Fertility in Switzerland, 2000

Switzerland
2000
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.49 children per woman in 2000 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 77,396 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
77,396
Births per 1,000 people
10.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
7,184,007
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
15-195.92.0%1,193
20-2446.515.6%9,466
25-29101.033.9%24,119
30-3498.032.9%28,611
35-3940.113.4%12,181
40-446.42.2%1,756
45-490.20.1%61
50-540.00.0%8