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Appendix table 14. Children aged 0–24 by type of family, adopted children in families by age on December 31, 2016

Age Children of all families Family type Adopted children 2) Reconstituted family
Married couple with children Registered partnership with children 1) Cohabiting couple with children Mother and children Father and children Mother's child Father's child 2) Common child 2)
0 52 865 29 544 112 18 379 4 761 69 16 629 1 4 121
1 55 395 32 815 127 16 478 5 819 156 39 323 6 4 142
2 57 874 35 739 114 14 657 6 979 385 70 604 21 3 985
3 58 745 37 226 82 12 966 7 946 525 109 1 014 75 3 679
4 60 290 38 720 73 12 158 8 613 726 148 1 608 124 3 359
5 60 644 39 449 72 11 112 9 115 896 148 2 189 234 3 008
6 61 928 40 241 50 10 898 9 693 1 046 216 2 856 326 2 644
7 61 500 40 302 51 10 058 9 877 1 212 237 3 418 422 2 240
8 60 747 39 790 39 9 582 9 974 1 362 278 4 059 577 1 813
9 60 178 39 461 41 8 975 10 253 1 448 236 4 411 655 1 393
10 60 278 39 374 40 8 753 10 531 1 580 269 4 795 845 1 024
11 58 927 38 613 35 8 100 10 503 1 676 306 5 143 832 707
12 58 990 38 174 41 7 998 10 889 1 888 399 5 372 980 441
13 57 774 37 309 39 7 471 11 011 1 944 376 5 435 1 085 276
14 56 629 36 320 28 7 274 10 979 2 028 406 5 695 1 093 146
15 56 866 36 162 25 7 034 11 375 2 270 350 5 764 1 186 70
16 56 479 35 744 25 6 573 11 679 2 458 321 5 547 1 315 20
17 55 176 34 790 20 6 448 11 326 2 592 306 5 418 1 268 28
18 48 995 31 818 9 5 355 9 478 2 335 212 1 572 395 15
19 39 283 25 704 7 4 135 7 432 2 005 171 1 012 274 12
20 27 862 18 101 5 2 838 5 306 1 612 130 . . .
21 19 448 12 417 3 1 975 3 768 1 285 88 . . .
22 15 075 9 707 1 418 2 912 1 038 67 . . .
23 11 696 7 518 2 1 040 2 264 872 33 . . .
24 9 693 6 171 815 1 935 772 36 . . .
0-6 407 741 253 734 630 96 648 52 926 3 803 746 9 223 787 24 938
0-17 1 051 285 669 773 1 014 184 914 171 323 24 261 4 230 64 280 11 045 33 096
0-24 1 223 337 781 209 1 040 202 490 204 418 34 180 4 967 . . .
1) Includes also children who are born to a cohabiting couple at the end of the year and the father has not yet acknowledged the child.
2) Reconstituted family = a family with children where not all the children under the age of 18 are the spouses’ common children.

Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 029 551 2798, Timo Nikander 029 551 3250, Joonas Toivola 029 551 3355, info@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 24.11.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2016, Appendix table 14. Children aged 0–24 by type of family, adopted children in families by age on December 31, 2016 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2016/02/perh_2016_02_2017-11-24_tau_014_en.html