The number of households in Sweden with three or more children increased over the past 10 years. In 2022, there were 270,805 households with three children or more. Furthermore, there were close to 635,000 households with one child in Sweden that year.
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Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022
Characteristic
Number of households
2022
270,805
2021
271,542
2020
270,258
2019
270,596
2018
267,798
2017
263,213
2016
256,678
2015
249,714
2014
244,895
2013
241,244
2012
237,580
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The source adds the following information: 'A person is defined as a child, regardless of age, when he/she is included in a household together with at least one of his/her parents and the child does not have any children or a partner in the same household. A parent-child relationship is created if a person is a biological parent, adoptive parent, guardian or "Other person" to someone in the household.'
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Statistics Sweden. (March 22, 2023). Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/
Statistics Sweden. "Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022." Chart. March 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/
Statistics Sweden. (2023). Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/
Statistics Sweden. "Number of Family Households with Three or More Children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/
Statistics Sweden, Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/ (last visited July 13, 2025)
Number of family households with three or more children in Sweden from 2012 to 2022 [Graph], Statistics Sweden, March 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/524847/sweden-households-with-three-or-more-children/
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