Sweden vs Switzerland: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Sweden
27.29 births per million people
in 2024
Switzerland
26.26 births per million people
in 2023
Sweden rank
23rd
Switzerland rank
26th
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 27.29 births per million people against 26.26 births per million people in Switzerland, a difference of 1.03 births per million people.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 113 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 26th of 40 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 7 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 66.05 births per million people | 62.97 births per million people | 3.08 births per million people | Sweden |
| 1920s | 55.59 births per million people | 57.02 births per million people | 1.43 births per million people | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 43.2 births per million people | 48.39 births per million people | 5.2 births per million people | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 56.48 births per million people | 56.66 births per million people | 0.1715 births per million people | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 47.3 births per million people | 53.28 births per million people | 5.98 births per million people | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 47.57 births per million people | 54.99 births per million people | 7.42 births per million people | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 40.85 births per million people | 39.6 births per million people | 1.25 births per million people | Sweden |
| 1980s | 37.72 births per million people | 34.08 births per million people | 3.64 births per million people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 38.05 births per million people | 34.21 births per million people | 3.84 births per million people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 33.53 births per million people | 29.13 births per million people | 4.4 births per million people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 34.65 births per million people | 30.38 births per million people | 4.27 births per million people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 31.01 births per million people | 28.21 births per million people | 2.79 births per million people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Sweden, at 27.29 births per million people against 26.26 births per million people in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 1.03 births per million people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 113 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
- Sweden ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 26th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.