Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 1998

Switzerland
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.47 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 78,545 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.47
Births
78,545
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
7,110,291
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
15-195.61.9%1,104
20-2447.716.1%9,770
25-29104.535.4%26,678
30-3494.832.1%28,669
35-3936.912.5%10,742
40-445.82.0%1,518
45-490.20.1%51
50-540.00.0%10