Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1988

Switzerland
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.56
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.56 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 79,489 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
79,489
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,594,143
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
15-196.92.2%1,515
20-2460.619.3%15,632
25-29128.841.1%33,313
30-3487.728.0%21,730
35-3926.08.3%6,373
40-443.61.1%883
45-490.10.0%27
50-540.10.0%12