Fertility in Switzerland, 1959

Switzerland
1959
Total fertility rate: 2.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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 2.42 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 92,703 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.42
Births
92,703
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
5,262,800
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
15-1914.33.0%2,706
20-24120.924.9%23,269
25-29166.334.2%32,618
30-34110.922.8%20,969
35-3954.511.2%10,130
40-4417.33.6%2,762
45-491.40.3%248
50-540.00.0%0