Fertility in Switzerland, 1950

Switzerland
1950
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 2.40 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 84,393 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
84,393
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
4,692,642
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%5
15-1913.12.7%2,160
20-24102.021.2%18,427
25-29156.232.5%28,643
30-34120.725.1%19,185
35-3965.213.6%11,662
40-4421.94.6%4,050
45-491.50.3%264
50-540.00.0%0