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121e -- Changes in marital status, 1990-2023

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5/28/2024
Marriages, opposite-sex couples:
Number
Divorces, opposite-sex couples:
Number
Marriages, male couples:
Number
Marriages, female couples:
Number
Divorces, male couples:
Number
Divorces, female couples:
Number
Registered partnerships, male couples:
Number
Registered partnerships, female couples:
Number
Divorces from registered partnerships, male couples:
Number
Divorces from registered partnerships, female couples:
Number
Widowers:
Number
Widows:
Number
4/25/2025
6/18/2019
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Statistics Finland, changes in marital status
001_121e_2023
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Documentation of statistics The concepts of marriages and divorces have changed in 2017, see the Quality description. Starting from 1750 Population statistics have been digitised into PDF format in the National Library's Doria service:
Publications on Population structure and Vital statistics in Doria (in Finnish)
Publications on Population censuses in Doria (in Finnish)

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Marriages, opposite-sex couples

Marriages where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the marriage was contracted.

Divorces, opposite-sex couples

Divorces where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the divorce was granted.

Marriages, male couples

Marriages where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the marriage was contracted.

Marriages, female couples

Marriages where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the marriage was contracted.

Divorces, male couples

Divorces where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the divorce was granted.

Divorces, female couples

Divorces where at least one of the spouses has resided permanently in Finland on the day the divorce was granted.

Registered partnerships, male couples

Registered partnerships where at least one of the partners has resided permanently in Finland on the day the partnership was registered.

Registered partnerships, female couples

Registered partnerships where at least one of the partners has resided permanently in Finland on the day the partnership was registered.

Divorces from registered partnerships, male couples

Divorces from registered partnerships where at least one of the partners has resided permanently in Finland on the day the divorce was granted.

Divorces from registered partnerships, female couples

Divorces from registered partnerships where at least one of the partners has resided permanently in Finland on the day the divorce was granted.

Widowers

Includes those widowed after a registered partnership starting from 2002 and from 2017 also those widowed after same-sex marriage.

Widows

Includes those widowed after a registered partnership starting from 2002 and from 2017 also those widowed after same-sex marriage.