Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 2003

Switzerland
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.38 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 71,095 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.38
Births
71,095
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
7,333,447
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
15-195.21.9%1,072
20-2439.914.4%8,521
25-2987.631.7%20,199
30-3494.434.1%26,030
35-3941.715.1%13,022
40-447.32.6%2,161
45-490.30.1%87
50-540.00.0%4