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Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2018

Country
of birth
of wife/
mother		 Country of birth of man/father
Total Finland Former
Soviet
Union		 Estonia Sweden Thailand Iraq China Russia Somalia Former
Yugoslavia		 Other or
unknown		 Family
without
a father
All
families		 1 468 681 1 222 939 13 544 8 561 10 017 406 4 268 2 055 1 523 1 919 2 850 47 711 152 888
Finland 1 319 922 1 149 876 1 706 1 352 8 790 212 888 174 346 138 480 22 380 133 580
Former
Soviet
Union		 24 730 8 508 9 513 1 030 92 2 33 7 369 2 30 1 220 3 924
Estonia 13 060 2 862 820 5 412 33 3 25 5 55 2 12 724 3 107

Sweden		 11 067 8 362 15 7 414 2 18 1 1 1 10 283 1 953
Thailand 6 016 5 044 16 26 63 141 7 2 - - 5 119 593
Iraq 3 829 63 3 3 2 - 2 774 1 - 2 - 155 826
China 3 758 1 452 14 6 22 2 2 1 735 4 1 1 216 303
Russia 3 347 1 275 593 112 11 - 14 9 644 4 1 247 437
Somalia 3 298 52 2 7 - - 9 - - 1 605 1 72 1 550
Former
Yugoslavia		 2 782 182 2 1 1 - 14 1 1 - 1 862 261 457
Other or
unknown		 43 580 14 248 596 372 229 36 337 78 90 80 392 20 964 6 158
Family
without
a mother		 33 292 31 015 264 233 360 8 147 42 13 84 56 1 070 -

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 31.01.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. annual review 2018, Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2018 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2018/02/perh_2018_02_2020-01-31_tau_008_en.html