Fertility & birth rates in Israel and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Israel vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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
	Israel	Switzerland
1960	3.87	2.44
1961	3.86	2.52
1962	3.85	2.58
1963	3.84	2.65
1964	3.83	2.66
1965	3.81	2.59
1966	3.8	2.5
1967	3.79	2.39
1968	3.79	2.29
1969	3.78	2.19
1970	3.78	2.1
1971	3.77	2.04
1972	3.77	1.91
1973	3.7	1.81
1974	3.63	1.73
1975	3.55	1.61
1976	3.48	1.55
1977	3.41	1.53
1978	3.35	1.51
1979	3.3	1.52
1980	3.24	1.55
1981	3.19	1.55
1982	3.13	1.56
1983	3.11	1.52
1984	3.08	1.53
1985	3.06	1.52
1986	3.03	1.53
1987	3.01	1.52
1988	2.95	1.57
1989	2.89	1.56
1990	2.82	1.58
1991	2.76	1.58
1992	2.7	1.58
1993	2.8	1.51
1994	2.9	1.49
1995	2.9	1.48
1996	2.9	1.5
1997	2.94	1.48
1998	2.98	1.47
1999	2.97	1.48
2000	2.95	1.5
2001	2.92	1.38
2002	2.89	1.39
2003	2.95	1.39
2004	2.9	1.42
2005	2.84	1.42
2006	2.88	1.44
2007	2.9	1.46
2008	2.96	1.48
2009	2.96	1.5
2010	3.03	1.52
2011	2.98	1.52
2012	3.05	1.52
2013	3.03	1.52
2014	3.08	1.54
2015	3.09	1.54
2016	3.11	1.54
2017	3.11	1.52
2018	3.09	1.52
2019	3.01	1.48
2020	2.9	1.46
2021	3	1.52
2022	2.89	1.39
2023	2.85	1.33
2024	2.8	1.33
2025	2.77	1.34
2026	2.75	1.34
2027	2.72	1.35
2028	2.7	1.35
2029	2.67	1.35
2030	2.66	1.35
2031	2.64	1.36
2032	2.63	1.36
2033	2.6	1.37
2034	2.58	1.37
2035	2.56	1.37
2036	2.55	1.38
2037	2.53	1.38
2038	2.51	1.38
2039	2.49	1.38
2040	2.47	1.39
2041	2.46	1.39
2042	2.44	1.39
2043	2.42	1.4
2044	2.41	1.4
2045	2.39	1.4
2046	2.38	1.4
2047	2.36	1.41
2048	2.35	1.41
2049	2.34	1.41
2050	2.33	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Switzerland
1960	35.2%	24%
1961	34.9%	24%
1962	34.8%	24.1%
1963	34.9%	24.1%
1964	34.8%	24.1%
1965	34.6%	24.1%
1966	34.4%	24.2%
1967	34.1%	24.1%
1968	33.8%	24%
1969	33.5%	23.8%
1970	33.2%	23.8%
1971	32.9%	23.7%
1972	32.7%	23.5%
1973	32.6%	23.2%
1974	32.7%	22.8%
1975	32.7%	22.4%
1976	32.8%	22%
1977	32.9%	21.4%
1978	33%	20.9%
1979	33%	20.3%
1980	32.9%	19.7%
1981	32.8%	19.2%
1982	32.7%	18.8%
1983	32.7%	18.3%
1984	32.6%	18%
1985	32.5%	17.6%
1986	32.3%	17.4%
1987	32.1%	17.2%
1988	31.9%	17.1%
1989	31.7%	17%
1990	31.3%	17.1%
1991	30.7%	17.2%
1992	30.3%	17.3%
1993	30%	17.5%
1994	29.8%	17.6%
1995	29.6%	17.6%
1996	29.3%	17.7%
1997	29%	17.6%
1998	28.8%	17.6%
1999	28.5%	17.5%
2000	28.3%	17.4%
2001	28.1%	17.1%
2002	28%	16.8%
2003	27.9%	16.6%
2004	27.9%	16.4%
2005	27.9%	16.1%
2006	27.8%	15.9%
2007	27.8%	15.6%
2008	27.8%	15.4%
2009	27.9%	15.3%
2010	28%	15.2%
2011	28.1%	15.1%
2012	28.1%	15%
2013	28.2%	14.9%
2014	28.2%	14.9%
2015	28.2%	14.9%
2016	28.3%	14.9%
2017	28.2%	14.9%
2018	28.2%	15%
2019	28.1%	15%
2020	28%	15.1%
2021	27.9%	15.1%
2022	27.8%	15.1%
2023	27.6%	15%
2024	27.4%	15%
2025	27.2%	14.9%
2026	26.9%	14.8%
2027	26.6%	14.7%
2028	26.4%	14.6%
2029	26.1%	14.5%
2030	25.8%	14.3%
2031	25.5%	14.1%
2032	25.2%	14%
2033	25%	13.8%
2034	24.7%	13.6%
2035	24.6%	13.5%
2036	24.4%	13.3%
2037	24.2%	13.2%
2038	24.1%	13.1%
2039	24%	13%
2040	24%	12.9%
2041	23.9%	12.8%
2042	23.9%	12.8%
2043	23.8%	12.7%
2044	23.8%	12.8%
2045	23.8%	12.8%
2046	23.8%	12.8%
2047	23.7%	12.9%
2048	23.7%	12.9%
2049	23.6%	13%
2050	23.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	Switzerland
1960	44,818	42,090
1961	42,170	48,365
1962	43,337	49,050
1963	44,964	52,956
1964	48,015	59,050
1965	49,979	56,222
1966	50,477	53,854
1967	47,488	52,128
1968	51,014	47,328
1969	53,800	44,182
1970	56,506	42,648
1971	64,449	38,523
1972	62,960	35,061
1973	65,560	30,906
1974	68,891	27,902
1975	70,828	22,820
1976	74,899	17,017
1977	70,092	16,959
1978	67,158	13,820
1979	68,148	14,477
1980	68,253	14,535
1981	67,647	13,979
1982	68,931	15,339
1983	70,196	12,837
1984	70,703	16,105
1985	71,538	14,882
1986	70,073	16,261
1987	69,904	15,708
1988	71,072	21,099
1989	68,674	19,941
1990	71,764	20,146
1991	73,740	23,800
1992	77,357	24,064
1993	77,337	21,509
1994	79,365	20,982
1995	82,066	19,010
1996	86,518	19,801
1997	88,707	17,722
1998	93,744	16,353
1999	94,325	16,431
2000	98,737	15,806
2001	99,160	10,845
2002	101,178	10,199
2003	106,366	8,807
2004	106,901	13,302
2005	105,338	11,899
2006	109,332	12,723
2007	111,292	13,592
2008	117,672	15,295
2009	122,015	15,487
2010	126,552	17,997
2011	125,030	18,990
2012	128,941	18,393
2013	129,758	17,797
2014	133,916	21,290
2015	134,082	19,050
2016	136,736	22,608
2017	138,541	20,284
2018	140,348	20,434
2019	135,810	18,008
2020	128,089	9,502
2021	134,011	18,279
2022	129,982	7,899
2023	131,977	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	Switzerland
1985	36	15
1986	36	14
1987	30	14
1988	31	15
1989	30	14
1990	29	14
1991	28	14
1992	27	13
1993	25	13
1994	24	12
1995	22	12
1996	20	11
1997	17	10
1998	14	10
1999	11	9
2000	9	9
2001	7	8
2002	7	9
2003	5	8
2004	5	8
2005	4	8
2006	4	8
2007	4	7
2008	4	7
2009	4	7
2010	3	7
2011	3	7
2012	3	7
2013	3	7
2014	3	6
2015	3	6
2016	3	7
2017	3	6
2018	3	6
2019	3	6
2020	3	5
2021	3	4
2022	3	4
2023	2	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	Switzerland
1960	4.71%	2.65%
1961	4.48%	2.6%
1962	4.26%	2.53%
1963	4.06%	2.45%
1964	3.86%	2.36%
1965	3.68%	2.26%
1966	3.52%	2.16%
1967	3.36%	2.07%
1968	3.23%	1.99%
1969	3.11%	1.92%
1970	3.01%	1.84%
1971	2.91%	1.76%
1972	2.82%	1.67%
1973	2.72%	1.57%
1974	2.61%	1.48%
1975	2.48%	1.38%
1976	2.33%	1.29%
1977	2.19%	1.21%
1978	2.05%	1.14%
1979	1.93%	1.09%
1980	1.82%	1.04%
1981	1.74%	1%
1982	1.66%	0.97%
1983	1.59%	0.94%
1984	1.51%	0.92%
1985	1.44%	0.9%
1986	1.37%	0.89%
1987	1.31%	0.88%
1988	1.26%	0.86%
1989	1.21%	0.84%
1990	1.15%	0.82%
1991	1.1%	0.78%
1992	1.04%	0.75%
1993	0.98%	0.71%
1994	0.92%	0.67%
1995	0.87%	0.64%
1996	0.82%	0.62%
1997	0.78%	0.6%
1998	0.75%	0.58%
1999	0.72%	0.57%
2000	0.69%	0.56%
2001	0.66%	0.55%
2002	0.63%	0.54%
2003	0.61%	0.53%
2004	0.58%	0.52%
2005	0.56%	0.51%
2006	0.53%	0.49%
2007	0.51%	0.48%
2008	0.49%	0.47%
2009	0.47%	0.46%
2010	0.46%	0.46%
2011	0.44%	0.45%
2012	0.43%	0.44%
2013	0.41%	0.44%
2014	0.4%	0.43%
2015	0.39%	0.43%
2016	0.38%	0.42%
2017	0.37%	0.41%
2018	0.37%	0.41%
2019	0.36%	0.4%
2020	0.35%	0.4%
2021	0.35%	0.4%
2022	0.34%	0.4%
2023	0.34%	0.39%