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Appendix table 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2018

Country
of birth
of mother
Country of birth of father
Totalt Finland Former
Soviet
Union
Estonia Sweden Iraq Thailand Somalia China Former
Yugoslavia
Russia Other or
unknown
Family
without
a father
All families
with
underage
children
561 965 401 498 6 409 4 626 5 944 3 037 182 1 574 1 154 1 834 585 27 010 108 112
Finland 475 455 365 554 742 608 5 147 401 94 72 68 239 91 10 742 91 697
Former
Soviet
Union
12 094 3 195 4 430 493 48 23 1 - 3 22 214 658 3 007
Estonia 7 924 1 240 400 3 112 17 13 1 1 - 8 20 391 2 721
Sweden 7 161 4 954 8 1 265 10 1 1 1 3 - 177 1 740
Iraq 3 087 26 2 2 2 2 215 - 2 1 - - 115 722
Thailand 2 877 2 188 7 3 36 4 59 - - 3 - 66 511
Somalia 2 862 24 1 5 - 5 - 1 375 - 1 - 48 1 403
China 2 084 708 4 3 9 - - - 1 019 - - 92 249
Former
Yugoslavia
1 894 95 1 - - 10 - - - 1 223 - 186 379
Russia 1 526 443 308 46 6 5 - - 1 1 233 81 402
Other or
unknown
26 673 6 396 333 163 127 230 19 64 29 309 21 13 701 5 281
Family
without
a mother
18 328 16 675 173 190 287 121 7 59 32 25 6 753 -

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 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2018 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2018/02/perh_2018_02_2020-01-31_tau_009_en.html