Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Switzerland
1960	6.51	2.44
1961	6.53	2.52
1962	6.56	2.58
1963	6.59	2.65
1964	6.61	2.66
1965	6.63	2.59
1966	6.66	2.5
1967	6.68	2.39
1968	6.7	2.29
1969	6.72	2.19
1970	6.78	2.1
1971	6.84	2.04
1972	6.9	1.91
1973	6.96	1.81
1974	7.02	1.73
1975	7.08	1.61
1976	7.13	1.55
1977	7.19	1.53
1978	7.23	1.51
1979	7.25	1.52
1980	7.29	1.55
1981	7.31	1.55
1982	7.34	1.56
1983	7.35	1.52
1984	7.36	1.53
1985	7.34	1.52
1986	7.32	1.53
1987	7.29	1.52
1988	7.26	1.57
1989	7.23	1.56
1990	7.2	1.58
1991	7.16	1.58
1992	7.13	1.58
1993	7.09	1.51
1994	7.05	1.49
1995	7	1.48
1996	6.93	1.5
1997	6.87	1.48
1998	6.79	1.47
1999	6.72	1.48
2000	6.65	1.5
2001	6.58	1.38
2002	6.5	1.39
2003	6.4	1.39
2004	6.3	1.42
2005	6.19	1.42
2006	6.05	1.44
2007	5.89	1.46
2008	5.7	1.48
2009	5.49	1.5
2010	5.28	1.52
2011	5.08	1.52
2012	4.89	1.52
2013	4.71	1.52
2014	4.61	1.54
2015	4.53	1.54
2016	4.47	1.54
2017	4.4	1.52
2018	4.37	1.52
2019	4.35	1.48
2020	4.27	1.46
2021	4.18	1.52
2022	4.08	1.39
2023	3.99	1.33
2024	3.91	1.33
2025	3.81	1.34
2026	3.72	1.34
2027	3.64	1.35
2028	3.57	1.35
2029	3.5	1.35
2030	3.43	1.35
2031	3.36	1.36
2032	3.3	1.36
2033	3.24	1.37
2034	3.19	1.37
2035	3.14	1.37
2036	3.08	1.38
2037	3.03	1.38
2038	2.99	1.38
2039	2.94	1.38
2040	2.9	1.39
2041	2.86	1.39
2042	2.83	1.39
2043	2.79	1.4
2044	2.75	1.4
2045	2.72	1.4
2046	2.68	1.4
2047	2.65	1.41
2048	2.62	1.41
2049	2.59	1.41
2050	2.55	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Switzerland
1960	42.2%	24%
1961	42.2%	24%
1962	42.1%	24.1%
1963	42.2%	24.1%
1964	42.3%	24.1%
1965	42.5%	24.1%
1966	42.9%	24.2%
1967	43.2%	24.1%
1968	43.5%	24%
1969	43.8%	23.8%
1970	44.2%	23.8%
1971	44.5%	23.7%
1972	44.9%	23.5%
1973	45.2%	23.2%
1974	45.4%	22.8%
1975	45.6%	22.4%
1976	45.7%	22%
1977	45.9%	21.4%
1978	46.1%	20.9%
1979	46.2%	20.3%
1980	46.3%	19.7%
1981	46.4%	19.2%
1982	46.5%	18.8%
1983	46.4%	18.3%
1984	46.2%	18%
1985	46.1%	17.6%
1986	46%	17.4%
1987	46%	17.2%
1988	46%	17.1%
1989	46.1%	17%
1990	46.2%	17.1%
1991	46.2%	17.2%
1992	46.2%	17.3%
1993	46.4%	17.5%
1994	46.5%	17.6%
1995	46.7%	17.6%
1996	46.9%	17.7%
1997	47.1%	17.6%
1998	47.4%	17.6%
1999	47.6%	17.5%
2000	47.7%	17.4%
2001	47.8%	17.1%
2002	47.8%	16.8%
2003	47.7%	16.6%
2004	47.6%	16.4%
2005	47.4%	16.1%
2006	47.2%	15.9%
2007	46.9%	15.6%
2008	46.6%	15.4%
2009	46.2%	15.3%
2010	45.7%	15.2%
2011	45.2%	15.1%
2012	44.6%	15%
2013	44%	14.9%
2014	43.4%	14.9%
2015	42.9%	14.9%
2016	42.3%	14.9%
2017	41.8%	14.9%
2018	41.3%	15%
2019	40.9%	15%
2020	40.5%	15.1%
2021	40.1%	15.1%
2022	39.7%	15.1%
2023	39.4%	15%
2024	39.1%	15%
2025	38.8%	14.9%
2026	38.5%	14.8%
2027	38.3%	14.7%
2028	38.1%	14.6%
2029	37.8%	14.5%
2030	37.6%	14.3%
2031	37.3%	14.1%
2032	37%	14%
2033	36.6%	13.8%
2034	36.2%	13.6%
2035	35.8%	13.5%
2036	35.4%	13.3%
2037	34.9%	13.2%
2038	34.5%	13.1%
2039	34%	13%
2040	33.6%	12.9%
2041	33.2%	12.8%
2042	32.8%	12.8%
2043	32.4%	12.7%
2044	32%	12.8%
2045	31.7%	12.8%
2046	31.3%	12.8%
2047	31%	12.9%
2048	30.7%	12.9%
2049	30.3%	13%
2050	30%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Switzerland
1960	511,694	42,090
1961	538,518	48,365
1962	563,650	49,050
1963	590,998	52,956
1964	618,667	59,050
1965	642,359	56,222
1966	616,281	53,854
1967	695,283	52,128
1968	715,602	47,328
1969	736,428	44,182
1970	760,821	42,648
1971	787,047	38,523
1972	779,808	35,061
1973	807,535	30,906
1974	777,306	27,902
1975	801,425	22,820
1976	899,577	17,017
1977	929,381	16,959
1978	943,388	13,820
1979	987,203	14,477
1980	1,007,516	14,535
1981	1,018,838	13,979
1982	1,080,853	15,339
1983	863,472	12,837
1984	920,670	16,105
1985	997,050	14,882
1986	1,050,277	16,261
1987	1,356,853	15,708
1988	1,393,356	21,099
1989	1,441,769	19,941
1990	1,479,663	20,146
1991	1,579,416	23,800
1992	1,673,839	24,064
1993	1,734,851	21,509
1994	1,788,133	20,982
1995	1,831,068	19,010
1996	1,896,364	19,801
1997	1,945,112	17,722
1998	1,984,989	16,353
1999	2,010,987	16,431
2000	2,083,622	15,806
2001	2,137,791	10,845
2002	2,189,683	10,199
2003	2,231,223	8,807
2004	2,296,999	13,302
2005	2,353,375	11,899
2006	2,393,585	12,723
2007	2,436,753	13,592
2008	2,465,283	15,295
2009	2,467,118	15,487
2010	2,498,048	17,997
2011	2,527,811	18,990
2012	2,533,398	18,393
2013	2,546,020	17,797
2014	2,623,647	21,290
2015	2,713,529	19,050
2016	2,809,889	22,608
2017	2,899,143	20,284
2018	3,015,231	20,434
2019	3,132,780	18,008
2020	3,199,718	9,502
2021	3,204,673	18,279
2022	3,300,114	7,899
2023	3,338,649	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Switzerland
1985	1,329	15
1986	1,317	14
1987	1,289	14
1988	1,306	15
1989	1,296	14
1990	1,320	14
1991	1,239	14
1992	1,218	13
1993	1,168	13
1994	1,113	12
1995	1,060	12
1996	1,008	11
1997	957	10
1998	911	10
1999	901	9
2000	870	9
2001	856	8
2002	826	9
2003	797	8
2004	764	8
2005	754	8
2006	729	8
2007	704	7
2008	678	7
2009	649	7
2010	619	7
2011	588	7
2012	545	7
2013	494	7
2014	444	6
2015	401	6
2016	364	7
2017	327	6
2018	297	6
2019	269	6
2020	244	5
2021	250	4
2022	207	4
2023	195	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Switzerland
1960	-	2.65%
1961	-	2.6%
1962	-	2.53%
1963	-	2.45%
1964	-	2.36%
1965	-	2.26%
1966	27.8%	2.16%
1967	24.9%	2.07%
1968	24.8%	1.99%
1969	24.8%	1.92%
1970	24.7%	1.84%
1971	24.7%	1.76%
1972	24.7%	1.67%
1973	24.6%	1.57%
1974	28.3%	1.48%
1975	28.2%	1.38%
1976	24.5%	1.29%
1977	24.5%	1.21%
1978	24.4%	1.14%
1979	24.2%	1.09%
1980	24%	1.04%
1981	23.8%	1%
1982	23.5%	0.97%
1983	32%	0.94%
1984	31.4%	0.92%
1985	30.3%	0.9%
1986	29.7%	0.89%
1987	21.5%	0.88%
1988	21%	0.86%
1989	20.6%	0.84%
1990	20.2%	0.82%
1991	19.7%	0.78%
1992	19.1%	0.75%
1993	18.5%	0.71%
1994	17.9%	0.67%
1995	17.2%	0.64%
1996	16.6%	0.62%
1997	15.9%	0.6%
1998	15.3%	0.58%
1999	14.7%	0.57%
2000	14%	0.56%
2001	13.4%	0.55%
2002	12.8%	0.54%
2003	12.1%	0.53%
2004	11.5%	0.52%
2005	10.9%	0.51%
2006	10.3%	0.49%
2007	9.74%	0.48%
2008	9.23%	0.47%
2009	8.76%	0.46%
2010	8.32%	0.46%
2011	7.91%	0.45%
2012	7.53%	0.44%
2013	7.16%	0.44%
2014	6.82%	0.43%
2015	6.49%	0.43%
2016	6.17%	0.42%
2017	5.89%	0.41%
2018	5.64%	0.41%
2019	5.41%	0.4%
2020	5.2%	0.4%
2021	5%	0.4%
2022	4.82%	0.4%
2023	4.65%	0.39%