Fertility in Switzerland, 2019

Switzerland
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 1.48 children per woman in 2019 — 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 32.1 years old. In total, 85,393 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.48
Births
85,393
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
32.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,577,524
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
15-192.00.7%408
20-2423.27.8%5,372
25-2975.025.2%20,667
30-34112.037.7%33,533
35-3968.323.0%20,616
40-4415.35.2%4,454
45-491.10.4%341
50-540.00.0%0