Birth rate in Switzerland
Switzerland: Birth rate was 9.44 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
9.44 births per 1,000 people
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
178th
of 236 countries
All-time high
33.04 births per 1,000 people
in 1876
All-time low
9.31 births per 1,000 people
in 2022
Years of data
148
1876–2023
Birth rate in Switzerland, 1876–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.
Analysis
In 2023, birth rate in Switzerland stood at 9.44 births per 1,000 people.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth rate in Switzerland peaked at 33.04 births per 1,000 people in 1876 and was at its lowest, 9.31 births per 1,000 people, in 2022.
Switzerland ranks 178th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 148 years of available data.
Birth rate in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | births per 1,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 33.04 births per 1,000 people | — |
| 1877 | 32.26 births per 1,000 people | -2.3% |
| 1878 | 31.54 births per 1,000 people | -2.2% |
| 1879 | 30.76 births per 1,000 people | -2.5% |
| 1880 | 29.88 births per 1,000 people | -2.9% |
| 1881 | 29.98 births per 1,000 people | +0.3% |
| 1882 | 29 births per 1,000 people | -3.3% |
| 1883 | 28.66 births per 1,000 people | -1.2% |
| 1884 | 28.41 births per 1,000 people | -0.9% |
| 1885 | 27.86 births per 1,000 people | -1.9% |
| 1886 | 27.92 births per 1,000 people | +0.2% |
| 1887 | 28.01 births per 1,000 people | +0.3% |
| 1888 | 27.85 births per 1,000 people | -0.6% |
| 1889 | 27.77 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 1890 | 26.63 births per 1,000 people | -4.1% |
| 1891 | 28.13 births per 1,000 people | +5.6% |
| 1892 | 27.7 births per 1,000 people | -1.5% |
| 1893 | 27.99 births per 1,000 people | +1.0% |
| 1894 | 27.47 births per 1,000 people | -1.9% |
| 1895 | 27.48 births per 1,000 people | +0.1% |
| 1896 | 28.31 births per 1,000 people | +3.0% |
| 1897 | 28.49 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 1898 | 28.68 births per 1,000 people | +0.7% |
| 1899 | 29.16 births per 1,000 people | +1.7% |
| 1900 | 28.74 births per 1,000 people | -1.4% |
| 1901 | 29.24 births per 1,000 people | +1.7% |
| 1902 | 28.68 births per 1,000 people | -1.9% |
| 1903 | 27.51 births per 1,000 people | -4.1% |
| 1904 | 27.47 births per 1,000 people | -0.1% |
| 1905 | 27.07 births per 1,000 people | -1.4% |
| 1906 | 27.03 births per 1,000 people | -0.2% |
| 1907 | 26.38 births per 1,000 people | -2.4% |
| 1908 | 26.55 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 1909 | 25.64 births per 1,000 people | -3.4% |
| 1910 | 25.2 births per 1,000 people | -1.7% |
| 1911 | 24.31 births per 1,000 people | -3.5% |
| 1912 | 24.4 births per 1,000 people | +0.4% |
| 1913 | 23.59 births per 1,000 people | -3.3% |
| 1914 | 22.81 births per 1,000 people | -3.3% |
| 1915 | 19.63 births per 1,000 people | -14.0% |
| 1916 | 19.08 births per 1,000 people | -2.8% |
| 1917 | 18.61 births per 1,000 people | -2.4% |
| 1918 | 18.73 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 1919 | 18.67 births per 1,000 people | -0.4% |
| 1920 | 20.99 births per 1,000 people | +12.4% |
| 1921 | 20.81 births per 1,000 people | -0.8% |
| 1922 | 19.52 births per 1,000 people | -6.2% |
| 1923 | 19.23 births per 1,000 people | -1.5% |
| 1924 | 18.6 births per 1,000 people | -3.3% |
| 1925 | 18.28 births per 1,000 people | -1.7% |
| 1926 | 18.08 births per 1,000 people | -1.1% |
| 1927 | 17.34 births per 1,000 people | -4.1% |
| 1928 | 17.3 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 1929 | 17.08 births per 1,000 people | -1.2% |
| 1930 | 17.24 births per 1,000 people | +0.9% |
| 1931 | 16.77 births per 1,000 people | -2.7% |
| 1932 | 16.78 births per 1,000 people | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 16.42 births per 1,000 people | -2.1% |
| 1934 | 16.26 births per 1,000 people | -1.0% |
| 1935 | 15.96 births per 1,000 people | -1.9% |
| 1936 | 15.55 births per 1,000 people | -2.6% |
| 1937 | 14.88 births per 1,000 people | -4.3% |
| 1938 | 15.13 births per 1,000 people | +1.7% |
| 1939 | 15.07 births per 1,000 people | -0.4% |
| 1940 | 15.08 births per 1,000 people | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 16.85 births per 1,000 people | +11.8% |
| 1942 | 18.36 births per 1,000 people | +9.0% |
| 1943 | 19.19 births per 1,000 people | +4.5% |
| 1944 | 19.63 births per 1,000 people | +2.3% |
| 1945 | 20.15 births per 1,000 people | +2.6% |
| 1946 | 20.13 births per 1,000 people | -0.1% |
| 1947 | 19.54 births per 1,000 people | -2.9% |
| 1948 | 19.29 births per 1,000 people | -1.3% |
| 1949 | 18.5 births per 1,000 people | -4.1% |
| 1950 | 17.98 births per 1,000 people | -2.8% |
| 1951 | 17.22 births per 1,000 people | -4.3% |
| 1952 | 17.28 births per 1,000 people | +0.4% |
| 1953 | 17 births per 1,000 people | -1.6% |
| 1954 | 16.91 births per 1,000 people | -0.5% |
| 1955 | 17.03 births per 1,000 people | +0.7% |
| 1956 | 17.34 births per 1,000 people | +1.8% |
| 1957 | 17.67 births per 1,000 people | +1.9% |
| 1958 | 17.58 births per 1,000 people | -0.5% |
| 1959 | 17.61 births per 1,000 people | +0.2% |
| 1960 | 17.66 births per 1,000 people | +0.3% |
| 1961 | 18.02 births per 1,000 people | +2.0% |
| 1962 | 18.48 births per 1,000 people | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 19.07 births per 1,000 people | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 19.34 births per 1,000 people | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 19.03 births per 1,000 people | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 18.44 births per 1,000 people | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 17.76 births per 1,000 people | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 17.16 births per 1,000 people | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 16.59 births per 1,000 people | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 16.15 births per 1,000 people | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 15.43 births per 1,000 people | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 14.5 births per 1,000 people | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 13.8 births per 1,000 people | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 13.25 births per 1,000 people | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 12.45 births per 1,000 people | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 11.84 births per 1,000 people | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 11.57 births per 1,000 people | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 11.35 births per 1,000 people | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 11.39 births per 1,000 people | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 11.56 births per 1,000 people | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 11.53 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 11.61 births per 1,000 people | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 11.43 births per 1,000 people | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 11.52 births per 1,000 people | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 11.48 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 11.63 births per 1,000 people | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 11.62 births per 1,000 people | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 12.05 births per 1,000 people | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 12.12 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 12.26 births per 1,000 people | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 12.33 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 12.5 births per 1,000 people | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 11.98 births per 1,000 people | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 11.76 births per 1,000 people | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 11.61 births per 1,000 people | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 11.66 births per 1,000 people | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 11.32 births per 1,000 people | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 11.05 births per 1,000 people | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 10.9 births per 1,000 people | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 10.77 births per 1,000 people | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 9.92 births per 1,000 people | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 9.8 births per 1,000 people | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 9.7 births per 1,000 people | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.77 births per 1,000 people | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 9.72 births per 1,000 people | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 9.71 births per 1,000 people | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 9.73 births per 1,000 people | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9.86 births per 1,000 people | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 9.97 births per 1,000 people | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 10.12 births per 1,000 people | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 10.07 births per 1,000 people | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 10.13 births per 1,000 people | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 10.1 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 10.26 births per 1,000 people | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 10.32 births per 1,000 people | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 10.36 births per 1,000 people | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 10.24 births per 1,000 people | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 10.2 births per 1,000 people | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 9.96 births per 1,000 people | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 9.86 births per 1,000 people | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 10.26 births per 1,000 people | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 9.31 births per 1,000 people | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 9.44 births per 1,000 people | +1.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 9.44 births per 1,000 people is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.6 births per 1,000 people, 98% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 9.44 births per 1,000 people is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.31 births per 1,000 people, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 31.9 births per 1,000 people | 30.76 births per 1,000 people | 33.04 births per 1,000 people | 4 |
| 1880s | 28.53 births per 1,000 people | 27.77 births per 1,000 people | 29.98 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1890s | 28 births per 1,000 people | 26.63 births per 1,000 people | 29.16 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1900s | 27.43 births per 1,000 people | 25.64 births per 1,000 people | 29.24 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1910s | 21.5 births per 1,000 people | 18.61 births per 1,000 people | 25.2 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1920s | 18.72 births per 1,000 people | 17.08 births per 1,000 people | 20.99 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1930s | 16.01 births per 1,000 people | 14.88 births per 1,000 people | 17.24 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1940s | 18.67 births per 1,000 people | 15.08 births per 1,000 people | 20.15 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1950s | 17.36 births per 1,000 people | 16.91 births per 1,000 people | 17.98 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1960s | 18.16 births per 1,000 people | 16.59 births per 1,000 people | 19.34 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 13.17 births per 1,000 people | 11.35 births per 1,000 people | 16.15 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.66 births per 1,000 people | 11.43 births per 1,000 people | 12.12 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.74 births per 1,000 people | 10.9 births per 1,000 people | 12.5 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.89 births per 1,000 people | 9.7 births per 1,000 people | 10.77 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.17 births per 1,000 people | 9.96 births per 1,000 people | 10.36 births per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.72 births per 1,000 people | 9.31 births per 1,000 people | 10.26 births per 1,000 people | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 175 Slovakia 9.47 births per 1,000 people compare
- 176 Aruba 9.45 births per 1,000 people compare
- 177 Monaco 9.44 births per 1,000 people compare
- 179 Liechtenstein 9.37 births per 1,000 people compare
- 180 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 9.36 births per 1,000 people compare
- 181 Norway 9.34 births per 1,000 people compare
More population data for Switzerland
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate 0.2093 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.0652 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.0595 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.0652 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.0% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 392,499 people (2100)
- Population density 230.99 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth 0.0% (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.1371 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.4828 Percent per annum (2030)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth rate in Switzerland?
- Birth rate in Switzerland was 9.44 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest birth rate recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 33.04 births per 1,000 people in 1876.
- What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.31 births per 1,000 people in 2022.
- How does Switzerland rank for birth rate?
- Switzerland ranks 178th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is birth rate rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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