Fertility in Switzerland, 2020

Switzerland
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.47
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 1.47 children per woman in 2020 — 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 32.1 years old. In total, 85,214 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.47
Births
85,214
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
32.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,640,582
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
15-191.70.6%339
20-2421.77.4%4,985
25-2974.825.4%20,414
30-34112.738.2%34,059
35-3967.723.0%20,674
40-4414.95.1%4,390
45-491.20.4%350
50-540.00.0%1