Fertility in Switzerland, 2016

Switzerland
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2016 — 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, 86,752 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.54
Births
86,752
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
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
105.2
Population
8,374,901
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
15-192.80.9%595
20-2427.79.0%6,645
25-2979.725.8%21,907
30-34114.036.9%33,149
35-3969.422.5%19,986
40-4414.44.7%4,189
45-490.90.3%280
50-540.00.0%0