Fertility in Switzerland, 2021

Switzerland
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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 1.53 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.3 years old. In total, 89,352 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
89,352
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,707,024
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
15-191.50.5%300
20-2421.36.9%4,832
25-2976.424.9%20,649
30-34118.738.7%36,274
35-3972.423.6%22,310
40-4415.55.0%4,632
45-491.20.4%354
50-540.00.0%0