Fertility in Switzerland, 2022

Switzerland
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 1.39 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.3 years old. In total, 81,859 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.39
Births
81,859
Births per 1,000 people
9.3
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,792,182
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
15-191.40.5%286
20-2419.36.9%4,325
25-2969.824.9%18,653
30-34107.838.4%33,173
35-3965.923.5%20,465
40-4415.05.4%4,573
45-491.30.5%382
50-540.00.0%2