Fertility rate in Switzerland
The fertility rate in Switzerland was 1.29 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Switzerland, 2024
1.29
Change from 2023
−3.0%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
1.41 births per woman
Position in 2024
191st of 217
Fertility rate in Switzerland over time
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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.29 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.33 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.39 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.46 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.48 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.54 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.54 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.54 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.52 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.50 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.48 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.46 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.44 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.42 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.42 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.39 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.39 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.38 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.50 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0% from 1.33 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.54 births per woman, the figure has changed by −16.2%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 191st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Total fertility rate
1.29 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.7 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
9,051,029 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
9,051,029 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
7.9p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat