Sweden vs Switzerland: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Sweden
1.42 children per women
in 2023
Switzerland
1.42 children per women
in 2023
Sweden rank
186th
Switzerland rank
183rd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 1.42 children per women against 1.42 children per women in Sweden, a difference of 0 children per women.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1876 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 186th and Switzerland ranks 183rd of 236 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 13 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2.92 children per women | 2.78 children per women | 0.1418 children per women | Sweden |
| 1880s | 2.95 children per women | 2.69 children per women | 0.2547 children per women | Sweden |
| 1890s | 2.98 children per women | 2.79 children per women | 0.1897 children per women | Sweden |
| 1900s | 3.03 children per women | 2.89 children per women | 0.1334 children per women | Sweden |
| 1910s | 2.71 children per women | 2.38 children per women | 0.3329 children per women | Sweden |
| 1920s | 2.24 children per women | 2.09 children per women | 0.1516 children per women | Sweden |
| 1930s | 1.74 children per women | 1.85 children per women | 0.1111 children per women | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 2.32 children per women | 2.27 children per women | 0.0521 children per women | Sweden |
| 1950s | 2.18 children per women | 2.26 children per women | 0.0803 children per women | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 2.19 children per women | 2.4 children per women | 0.2144 children per women | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.76 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.0625 children per women | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.73 children per women | 1.51 children per women | 0.2159 children per women | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.79 children per women | 1.5 children per women | 0.2879 children per women | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.74 children per women | 1.42 children per women | 0.3216 children per women | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.84 children per women | 1.51 children per women | 0.3278 children per women | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.57 children per women | 1.45 children per women | 0.1215 children per women | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 1.42 children per women against 1.42 children per women in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0 children per women, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1876 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Sweden ranks 186th and Switzerland ranks 183rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).