Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Switzerland, 2014

Switzerland
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.53 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.7 years old. In total, 84,045 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
84,045
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
31.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
8,190,236
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
15-193.01.0%631
20-2428.99.4%6,997
25-2980.326.1%21,393
30-34113.637.0%32,044
35-3967.722.0%18,823
40-4413.14.3%3,899
45-490.80.3%253
50-540.00.0%0