Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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
	Moldova	Switzerland
1960	3.32	2.44
1961	3.23	2.52
1962	3.04	2.58
1963	2.89	2.65
1964	2.71	2.66
1965	2.69	2.59
1966	2.65	2.5
1967	2.62	2.39
1968	2.59	2.29
1969	2.57	2.19
1970	2.57	2.1
1971	2.56	2.04
1972	2.56	1.91
1973	2.57	1.81
1974	2.56	1.73
1975	2.52	1.61
1976	2.47	1.55
1977	2.42	1.53
1978	2.39	1.51
1979	2.38	1.52
1980	2.38	1.55
1981	2.4	1.55
1982	2.45	1.56
1983	2.58	1.52
1984	2.67	1.53
1985	2.67	1.52
1986	2.74	1.53
1987	2.78	1.52
1988	2.63	1.57
1989	2.46	1.56
1990	2.39	1.58
1991	2.28	1.58
1992	2.22	1.58
1993	2.11	1.51
1994	1.99	1.49
1995	1.83	1.48
1996	1.71	1.5
1997	1.79	1.48
1998	1.65	1.47
1999	1.56	1.48
2000	1.5	1.5
2001	1.47	1.38
2002	1.45	1.39
2003	1.48	1.39
2004	1.54	1.42
2005	1.53	1.42
2006	1.54	1.44
2007	1.58	1.46
2008	1.64	1.48
2009	1.72	1.5
2010	1.7	1.52
2011	1.65	1.52
2012	1.66	1.52
2013	1.62	1.52
2014	1.82	1.54
2015	1.87	1.54
2016	1.89	1.54
2017	1.81	1.52
2018	1.81	1.52
2019	1.78	1.48
2020	1.77	1.46
2021	1.75	1.52
2022	1.69	1.39
2023	1.73	1.33
2024	1.73	1.33
2025	1.72	1.34
2026	1.72	1.34
2027	1.72	1.35
2028	1.72	1.35
2029	1.72	1.35
2030	1.72	1.35
2031	1.72	1.36
2032	1.72	1.36
2033	1.71	1.37
2034	1.71	1.37
2035	1.71	1.37
2036	1.71	1.38
2037	1.71	1.38
2038	1.71	1.38
2039	1.71	1.38
2040	1.71	1.39
2041	1.71	1.39
2042	1.71	1.39
2043	1.7	1.4
2044	1.7	1.4
2045	1.7	1.4
2046	1.7	1.4
2047	1.7	1.41
2048	1.7	1.41
2049	1.7	1.41
2050	1.7	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Switzerland
1960	34.5%	24%
1961	34.9%	24%
1962	35.1%	24.1%
1963	35.1%	24.1%
1964	34.7%	24.1%
1965	34.2%	24.1%
1966	33.5%	24.2%
1967	32.8%	24.1%
1968	32.1%	24%
1969	31.3%	23.8%
1970	30.7%	23.8%
1971	30.1%	23.7%
1972	29.5%	23.5%
1973	28.9%	23.2%
1974	28.3%	22.8%
1975	27.7%	22.4%
1976	27.2%	22%
1977	26.8%	21.4%
1978	26.5%	20.9%
1979	26.7%	20.3%
1980	26.9%	19.7%
1981	26.9%	19.2%
1982	27%	18.8%
1983	27.1%	18.3%
1984	27.3%	18%
1985	27.5%	17.6%
1986	27.7%	17.4%
1987	27.8%	17.2%
1988	27.9%	17.1%
1989	27.8%	17%
1990	27.7%	17.1%
1991	27.6%	17.2%
1992	27.4%	17.3%
1993	27.2%	17.5%
1994	27%	17.6%
1995	26.7%	17.6%
1996	26.3%	17.7%
1997	25.8%	17.6%
1998	25.1%	17.6%
1999	24.4%	17.5%
2000	23.5%	17.4%
2001	22.5%	17.1%
2002	21.6%	16.8%
2003	20.7%	16.6%
2004	19.9%	16.4%
2005	19.3%	16.1%
2006	18.8%	15.9%
2007	18.4%	15.6%
2008	18%	15.4%
2009	17.7%	15.3%
2010	17.5%	15.2%
2011	17.4%	15.1%
2012	17.3%	15%
2013	17.4%	14.9%
2014	17.8%	14.9%
2015	18.2%	14.9%
2016	18.7%	14.9%
2017	19.1%	14.9%
2018	19.5%	15%
2019	19.8%	15%
2020	20%	15.1%
2021	20.1%	15.1%
2022	20.1%	15.1%
2023	20%	15%
2024	19.8%	15%
2025	19.5%	14.9%
2026	19.2%	14.8%
2027	18.9%	14.7%
2028	18.4%	14.6%
2029	17.9%	14.5%
2030	17.3%	14.3%
2031	16.8%	14.1%
2032	16.3%	14%
2033	15.9%	13.8%
2034	15.6%	13.6%
2035	15.4%	13.5%
2036	15.2%	13.3%
2037	15.1%	13.2%
2038	15.1%	13.1%
2039	15.1%	13%
2040	15.2%	12.9%
2041	15.3%	12.8%
2042	15.4%	12.8%
2043	15.6%	12.7%
2044	15.7%	12.8%
2045	15.9%	12.8%
2046	16.1%	12.8%
2047	16.3%	12.9%
2048	16.5%	12.9%
2049	16.6%	13%
2050	16.7%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Switzerland
1960	36,352	42,090
1961	35,180	48,365
1962	32,082	49,050
1963	29,382	52,956
1964	25,860	59,050
1965	24,916	56,222
1966	23,720	53,854
1967	22,654	52,128
1968	22,005	47,328
1969	21,768	44,182
1970	22,314	42,648
1971	23,359	38,523
1972	24,626	35,061
1973	25,967	30,906
1974	27,219	27,902
1975	27,677	22,820
1976	27,801	17,017
1977	27,707	16,959
1978	27,622	13,820
1979	28,322	14,477
1980	30,053	14,535
1981	31,360	13,979
1982	32,814	15,339
1983	36,076	12,837
1984	38,108	16,105
1985	38,060	14,882
1986	39,463	16,261
1987	40,122	15,708
1988	35,608	21,099
1989	29,638	19,941
1990	25,824	20,146
1991	21,127	23,800
1992	17,373	24,064
1993	13,886	21,509
1994	9,921	20,982
1995	5,534	19,010
1996	2,655	19,801
1997	4,669	17,722
1998	2,140	16,353
1999	642	16,431
2000	-324	15,806
2001	-718	10,845
2002	-1,249	10,199
2003	-322	8,807
2004	1,714	13,302
2005	2,005	11,899
2006	2,406	12,723
2007	3,490	13,592
2008	5,210	15,295
2009	7,492	15,487
2010	7,456	17,997
2011	5,948	18,990
2012	5,581	18,393
2013	3,537	17,797
2014	7,248	21,290
2015	6,049	19,050
2016	4,580	22,608
2017	1,402	20,284
2018	-961	20,434
2019	-3,416	18,008
2020	-7,067	9,502
2021	-13,444	18,279
2022	-6,385	7,899
2023	-7,007	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Switzerland
1985	62	15
1986	60	14
1987	56	14
1988	53	15
1989	52	14
1990	53	14
1991	53	14
1992	55	13
1993	55	13
1994	56	12
1995	54	12
1996	53	11
1997	52	10
1998	48	10
1999	43	9
2000	38	9
2001	35	8
2002	31	9
2003	29	8
2004	28	8
2005	26	8
2006	25	8
2007	24	7
2008	23	7
2009	22	7
2010	20	7
2011	19	7
2012	19	7
2013	19	7
2014	20	6
2015	20	6
2016	21	7
2017	20	6
2018	20	6
2019	21	6
2020	29	5
2021	24	4
2022	19	4
2023	19	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Switzerland
1960	-	2.65%
1961	-	2.6%
1962	-	2.53%
1963	-	2.45%
1964	-	2.36%
1965	-	2.26%
1966	-	2.16%
1967	-	2.07%
1968	-	1.99%
1969	-	1.92%
1970	-	1.84%
1971	6.39%	1.76%
1972	6.2%	1.67%
1973	6.03%	1.57%
1974	5.86%	1.48%
1975	5.68%	1.38%
1976	5.53%	1.29%
1977	5.38%	1.21%
1978	5.23%	1.14%
1979	5.08%	1.09%
1980	4.93%	1.04%
1981	4.78%	1%
1982	4.61%	0.97%
1983	4.41%	0.94%
1984	4.2%	0.92%
1985	4%	0.9%
1986	3.8%	0.89%
1987	3.62%	0.88%
1988	3.48%	0.86%
1989	3.38%	0.84%
1990	3.35%	0.82%
1991	3.39%	0.78%
1992	3.48%	0.75%
1993	3.62%	0.71%
1994	3.75%	0.67%
1995	3.84%	0.64%
1996	3.85%	0.62%
1997	3.78%	0.6%
1998	3.62%	0.58%
1999	3.4%	0.57%
2000	3.13%	0.56%
2001	2.85%	0.55%
2002	2.58%	0.54%
2003	2.34%	0.53%
2004	2.16%	0.52%
2005	2.01%	0.51%
2006	1.91%	0.49%
2007	1.83%	0.48%
2008	1.77%	0.47%
2009	1.73%	0.46%
2010	1.69%	0.46%
2011	1.66%	0.45%
2012	1.63%	0.44%
2013	1.6%	0.44%
2014	1.58%	0.43%
2015	1.55%	0.43%
2016	1.53%	0.42%
2017	1.52%	0.41%
2018	1.51%	0.41%
2019	1.5%	0.4%
2020	1.49%	0.4%
2021	1.48%	0.4%
2022	1.48%	0.4%
2023	1.47%	0.39%