Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 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 Grenada 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
	Grenada	Switzerland
1960	6.74	2.44
1961	6.63	2.52
1962	6.44	2.58
1963	6.2	2.65
1964	5.91	2.66
1965	5.6	2.59
1966	5.3	2.5
1967	5.04	2.39
1968	4.84	2.29
1969	4.69	2.19
1970	4.46	2.1
1971	4.31	2.04
1972	4.18	1.91
1973	4.05	1.81
1974	3.92	1.73
1975	3.75	1.61
1976	3.6	1.55
1977	3.46	1.53
1978	3.35	1.51
1979	3.34	1.52
1980	3.3	1.55
1981	2.99	1.55
1982	3.15	1.56
1983	3.31	1.52
1984	3.22	1.53
1985	3.48	1.52
1986	3.58	1.53
1987	3.58	1.52
1988	3.19	1.57
1989	3.23	1.56
1990	3.06	1.58
1991	3.11	1.58
1992	2.97	1.58
1993	2.81	1.51
1994	2.79	1.49
1995	2.82	1.48
1996	2.85	1.5
1997	2.8	1.48
1998	2.49	1.47
1999	2.39	1.48
2000	2.44	1.5
2001	2.42	1.38
2002	2.38	1.39
2003	2.33	1.39
2004	2.29	1.42
2005	2.24	1.42
2006	2.19	1.44
2007	2.15	1.46
2008	2.12	1.48
2009	2.08	1.5
2010	2.04	1.52
2011	2.01	1.52
2012	1.97	1.52
2013	1.91	1.52
2014	1.8	1.54
2015	1.72	1.54
2016	1.62	1.54
2017	1.44	1.52
2018	1.53	1.52
2019	1.54	1.48
2020	1.53	1.46
2021	1.52	1.52
2022	1.5	1.39
2023	1.49	1.33
2024	1.47	1.33
2025	1.46	1.34
2026	1.45	1.34
2027	1.44	1.35
2028	1.44	1.35
2029	1.44	1.35
2030	1.44	1.35
2031	1.44	1.36
2032	1.44	1.36
2033	1.44	1.37
2034	1.44	1.37
2035	1.45	1.37
2036	1.45	1.38
2037	1.45	1.38
2038	1.45	1.38
2039	1.46	1.38
2040	1.46	1.39
2041	1.46	1.39
2042	1.46	1.39
2043	1.47	1.4
2044	1.47	1.4
2045	1.47	1.4
2046	1.47	1.4
2047	1.47	1.41
2048	1.47	1.41
2049	1.48	1.41
2050	1.48	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Switzerland
1960	47.3%	24%
1961	47.2%	24%
1962	47.2%	24.1%
1963	47.1%	24.1%
1964	46.9%	24.1%
1965	47%	24.1%
1966	47.5%	24.2%
1967	47.6%	24.1%
1968	47.5%	24%
1969	47.2%	23.8%
1970	46.8%	23.8%
1971	46.2%	23.7%
1972	45.5%	23.5%
1973	44.7%	23.2%
1974	43.9%	22.8%
1975	43.1%	22.4%
1976	42.3%	22%
1977	41.5%	21.4%
1978	40.8%	20.9%
1979	40%	20.3%
1980	39.4%	19.7%
1981	38.6%	19.2%
1982	37.5%	18.8%
1983	36.5%	18.3%
1984	35.6%	18%
1985	34.8%	17.6%
1986	34.1%	17.4%
1987	33.6%	17.2%
1988	33.2%	17.1%
1989	33%	17%
1990	32.8%	17.1%
1991	32.8%	17.2%
1992	32.9%	17.3%
1993	33.1%	17.5%
1994	33.3%	17.6%
1995	33.5%	17.6%
1996	33.6%	17.7%
1997	33.6%	17.6%
1998	33.5%	17.6%
1999	33.3%	17.5%
2000	32.9%	17.4%
2001	32.1%	17.1%
2002	31%	16.8%
2003	29.8%	16.6%
2004	28.7%	16.4%
2005	27.7%	16.1%
2006	26.7%	15.9%
2007	25.9%	15.6%
2008	25.2%	15.4%
2009	24.6%	15.3%
2010	24%	15.2%
2011	23.6%	15.1%
2012	23.3%	15%
2013	23%	14.9%
2014	22.7%	14.9%
2015	22.4%	14.9%
2016	22.1%	14.9%
2017	21.8%	14.9%
2018	21.5%	15%
2019	21.2%	15%
2020	20.9%	15.1%
2021	20.6%	15.1%
2022	20.2%	15.1%
2023	19.8%	15%
2024	19.4%	15%
2025	19%	14.9%
2026	18.6%	14.8%
2027	18.1%	14.7%
2028	17.7%	14.6%
2029	17.3%	14.5%
2030	17%	14.3%
2031	16.7%	14.1%
2032	16.5%	14%
2033	16.4%	13.8%
2034	16.2%	13.6%
2035	16%	13.5%
2036	15.8%	13.3%
2037	15.6%	13.2%
2038	15.4%	13.1%
2039	15.2%	13%
2040	15%	12.9%
2041	14.9%	12.8%
2042	14.8%	12.8%
2043	14.6%	12.7%
2044	14.5%	12.8%
2045	14.4%	12.8%
2046	14.3%	12.8%
2047	14.1%	12.9%
2048	14%	12.9%
2049	13.9%	13%
2050	13.8%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Switzerland
1960	3,678	42,090
1961	3,703	48,365
1962	3,674	49,050
1963	3,601	52,956
1964	3,508	59,050
1965	3,399	56,222
1966	3,278	53,854
1967	3,158	52,128
1968	3,040	47,328
1969	2,948	44,182
1970	2,793	42,648
1971	2,705	38,523
1972	2,578	35,061
1973	2,464	30,906
1974	2,360	27,902
1975	2,224	22,820
1976	2,092	17,017
1977	1,974	16,959
1978	1,882	13,820
1979	1,871	14,477
1980	1,840	14,535
1981	1,625	13,979
1982	1,798	15,339
1983	1,817	12,837
1984	1,975	16,105
1985	2,215	14,882
1986	2,324	16,261
1987	2,345	15,708
1988	2,044	21,099
1989	2,084	19,941
1990	1,931	20,146
1991	1,953	23,800
1992	1,811	24,064
1993	1,641	21,509
1994	1,596	20,982
1995	1,580	19,010
1996	1,559	19,801
1997	1,480	17,722
1998	1,204	16,353
1999	1,092	16,431
2000	1,105	15,806
2001	1,082	10,845
2002	1,077	10,199
2003	1,074	8,807
2004	1,034	13,302
2005	1,075	11,899
2006	1,068	12,723
2007	1,059	13,592
2008	1,046	15,295
2009	1,024	15,487
2010	989	17,997
2011	954	18,990
2012	925	18,393
2013	878	17,797
2014	772	21,290
2015	684	19,050
2016	579	22,608
2017	402	20,284
2018	470	20,434
2019	462	18,008
2020	433	9,502
2021	343	18,279
2022	371	7,899
2023	334	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Switzerland
1985	71	15
1986	68	14
1987	68	14
1988	61	15
1989	64	14
1990	61	14
1991	59	14
1992	56	13
1993	53	13
1994	55	12
1995	54	12
1996	51	11
1997	50	10
1998	50	10
1999	48	9
2000	46	9
2001	45	8
2002	42	9
2003	42	8
2004	48	8
2005	40	8
2006	39	8
2007	40	7
2008	41	7
2009	41	7
2010	43	7
2011	44	7
2012	44	7
2013	44	7
2014	45	6
2015	46	6
2016	44	7
2017	45	6
2018	46	6
2019	48	6
2020	51	5
2021	52	4
2022	50	4
2023	48	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Switzerland
1960	9.5%	2.65%
1961	8.83%	2.6%
1962	8.15%	2.53%
1963	7.5%	2.45%
1964	6.91%	2.36%
1965	6.39%	2.26%
1966	5.95%	2.16%
1967	5.59%	2.07%
1968	5.3%	1.99%
1969	5.06%	1.92%
1970	4.87%	1.84%
1971	4.71%	1.76%
1972	4.58%	1.67%
1973	4.47%	1.57%
1974	4.36%	1.48%
1975	4.25%	1.38%
1976	4.15%	1.29%
1977	4.03%	1.21%
1978	3.9%	1.14%
1979	3.77%	1.09%
1980	3.62%	1.04%
1981	3.46%	1%
1982	3.3%	0.97%
1983	3.15%	0.94%
1984	2.99%	0.92%
1985	2.85%	0.9%
1986	2.71%	0.89%
1987	2.58%	0.88%
1988	2.46%	0.86%
1989	2.35%	0.84%
1990	2.24%	0.82%
1991	2.13%	0.78%
1992	2.04%	0.75%
1993	1.95%	0.71%
1994	1.87%	0.67%
1995	1.79%	0.64%
1996	1.73%	0.62%
1997	1.67%	0.6%
1998	1.62%	0.58%
1999	1.58%	0.57%
2000	1.55%	0.56%
2001	1.52%	0.55%
2002	1.5%	0.54%
2003	1.49%	0.53%
2004	1.49%	0.52%
2005	1.48%	0.51%
2006	1.49%	0.49%
2007	1.5%	0.48%
2008	1.51%	0.47%
2009	1.54%	0.46%
2010	1.57%	0.46%
2011	1.6%	0.45%
2012	1.64%	0.44%
2013	1.68%	0.44%
2014	1.72%	0.43%
2015	1.75%	0.43%
2016	1.79%	0.42%
2017	1.81%	0.41%
2018	1.83%	0.41%
2019	1.85%	0.4%
2020	1.87%	0.4%
2021	1.87%	0.4%
2022	1.85%	0.4%
2023	1.83%	0.39%