Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1997

Switzerland
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.48 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 80,260 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.48
Births
80,260
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
7,089,163
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%2
15-195.51.9%1,078
20-2448.316.2%10,132
25-29106.936.0%28,336
30-3495.432.1%29,105
35-3935.511.9%10,125
40-445.51.9%1,422
45-490.20.1%47
50-540.10.0%12