Fertility in Switzerland, 2017

Switzerland
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 1.52 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.9 years old. In total, 86,532 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.52
Births
86,532
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
8,453,628
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%2
15-192.50.8%519
20-2426.18.5%6,184
25-2978.225.7%21,736
30-34113.137.1%33,168
35-3969.422.8%20,364
40-4414.74.8%4,254
45-491.00.3%303
50-540.00.0%0