Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 2012

Switzerland
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.52 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.5 years old. In total, 81,027 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
81,027
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
31.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
7,998,926
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%5
15-193.41.1%740
20-2430.610.1%7,368
25-2981.326.7%20,998
30-34112.336.9%30,519
35-3963.720.9%17,473
40-4412.04.0%3,709
45-490.70.2%214
50-540.00.0%0