Fertility in Switzerland, 2015

Switzerland
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.54 children per woman in 2015 — 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 31.8 years old. In total, 85,476 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
85,476
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
8,283,934
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
15-192.80.9%586
20-2428.59.3%6,880
25-2979.925.9%21,634
30-34113.536.8%32,577
35-3968.722.3%19,432
40-4414.04.5%4,092
45-490.80.3%270
50-540.00.0%0