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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, 2017

Distri-
bution		 Age Number of children
Number
of
children
underage
18
in family
total		 1 2 3 4 5-
Number 0-17 1 046 336 241 709 440 232 225 978 73 636 64 781
0 50 347 20 435 17 445 7 558 2 535 2 374
1 53 191 20 619 19 326 8 022 2 764 2 460
2 55 650 16 098 24 122 9 457 3 172 2 801
3 58 077 12 058 27 754 11 376 3 668 3 221
4 59 011 9 965 28 555 12 793 4 129 3 569
5 60 454 9 021 28 822 14 212 4 557 3 842
6 60 888 8 556 27 943 15 410 4 931 4 048
7 62 168 8 133 28 203 16 393 5 147 4 292
8 61 695 8 083 27 430 16 452 5 255 4 475
9 60 956 8 258 26 672 16 335 5 185 4 506
10 60 316 8 482 26 290 15 922 5 149 4 473
11 60 491 9 480 26 232 15 345 5 074 4 360
12 59 019 10 403 25 322 14 389 4 714 4 191
13 59 108 12 353 24 991 13 412 4 403 3 949
14 57 778 14 713 23 269 12 198 4 012 3 586
15 56 616 18 408 21 031 10 345 3 552 3 280
16 55 943 22 662 18 977 8 629 2 857 2 818
17 54 628 23 982 17 848 7 730 2 532 2 536
Relative
proportion
%		 0-17 100,0 23,1 42,1 21,6 7,0 6,2
0 100,0 40,6 34,6 15,0 5,0 4,7
1 100,0 38,8 36,3 15,1 5,2 4,6
2 100,0 28,9 43,3 17,0 5,7 5,0
3 100,0 20,8 47,8 19,6 6,3 5,5
4 100,0 16,9 48,4 21,7 7,0 6,0
5 100,0 14,9 47,7 23,5 7,5 6,4
6 100,0 14,1 45,9 25,3 8,1 6,6
7 100,0 13,1 45,4 26,4 8,3 6,9
8 100,0 13,1 44,5 26,7 8,5 7,3
9 100,0 13,5 43,8 26,8 8,5 7,4
10 100,0 14,1 43,6 26,4 8,5 7,4
11 100,0 15,7 43,4 25,4 8,4 7,2
12 100,0 17,6 42,9 24,4 8,0 7,1
13 100,0 20,9 42,3 22,7 7,4 6,7
14 100,0 25,5 40,3 21,1 6,9 6,2
15 100,0 32,5 37,1 18,3 6,3 5,8
16 100,0 40,5 33,9 15,4 5,1 5,0
17 100,0 43,9 32,7 14,2 4,6 4,6

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 5.12.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2017, Appendix table 15. Children by age and number of children in the family living at home aged 17 or under on December 31, 2017 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.4.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2017/02/perh_2017_02_2018-12-05_tau_015_en.html