Fertility & birth rates in Italy and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Italy vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Italy was 1.2 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
	Italy	Switzerland
1960	2.4	2.44
1961	2.44	2.52
1962	2.46	2.58
1963	2.51	2.65
1964	2.66	2.66
1965	2.6	2.59
1966	2.58	2.5
1967	2.5	2.39
1968	2.46	2.29
1969	2.47	2.19
1970	2.38	2.1
1971	2.4	2.04
1972	2.35	1.91
1973	2.3	1.81
1974	2.28	1.73
1975	2.17	1.61
1976	2.04	1.55
1977	1.93	1.53
1978	1.84	1.51
1979	1.73	1.52
1980	1.64	1.55
1981	1.58	1.55
1982	1.56	1.56
1983	1.51	1.52
1984	1.46	1.53
1985	1.42	1.52
1986	1.35	1.53
1987	1.33	1.52
1988	1.36	1.57
1989	1.33	1.56
1990	1.33	1.58
1991	1.3	1.58
1992	1.3	1.58
1993	1.25	1.51
1994	1.21	1.49
1995	1.19	1.48
1996	1.2	1.5
1997	1.22	1.48
1998	1.22	1.47
1999	1.23	1.48
2000	1.26	1.5
2001	1.25	1.38
2002	1.27	1.39
2003	1.29	1.39
2004	1.34	1.42
2005	1.33	1.42
2006	1.37	1.44
2007	1.39	1.46
2008	1.44	1.48
2009	1.44	1.5
2010	1.44	1.52
2011	1.42	1.52
2012	1.42	1.52
2013	1.39	1.52
2014	1.38	1.54
2015	1.36	1.54
2016	1.36	1.54
2017	1.34	1.52
2018	1.31	1.52
2019	1.27	1.48
2020	1.24	1.46
2021	1.25	1.52
2022	1.24	1.39
2023	1.2	1.33
2024	1.21	1.33
2025	1.22	1.34
2026	1.22	1.34
2027	1.23	1.35
2028	1.24	1.35
2029	1.24	1.35
2030	1.25	1.35
2031	1.26	1.36
2032	1.26	1.36
2033	1.27	1.37
2034	1.28	1.37
2035	1.28	1.37
2036	1.29	1.38
2037	1.29	1.38
2038	1.3	1.38
2039	1.3	1.38
2040	1.31	1.39
2041	1.31	1.39
2042	1.31	1.39
2043	1.32	1.4
2044	1.32	1.4
2045	1.33	1.4
2046	1.33	1.4
2047	1.34	1.41
2048	1.34	1.41
2049	1.35	1.41
2050	1.35	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Italy	Switzerland
1960	25%	24%
1961	25%	24%
1962	24.7%	24.1%
1963	24.5%	24.1%
1964	24.5%	24.1%
1965	24.5%	24.1%
1966	24.5%	24.2%
1967	24.6%	24.1%
1968	24.6%	24%
1969	24.7%	23.8%
1970	24.7%	23.8%
1971	24.6%	23.7%
1972	24.6%	23.5%
1973	24.6%	23.2%
1974	24.5%	22.8%
1975	24.3%	22.4%
1976	24.1%	22%
1977	23.7%	21.4%
1978	23.4%	20.9%
1979	22.8%	20.3%
1980	22.3%	19.7%
1981	21.6%	19.2%
1982	21.1%	18.8%
1983	20.5%	18.3%
1984	19.9%	18%
1985	19.3%	17.6%
1986	18.7%	17.4%
1987	18.1%	17.2%
1988	17.5%	17.1%
1989	17%	17%
1990	16.5%	17.1%
1991	15.8%	17.2%
1992	15.2%	17.3%
1993	15%	17.5%
1994	14.8%	17.6%
1995	14.6%	17.6%
1996	14.5%	17.7%
1997	14.4%	17.6%
1998	14.3%	17.6%
1999	14.3%	17.5%
2000	14.3%	17.4%
2001	14.2%	17.1%
2002	14.2%	16.8%
2003	14.2%	16.6%
2004	14.2%	16.4%
2005	14.1%	16.1%
2006	14.1%	15.9%
2007	14%	15.6%
2008	14%	15.4%
2009	14%	15.3%
2010	14%	15.2%
2011	14%	15.1%
2012	14%	15%
2013	13.9%	14.9%
2014	13.8%	14.9%
2015	13.7%	14.9%
2016	13.6%	14.9%
2017	13.4%	14.9%
2018	13.2%	15%
2019	13%	15%
2020	12.8%	15.1%
2021	12.6%	15.1%
2022	12.4%	15.1%
2023	12.1%	15%
2024	11.9%	15%
2025	11.7%	14.9%
2026	11.4%	14.8%
2027	11.2%	14.7%
2028	11%	14.6%
2029	10.9%	14.5%
2030	10.7%	14.3%
2031	10.6%	14.1%
2032	10.5%	14%
2033	10.4%	13.8%
2034	10.3%	13.6%
2035	10.3%	13.5%
2036	10.3%	13.3%
2037	10.3%	13.2%
2038	10.3%	13.1%
2039	10.4%	13%
2040	10.4%	12.9%
2041	10.5%	12.8%
2042	10.5%	12.8%
2043	10.6%	12.7%
2044	10.7%	12.8%
2045	10.7%	12.8%
2046	10.8%	12.8%
2047	10.8%	12.9%
2048	10.9%	12.9%
2049	10.9%	13%
2050	10.9%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.9% of the population in Italy and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 16.5% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Italy and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Italy vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.38% in Italy 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
	Italy	Switzerland
1960	426,697	42,090
1961	459,880	48,365
1962	427,387	49,050
1963	440,767	52,956
1964	527,089	59,050
1965	474,222	56,222
1966	488,427	53,854
1967	439,074	52,128
1968	399,268	47,328
1969	390,827	44,182
1970	376,753	42,648
1971	383,922	38,523
1972	364,355	35,061
1973	328,508	30,906
1974	336,176	27,902
1975	271,660	22,820
1976	228,445	17,017
1977	190,248	16,959
1978	168,465	13,820
1979	129,531	14,477
1980	84,650	14,535
1981	73,452	13,979
1982	79,161	15,339
1983	33,939	12,837
1984	50,919	16,105
1985	28,297	14,882
1986	11,319	16,261
1987	16,980	15,708
1988	33,977	21,099
1989	28,336	19,941
1990	22,688	20,146
1991	11,352	23,800
1992	22,718	24,064
1993	0	21,509
1994	-17,053	20,982
1995	-34,107	19,010
1996	-22,744	19,801
1997	-22,756	17,722
1998	-39,835	16,353
1999	-22,766	16,431
2000	-17,082	15,806
2001	-11,396	10,845
2002	-22,836	10,199
2003	-40,179	8,807
2004	11,566	13,302
2005	-17,450	11,899
2006	0	12,723
2007	-5,876	13,592
2008	-11,842	15,295
2009	-17,866	15,487
2010	-23,928	17,997
2011	-48,021	18,990
2012	-78,248	18,393
2013	-90,468	17,797
2014	-96,513	21,290
2015	-162,620	19,050
2016	-138,265	22,608
2017	-192,007	20,284
2018	-192,475	20,434
2019	-215,025	18,008
2020	-338,801	9,502
2021	-301,579	18,279
2022	-318,674	7,899
2023	-283,168	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Italy vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Italy	Switzerland
1985	22	15
1986	22	14
1987	21	14
1988	20	15
1989	19	14
1990	18	14
1991	18	14
1992	17	13
1993	16	13
1994	15	12
1995	15	12
1996	14	11
1997	13	10
1998	12	10
1999	11	9
2000	11	9
2001	10	8
2002	10	9
2003	8	8
2004	8	8
2005	8	8
2006	7	8
2007	7	7
2008	7	7
2009	8	7
2010	8	7
2011	8	7
2012	8	7
2013	8	7
2014	8	6
2015	8	6
2016	8	7
2017	8	6
2018	7	6
2019	7	6
2020	8	5
2021	7	4
2022	10	4
2023	6	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in Italy 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
	Italy	Switzerland
1960	5.19%	2.65%
1961	4.98%	2.6%
1962	4.76%	2.53%
1963	4.53%	2.45%
1964	4.31%	2.36%
1965	4.11%	2.26%
1966	3.93%	2.16%
1967	3.78%	2.07%
1968	3.64%	1.99%
1969	3.51%	1.92%
1970	3.36%	1.84%
1971	3.18%	1.76%
1972	2.98%	1.67%
1973	2.76%	1.57%
1974	2.53%	1.48%
1975	2.31%	1.38%
1976	2.11%	1.29%
1977	1.95%	1.21%
1978	1.82%	1.14%
1979	1.7%	1.09%
1980	1.61%	1.04%
1981	1.52%	1%
1982	1.43%	0.97%
1983	1.35%	0.94%
1984	1.27%	0.92%
1985	1.2%	0.9%
1986	1.14%	0.89%
1987	1.08%	0.88%
1988	1.04%	0.86%
1989	1%	0.84%
1990	0.97%	0.82%
1991	0.93%	0.78%
1992	0.89%	0.75%
1993	0.85%	0.71%
1994	0.8%	0.67%
1995	0.75%	0.64%
1996	0.7%	0.62%
1997	0.66%	0.6%
1998	0.62%	0.58%
1999	0.59%	0.57%
2000	0.56%	0.56%
2001	0.53%	0.55%
2002	0.51%	0.54%
2003	0.48%	0.53%
2004	0.46%	0.52%
2005	0.45%	0.51%
2006	0.43%	0.49%
2007	0.42%	0.48%
2008	0.41%	0.47%
2009	0.41%	0.46%
2010	0.4%	0.46%
2011	0.39%	0.45%
2012	0.38%	0.44%
2013	0.37%	0.44%
2014	0.36%	0.43%
2015	0.35%	0.43%
2016	0.34%	0.42%
2017	0.33%	0.41%
2018	0.32%	0.41%
2019	0.31%	0.4%
2020	0.3%	0.4%
2021	0.29%	0.4%
2022	0.28%	0.4%
2023	0.28%	0.39%