Fertility in Switzerland, 2023

Switzerland
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 1.43 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.3 years old. In total, 83,702 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.43
Births
83,702
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,870,561
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%1
15-191.50.5%308
20-2419.76.8%4,333
25-2971.824.9%18,697
30-34110.638.4%33,914
35-3967.723.5%21,267
40-4415.45.3%4,773
45-491.40.5%406
50-540.00.0%3