Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1994

Switzerland
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.49 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 82,273 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
82,273
Births per 1,000 people
11.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
6,993,587
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
15-196.12.0%1,168
20-2451.217.1%11,784
25-29113.037.6%32,181
30-3492.630.8%27,276
35-3932.410.8%8,631
40-444.71.6%1,179
45-490.20.1%38
50-540.10.0%12