Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1989

Switzerland
1989
Total fertility rate: 1.56
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.56 children per woman in 1989 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 80,581 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
80,581
Births per 1,000 people
12.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,647,788
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%3
15-197.02.2%1,498
20-2458.718.7%14,951
25-29126.940.4%33,666
30-3490.028.6%22,719
35-3927.68.8%6,769
40-443.71.2%938
45-490.10.0%27
50-540.10.0%11