Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1957

Switzerland
1957
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 2.41 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 90,662 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
90,662
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
5,130,162
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%4
15-1915.13.1%2,564
20-24116.424.0%22,306
25-29163.233.7%31,424
30-34112.323.2%20,917
35-3957.811.9%10,133
40-4418.23.8%3,061
45-491.40.3%255
50-540.00.0%0