Total fertility rate in Switzerland
The total 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. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Switzerland, 2024
1.29
Change from 2023
−3.0%
European Union, 2024
1.34 births per womanep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
1.39 births per woman
Position in 2024
28th of 38
Total fertility rate in Switzerland over time
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Live births per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.29 births per woman | 1.34 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 1.33 births per woman | 1.38 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.46 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.53 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.51 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 1.48 births per woman | 1.53 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.56 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1.54 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.54 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 1.54 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 1.52 births per womanb (break in time series) | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.57 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 1.50 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.48 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.44 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.42 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.42 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.38 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.50 births per woman | – |
Flags: b break in time series; ep estimated, provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
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 38 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 28th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1.34 births per woman.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Crude birth rate
8.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Fertility rate
1.29 births per woman
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 death rate
7.9p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
19.5%
2025 · Eurostat