Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Chile vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Chile vs Switzerland population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Chile	Switzerland
1960	4.7	2.44
1961	4.66	2.52
1962	4.6	2.58
1963	4.54	2.65
1964	4.46	2.66
1965	4.36	2.59
1966	4.26	2.5
1967	4.14	2.39
1968	4.03	2.29
1969	3.9	2.19
1970	3.78	2.1
1971	3.65	2.04
1972	3.53	1.91
1973	3.41	1.81
1974	3.29	1.73
1975	3.18	1.61
1976	3.08	1.55
1977	2.98	1.53
1978	2.89	1.51
1979	2.81	1.52
1980	2.74	1.55
1981	2.69	1.55
1982	2.65	1.56
1983	2.62	1.52
1984	2.6	1.53
1985	2.59	1.52
1986	2.59	1.53
1987	2.59	1.52
1988	2.59	1.57
1989	2.59	1.56
1990	2.58	1.58
1991	2.56	1.58
1992	2.48	1.58
1993	2.43	1.51
1994	2.38	1.49
1995	2.35	1.48
1996	2.28	1.5
1997	2.2	1.48
1998	2.15	1.47
1999	2.07	1.48
2000	2.05	1.5
2001	2.01	1.38
2002	1.93	1.39
2003	1.89	1.39
2004	1.84	1.42
2005	1.83	1.42
2006	1.8	1.44
2007	1.83	1.46
2008	1.85	1.48
2009	1.86	1.5
2010	1.84	1.52
2011	1.82	1.52
2012	1.8	1.52
2013	1.79	1.52
2014	1.77	1.54
2015	1.74	1.54
2016	1.69	1.54
2017	1.56	1.52
2018	1.54	1.52
2019	1.43	1.48
2020	1.31	1.46
2021	1.18	1.52
2022	1.25	1.39
2023	1.17	1.33
2024	1.14	1.33
2025	1.13	1.34
2026	1.12	1.34
2027	1.12	1.35
2028	1.12	1.35
2029	1.12	1.35
2030	1.13	1.35
2031	1.13	1.36
2032	1.14	1.36
2033	1.15	1.37
2034	1.15	1.37
2035	1.16	1.37
2036	1.17	1.38
2037	1.17	1.38
2038	1.18	1.38
2039	1.19	1.38
2040	1.19	1.39
2041	1.2	1.39
2042	1.2	1.39
2043	1.21	1.4
2044	1.21	1.4
2045	1.22	1.4
2046	1.22	1.4
2047	1.22	1.41
2048	1.23	1.41
2049	1.24	1.41
2050	1.24	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Switzerland
1960	39.7%	24%
1961	39.7%	24%
1962	39.7%	24.1%
1963	39.6%	24.1%
1964	39.4%	24.1%
1965	39.2%	24.1%
1966	39%	24.2%
1967	38.8%	24.1%
1968	38.5%	24%
1969	38.3%	23.8%
1970	38%	23.8%
1971	37.6%	23.7%
1972	37.2%	23.5%
1973	36.8%	23.2%
1974	36.3%	22.8%
1975	35.8%	22.4%
1976	35.3%	22%
1977	34.8%	21.4%
1978	34.3%	20.9%
1979	33.8%	20.3%
1980	33.3%	19.7%
1981	32.9%	19.2%
1982	32.4%	18.8%
1983	32%	18.3%
1984	31.5%	18%
1985	31.2%	17.6%
1986	30.8%	17.4%
1987	30.5%	17.2%
1988	30.2%	17.1%
1989	30%	17%
1990	29.8%	17.1%
1991	29.6%	17.2%
1992	29.3%	17.3%
1993	29.1%	17.5%
1994	28.9%	17.6%
1995	28.6%	17.6%
1996	28.3%	17.7%
1997	28%	17.6%
1998	27.7%	17.6%
1999	27.3%	17.5%
2000	26.8%	17.4%
2001	26.3%	17.1%
2002	25.8%	16.8%
2003	25.3%	16.6%
2004	24.7%	16.4%
2005	24.1%	16.1%
2006	23.5%	15.9%
2007	22.9%	15.6%
2008	22.4%	15.4%
2009	22%	15.3%
2010	21.5%	15.2%
2011	21.1%	15.1%
2012	20.8%	15%
2013	20.5%	14.9%
2014	20.2%	14.9%
2015	19.9%	14.9%
2016	19.7%	14.9%
2017	19.3%	14.9%
2018	19%	15%
2019	18.7%	15%
2020	18.4%	15.1%
2021	18.1%	15.1%
2022	17.8%	15.1%
2023	17.4%	15%
2024	17%	15%
2025	16.5%	14.9%
2026	16.1%	14.8%
2027	15.7%	14.7%
2028	15.3%	14.6%
2029	14.9%	14.5%
2030	14.4%	14.3%
2031	14%	14.1%
2032	13.7%	14%
2033	13.4%	13.8%
2034	13.1%	13.6%
2035	12.8%	13.5%
2036	12.7%	13.3%
2037	12.5%	13.2%
2038	12.4%	13.1%
2039	12.3%	13%
2040	12.2%	12.9%
2041	12.1%	12.8%
2042	12%	12.8%
2043	12%	12.7%
2044	11.9%	12.8%
2045	11.8%	12.8%
2046	11.7%	12.8%
2047	11.7%	12.9%
2048	11.6%	12.9%
2049	11.5%	13%
2050	11.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile and +0.2% in Switzerland. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Chile	Switzerland
1960	198,461	42,090
1961	198,788	48,365
1962	200,905	49,050
1963	202,370	52,956
1964	202,741	59,050
1965	203,341	56,222
1966	204,661	53,854
1967	204,377	52,128
1968	203,577	47,328
1969	202,764	44,182
1970	200,402	42,648
1971	198,523	38,523
1972	198,162	35,061
1973	197,666	30,906
1974	196,322	27,902
1975	196,890	22,820
1976	196,986	17,017
1977	197,163	16,959
1978	196,483	13,820
1979	197,198	14,477
1980	198,281	14,535
1981	198,211	13,979
1982	199,522	15,339
1983	202,352	12,837
1984	205,407	16,105
1985	208,910	14,882
1986	213,571	16,261
1987	218,034	15,708
1988	221,602	21,099
1989	224,854	19,941
1990	226,941	20,146
1991	227,180	23,800
1992	219,224	24,064
1993	215,003	21,509
1994	209,834	20,982
1995	208,017	19,010
1996	199,897	19,801
1997	190,433	17,722
1998	185,815	16,353
1999	177,995	16,431
2000	175,362	15,806
2001	171,659	10,845
2002	162,322	10,199
2003	154,287	8,807
2004	150,138	13,302
2005	147,009	11,899
2006	142,277	12,723
2007	145,043	13,592
2008	147,105	15,295
2009	147,576	15,487
2010	145,527	17,997
2011	141,053	18,990
2012	134,617	18,393
2013	133,785	17,797
2014	131,373	21,290
2015	127,074	19,050
2016	120,545	22,608
2017	106,268	20,284
2018	103,950	20,434
2019	86,006	18,008
2020	52,378	9,502
2021	27,530	18,279
2022	41,041	7,899
2023	48,518	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Switzerland
1985	73	15
1986	70	14
1987	67	14
1988	64	15
1989	62	14
1990	56	14
1991	54	14
1992	52	13
1993	49	13
1994	47	12
1995	44	12
1996	41	11
1997	39	10
1998	36	10
1999	35	9
2000	33	9
2001	32	8
2002	30	9
2003	29	8
2004	28	8
2005	27	8
2006	27	8
2007	26	7
2008	24	7
2009	24	7
2010	22	7
2011	20	7
2012	18	7
2013	17	7
2014	16	6
2015	14	6
2016	13	7
2017	12	6
2018	11	6
2019	11	6
2020	12	5
2021	14	4
2022	12	4
2023	10	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile and 0.39% in Switzerland. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Chile	Switzerland
1960	15.3%	2.65%
1961	14.9%	2.6%
1962	14.3%	2.53%
1963	13.6%	2.45%
1964	12.7%	2.36%
1965	11.6%	2.26%
1966	10.4%	2.16%
1967	9.36%	2.07%
1968	8.69%	1.99%
1969	8.26%	1.92%
1970	8.01%	1.84%
1971	7.86%	1.76%
1972	7.73%	1.67%
1973	7.54%	1.57%
1974	7.14%	1.48%
1975	6.46%	1.38%
1976	5.63%	1.29%
1977	4.85%	1.21%
1978	4.2%	1.14%
1979	3.69%	1.09%
1980	3.29%	1.04%
1981	2.98%	1%
1982	2.71%	0.97%
1983	2.47%	0.94%
1984	2.3%	0.92%
1985	2.23%	0.9%
1986	2.22%	0.89%
1987	2.2%	0.88%
1988	2.14%	0.86%
1989	2.03%	0.84%
1990	1.91%	0.82%
1991	1.76%	0.78%
1992	1.63%	0.75%
1993	1.5%	0.71%
1994	1.39%	0.67%
1995	1.31%	0.64%
1996	1.26%	0.62%
1997	1.22%	0.6%
1998	1.19%	0.58%
1999	1.15%	0.57%
2000	1.09%	0.56%
2001	1.03%	0.55%
2002	0.98%	0.54%
2003	0.95%	0.53%
2004	0.93%	0.52%
2005	0.91%	0.51%
2006	0.9%	0.49%
2007	0.89%	0.48%
2008	0.89%	0.47%
2009	0.88%	0.46%
2010	0.87%	0.46%
2011	0.86%	0.45%
2012	0.84%	0.44%
2013	0.82%	0.44%
2014	0.81%	0.43%
2015	0.79%	0.43%
2016	0.77%	0.42%
2017	0.75%	0.41%
2018	0.72%	0.41%
2019	0.7%	0.4%
2020	0.68%	0.4%
2021	0.67%	0.4%
2022	0.68%	0.4%
2023	0.72%	0.39%