Sweden vs Switzerland: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Sweden
1.43 births per woman
in 2024
Switzerland
1.33 births per woman
in 2023
Sweden rank
23rd
Switzerland rank
25th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.43 births per woman against 1.33 births per woman in Switzerland, a difference of 0.1 births per woman.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 92 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Switzerland ahead.
Sweden ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 25th of 34 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1.75 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman | 0.0864 births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 2.33 births per woman | 2.38 births per woman | 0.0515 births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 2.25 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman | 0.0997 births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 2.25 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman | 0.2385 births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.79 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 0.0569 births per woman | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.76 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman | 0.2184 births per woman | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.81 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman | 0.2913 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.77 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman | 0.3343 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.85 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman | 0.328 births per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.58 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman | 0.1547 births per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Sweden, at 1.43 births per woman against 1.33 births per woman in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0.1 births per woman, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 92 years are reported by both, from 1932 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Sweden ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 25th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.