Fertility in Switzerland, 2001

Switzerland
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.39 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 71,686 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.39
Births
71,686
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
7,226,391
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
15-195.52.0%1,106
20-2441.715.0%8,584
25-2992.533.2%21,542
30-3492.733.3%26,502
35-3938.914.0%12,007
40-446.72.4%1,869
45-490.30.1%68
50-540.00.0%6