Fertility in Switzerland, 2024

Switzerland
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 1.44 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.3 years old. In total, 82,864 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
82,864
Births per 1,000 people
9.3
Mean age of mothers
32.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,921,981
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%312
20-2419.76.8%4,251
25-2972.124.9%18,212
30-34111.038.4%33,363
35-3968.023.5%21,491
40-4415.35.3%4,816
45-491.40.5%411
50-540.00.0%3