. The number of families has in part increased by way of Ukrainian families having received a municipality of residence in Finland. While in 1994 the commonest family type was a married couple with children, in 2024 the commonest family type was a married couple without children.

Key selections

  • At the end of 2024, altogether 70 per cent of the population belonged to a family.
  • The commonest family type at the end of 2024 was a married couple without children.
  • Eighty-one per cent of families were fullly Finnish-speaking.
  • At the end of 2024, there were 547,913 families with underage children, which represented 37 per cent of all families.
  • The commonest family type for families with underage children was still a married couple with children.

Change

New databale table is published in the statistics on families.
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Database tables

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Updated database tables
12c1
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  • Area
  • Family type
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12c2
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  • Family type
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12c3
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  • Area
  • Family type
  • Number of persons
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12c4
Classifications used:
  • Area
  • Family type
  • Number of children
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12c5
Classifications used:
  • Age of man/older spouse
  • Age of woman/younger spouse
  • Family type
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12c6
Classifications used:
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Area
  • Family status
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12c7
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  • Area
  • Family type
  • Age
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12c9
Classifications used:
  • Language of man/older spouse
  • Language of woman/younger spouse
  • Family type
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12ca
Classifications used:
  • Nationality of woman/younger spouse
  • Age of man/older spouse
  • Family type
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year
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12cb
Classifications used:
  • Nationality of man/older spouse
  • Age of woman/younger spouse
  • Family type
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year
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12cc
Classifications used:
  • Country of birth of woman/younger spouse
  • Age of man/older spouse
  • Family type
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year
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year
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12cd
Classifications used:
  • Country of birth of man/older spouse
  • Age of woman/younger spouse
  • Family type
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year
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year
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12ce
Classifications used:
  • Family type
  • Origin and background country of man/older spouse
  • Origin and background country of woman/younger spouse
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New database tables
12c8
Classifications used:
  • Reconstituted family
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year
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Documentation

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Referencing instructions

Families [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. ISSN=1798-3231. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 6.6.2025].
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