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121f -- Changes in marital status by month, 1990-2023

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5/28/2024
Marriages, opposite-sex couples:
Number
Divorces, opposite-sex couples:
Number
Marriages, same-sex couples:
Number
Divorces, same-sex couples:
Number
Registered partnerships:
Number
Divorces from registered partnerships:
Number
Widowers and widows:
Number
4/25/2025
6/18/2019
Statistics Finland, changes in marital status
001_121f_2023
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Field for searching for a specific value in the list box. This is examples of values you can search for.Months total , January , February ,

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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, same-sex couples

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

Divorces, same-sex couples

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

Registered partnerships

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

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

Widowers and widows

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