Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1993

Switzerland
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.51 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 83,142 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
83,142
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
6,938,106
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%4
15-196.82.2%1,312
20-2453.817.7%12,766
25-29115.237.8%33,154
30-3493.130.5%26,623
35-3931.310.3%8,152
40-444.31.4%1,081
45-490.10.0%37
50-540.10.0%14