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Appendix table 15. Children by age and number of children in the family living at home aged 17 or under on December 31, 2012

Age      Number of children aged 17 or under in family
Total          1             2          3          4         5 -       
0–17 1 058 664 252 986 441 612 227 907 73 612 62 547
0 59 240 24 425 20 344 8 803 2 973 2 695
1 60 007 22 627 22 005 9 455 3 210 2 710
2 61 316 16 567 27 283 10 681 3 637 3 148
3 60 808 11 815 29 339 12 320 3 997 3 337
4 60 092 9 646 29 040 13 498 4 274 3 634
5 59 430 8 363 27 900 14 646 4 639 3 882
6 59 682 8 144 26 967 15 565 4 903 4 103
7 58 344 7 774 25 412 15 921 5 002 4 235
8 58 451 7 713 25 271 16 129 5 023 4 315
9 57 294 7 840 24 461 15 709 5 012 4 272
10 56 266 8 269 24 067 14 795 5 007 4 128
11 56 696 9 362 24 115 14 551 4 647 4 021
12 57 266 10 553 24 457 13 797 4 606 3 853
13 57 875 12 689 24 782 12 689 4 148 3 567
14 57 182 15 060 23 275 11 789 3 868 3 190
15 59 150 19 700 22 557 10 536 3 428 2 929
16 59 720 25 253 20 391 8 840 2 822 2 414
17 59 845 27 186 19 946 8 183 2 416 2 114
Relative proportion, %
0–17 100.0 23.9 41.7 21.5 7.0 5.9
0 100.0 41.2 34.3 14.9 5.0 4.5
1 100.0 37.7 36.7 15.8 5.3 4.5
2 100.0 27.0 44.5 17.4 5.9 5.1
3 100.0 19.4 48.2 20.3 6.6 5.5
4 100.0 16.1 48.3 22.5 7.1 6.0
5 100.0 14.1 46.9 24.6 7.8 6.5
6 100.0 13.6 45.2 26.1 8.2 6.9
7 100.0 13.3 43.6 27.3 8.6 7.3
8 100.0 13.2 43.2 27.6 8.6 7.4
9 100.0 13.7 42.7 27.4 8.7 7.5
10 100.0 14.7 42.8 26.3 8.9 7.3
11 100.0 16.5 42.5 25.7 8.2 7.1
12 100.0 18.4 42.7 24.1 8.0 6.7
13 100.0 21.9 42.8 21.9 7.2 6.2
14 100.0 26.3 40.7 20.6 6.8 5.6
15 100.0 33.3 38.1 17.8 5.8 5.0
16 100.0 42.3 34.1 14.8 4.7 4.0
17 100.0 45.4 33.3 13.7 4.0 3.5

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 09 1734 2798, Timo Nikander 09 1734 3250, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

Updated 13.1.2014

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2012, Appendix table 15. Children by age and number of children in the family living at home aged 17 or under on December 31, 2012 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.4.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2012/02/perh_2012_02_2013-11-22_tau_015_en.html