Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Switzerland

Total fertility rate in Switzerland in 2024 — 1.29 births. Ranked 191 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 47.1%.

2024 1.29 births −3.01% vs 2023
World rank 191of 217
Period maximum 2.66 births1964
Period minimum 1.29 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Switzerland, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.44 births1962: 2.58 births1964: 2.66 births1966: 2.5 births1968: 2.29 births1970: 2.1 births1972: 1.91 births1974: 1.73 births1976: 1.55 births1978: 1.51 births1980: 1.55 births1982: 1.56 births1984: 1.53 births1986: 1.53 births1988: 1.57 births1990: 1.58 births1992: 1.58 births1994: 1.49 births1996: 1.5 births1998: 1.47 births2000: 1.5 births2002: 1.39 births2004: 1.42 births2006: 1.44 births2008: 1.48 births2010: 1.52 births2012: 1.52 births2014: 1.54 births2016: 1.54 births2018: 1.52 births2020: 1.46 births2022: 1.39 births2024: 1.29 births
Change over the period: −1.15 (−47.13%) Average annual rate: -0.99 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Switzerland

Switzerland 1.29 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Western Europe computed 1.45 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.29 −0.04 −3.01%
2023 1.33 −0.06 −4.32%
2022 1.39 −0.13 −8.55%
2021 1.52 +0.06 +4.11%
2020 1.46 −0.02 −1.35%
2019 1.48 −0.04 −2.63%
2018 1.52 +0 +0%
2017 1.52 −0.02 −1.3%
2016 1.54 +0 +0%
2015 1.54 +0 +0%
2014 1.54 +0.02 +1.32%
2013 1.52 +0 +0%
2012 1.52 +0 +0%
2011 1.52 +0 +0%
2010 1.52 +0.02 +1.33%
2009 1.5 +0.02 +1.35%
2008 1.48 +0.02 +1.37%
2007 1.46 +0.02 +1.39%
2006 1.44 +0.02 +1.41%
2005 1.42 +0 +0%
2004 1.42 +0.03 +2.16%
2003 1.39 +0 +0%
2002 1.39 +0.01 +0.72%
2001 1.38 −0.12 −8%
2000 1.5 +0.02 +1.35%
1999 1.48 +0.01 +0.68%
1998 1.47 −0.01 −0.68%
1997 1.48 −0.02 −1.33%
1996 1.5 +0.02 +1.35%
1995 1.48 −0.01 −0.67%
1994 1.49 −0.02 −1.32%
1993 1.51 −0.07 −4.43%
1992 1.58 +0 +0%
1991 1.58 +0 +0%
1990 1.58 +0.02 +1.28%
1989 1.56 −0.01 −0.64%
1988 1.57 +0.05 +3.29%
1987 1.52 −0.01 −0.65%
1986 1.53 +0.01 +0.66%
1985 1.52 −0.01 −0.65%
1984 1.53 +0.01 +0.66%
1983 1.52 −0.04 −2.56%
1982 1.56 +0.01 +0.65%
1981 1.55 +0 +0%
1980 1.55 +0.03 +1.97%
1979 1.52 +0.01 +0.66%
1978 1.51 −0.02 −1.31%
1977 1.53 −0.02 −1.29%
1976 1.55 −0.06 −3.73%
1975 1.61 −0.12 −6.94%
1974 1.73 −0.08 −4.42%
1973 1.81 −0.1 −5.24%
1972 1.91 −0.13 −6.37%
1971 2.04 −0.06 −2.86%
1970 2.1 −0.09 −4.11%
1969 2.19 −0.1 −4.37%
1968 2.29 −0.1 −4.18%
1967 2.39 −0.11 −4.4%
1966 2.5 −0.09 −3.47%
1965 2.59 −0.07 −2.63%
1964 2.66 +0.01 +0.38%
1963 2.65 +0.07 +2.71%
1962 2.58 +0.06 +2.38%
1961 2.52 +0.08 +3.28%
1960 2.44

Western Europe, 2024

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About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.