Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 2004

Switzerland
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.41 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 72,160 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.41
Births
72,160
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
7,384,194
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%4
15-195.21.8%1,085
20-2439.414.0%8,508
25-2987.130.9%20,079
30-3497.534.6%26,272
35-3944.515.8%13,783
40-447.72.7%2,336
45-490.30.1%92
50-540.00.0%2