Fertility in Switzerland, 1980

Switzerland
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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 1.55 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 73,088 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
73,088
Births per 1,000 people
11.6
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
6,319,846
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%6
15-199.63.1%2,366
20-2479.825.8%18,496
25-29124.540.3%29,066
30-3470.022.6%17,400
35-3921.36.9%4,961
40-443.71.2%749
45-490.20.1%48
50-540.00.0%0