Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1978

Switzerland
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.51
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.51 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 71,269 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
71,269
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
6,282,038
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
15-199.83.3%2,323
20-2479.826.5%18,298
25-29119.939.8%28,654
30-3466.522.0%16,497
35-3921.07.0%4,599
40-444.11.4%822
45-490.40.1%68
50-540.00.0%0