Fertility & birth rates in Poland and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Poland vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Poland was 1.16 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 Poland 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
	Poland	Switzerland
1960	2.98	2.44
1961	2.83	2.52
1962	2.72	2.58
1963	2.7	2.65
1964	2.57	2.66
1965	2.52	2.59
1966	2.34	2.5
1967	2.33	2.39
1968	2.24	2.29
1969	2.2	2.19
1970	2.2	2.1
1971	2.25	2.04
1972	2.24	1.91
1973	2.26	1.81
1974	2.26	1.73
1975	2.27	1.61
1976	2.3	1.55
1977	2.23	1.53
1978	2.21	1.51
1979	2.28	1.52
1980	2.28	1.55
1981	2.24	1.55
1982	2.34	1.56
1983	2.42	1.52
1984	2.37	1.53
1985	2.33	1.52
1986	2.22	1.53
1987	2.15	1.52
1988	2.13	1.57
1989	2.08	1.56
1990	2.06	1.58
1991	2.07	1.58
1992	1.95	1.58
1993	1.87	1.51
1994	1.81	1.49
1995	1.62	1.48
1996	1.59	1.5
1997	1.51	1.48
1998	1.44	1.47
1999	1.37	1.48
2000	1.37	1.5
2001	1.31	1.38
2002	1.25	1.39
2003	1.22	1.39
2004	1.23	1.42
2005	1.24	1.42
2006	1.27	1.44
2007	1.31	1.46
2008	1.39	1.48
2009	1.4	1.5
2010	1.41	1.52
2011	1.33	1.52
2012	1.33	1.52
2013	1.29	1.52
2014	1.32	1.54
2015	1.32	1.54
2016	1.39	1.54
2017	1.48	1.52
2018	1.46	1.52
2019	1.44	1.48
2020	1.39	1.46
2021	1.33	1.52
2022	1.29	1.39
2023	1.16	1.33
2024	1.16	1.33
2025	1.17	1.34
2026	1.17	1.34
2027	1.17	1.35
2028	1.18	1.35
2029	1.18	1.35
2030	1.19	1.35
2031	1.19	1.36
2032	1.19	1.36
2033	1.2	1.37
2034	1.2	1.37
2035	1.21	1.37
2036	1.21	1.38
2037	1.21	1.38
2038	1.21	1.38
2039	1.22	1.38
2040	1.22	1.39
2041	1.22	1.39
2042	1.22	1.39
2043	1.23	1.4
2044	1.23	1.4
2045	1.24	1.4
2046	1.24	1.4
2047	1.24	1.41
2048	1.24	1.41
2049	1.24	1.41
2050	1.25	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Poland	Switzerland
1960	33.4%	24%
1961	33.4%	24%
1962	33%	24.1%
1963	32.5%	24.1%
1964	31.9%	24.1%
1965	31.1%	24.1%
1966	30.3%	24.2%
1967	29.5%	24.1%
1968	28.6%	24%
1969	27.8%	23.8%
1970	26.9%	23.8%
1971	26.1%	23.7%
1972	25.4%	23.5%
1973	24.8%	23.2%
1974	24.3%	22.8%
1975	24%	22.4%
1976	24%	22%
1977	24%	21.4%
1978	24%	20.9%
1979	24.1%	20.3%
1980	24.3%	19.7%
1981	24.5%	19.2%
1982	24.7%	18.8%
1983	25%	18.3%
1984	25.3%	18%
1985	25.5%	17.6%
1986	25.6%	17.4%
1987	25.6%	17.2%
1988	25.5%	17.1%
1989	25.3%	17%
1990	25%	17.1%
1991	24.6%	17.2%
1992	24.3%	17.3%
1993	23.9%	17.5%
1994	23.4%	17.6%
1995	22.8%	17.6%
1996	22.2%	17.7%
1997	21.6%	17.6%
1998	20.9%	17.6%
1999	20.2%	17.5%
2000	19.4%	17.4%
2001	18.7%	17.1%
2002	18.1%	16.8%
2003	17.5%	16.6%
2004	17%	16.4%
2005	16.5%	16.1%
2006	16%	15.9%
2007	15.7%	15.6%
2008	15.4%	15.4%
2009	15.2%	15.3%
2010	15.1%	15.2%
2011	15.2%	15.1%
2012	15.1%	15%
2013	15.1%	14.9%
2014	15.1%	14.9%
2015	15.1%	14.9%
2016	15.1%	14.9%
2017	15.2%	14.9%
2018	15.3%	15%
2019	15.4%	15%
2020	15.5%	15.1%
2021	15.5%	15.1%
2022	15.3%	15.1%
2023	15.1%	15%
2024	14.8%	15%
2025	14.5%	14.9%
2026	14.1%	14.8%
2027	13.8%	14.7%
2028	13.5%	14.6%
2029	13.2%	14.5%
2030	13%	14.3%
2031	12.7%	14.1%
2032	12.4%	14%
2033	12.1%	13.8%
2034	11.8%	13.6%
2035	11.5%	13.5%
2036	11.3%	13.3%
2037	11.2%	13.2%
2038	11.1%	13.1%
2039	11.1%	13%
2040	11.1%	12.9%
2041	11%	12.8%
2042	11.1%	12.8%
2043	11.1%	12.7%
2044	11.1%	12.8%
2045	11.2%	12.8%
2046	11.3%	12.8%
2047	11.3%	12.9%
2048	11.4%	12.9%
2049	11.5%	13%
2050	11.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Poland and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 25% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Poland and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Poland vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.18% in Poland 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
	Poland	Switzerland
1960	444,562	42,090
1961	398,521	48,365
1962	360,671	49,050
1963	359,330	52,956
1964	326,965	59,050
1965	314,450	56,222
1966	297,801	53,854
1967	275,089	52,128
1968	280,963	47,328
1969	270,151	44,182
1970	280,913	42,648
1971	278,660	38,523
1972	314,028	35,061
1973	320,229	30,906
1974	346,893	27,902
1975	350,356	22,820
1976	367,612	17,017
1977	353,828	16,959
1978	339,166	13,820
1979	366,571	14,477
1980	348,627	14,535
1981	351,806	13,979
1982	369,551	15,339
1983	373,032	12,837
1984	332,137	16,105
1985	297,615	14,882
1986	258,448	16,261
1987	226,008	15,708
1988	215,599	21,099
1989	182,215	19,941
1990	160,066	20,146
1991	141,511	23,800
1992	118,928	24,064
1993	103,846	21,509
1994	96,357	20,982
1995	46,314	19,010
1996	42,487	19,801
1997	34,785	17,722
1998	19,332	16,353
1999	0	16,431
2000	11,478	15,806
2001	3,825	10,845
2002	-3,823	10,199
2003	-15,281	8,807
2004	-7,637	13,302
2005	-3,817	11,899
2006	3,814	12,723
2007	11,436	13,592
2008	34,313	15,295
2009	30,521	15,487
2010	38,043	17,997
2011	11,419	18,990
2012	0	18,393
2013	-19,020	17,797
2014	0	21,290
2015	-26,590	19,050
2016	-3,797	22,608
2017	0	20,284
2018	-26,582	20,434
2019	-34,169	18,008
2020	-120,050	9,502
2021	-184,907	18,279
2022	-143,605	7,899
2023	-135,743	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Poland 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 Poland, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Poland	Switzerland
1985	19	15
1986	19	14
1987	18	14
1988	18	15
1989	18	14
1990	18	14
1991	18	14
1992	16	13
1993	15	13
1994	14	12
1995	12	12
1996	11	11
1997	10	10
1998	9	10
1999	8	9
2000	7	9
2001	6	8
2002	5	9
2003	5	8
2004	4	8
2005	4	8
2006	4	8
2007	3	7
2008	3	7
2009	3	7
2010	3	7
2011	2	7
2012	2	7
2013	2	7
2014	2	6
2015	2	6
2016	2	7
2017	2	6
2018	2	6
2019	2	6
2020	3	5
2021	2	4
2022	2	4
2023	2	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.44% in Poland 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
	Poland	Switzerland
1960	6.51%	2.65%
1961	6.02%	2.6%
1962	5.6%	2.53%
1963	5.23%	2.45%
1964	4.89%	2.36%
1965	4.57%	2.26%
1966	4.29%	2.16%
1967	4.06%	2.07%
1968	3.89%	1.99%
1969	3.75%	1.92%
1970	3.59%	1.84%
1971	3.42%	1.76%
1972	3.24%	1.67%
1973	3.06%	1.57%
1974	2.9%	1.48%
1975	2.79%	1.38%
1976	2.7%	1.29%
1977	2.62%	1.21%
1978	2.54%	1.14%
1979	2.47%	1.09%
1980	2.4%	1.04%
1981	2.33%	1%
1982	2.26%	0.97%
1983	2.19%	0.94%
1984	2.11%	0.92%
1985	2.03%	0.9%
1986	1.96%	0.89%
1987	1.89%	0.88%
1988	1.84%	0.86%
1989	1.79%	0.84%
1990	1.74%	0.82%
1991	1.69%	0.78%
1992	1.65%	0.75%
1993	1.6%	0.71%
1994	1.53%	0.67%
1995	1.43%	0.64%
1996	1.32%	0.62%
1997	1.2%	0.6%
1998	1.09%	0.58%
1999	1%	0.57%
2000	0.93%	0.56%
2001	0.88%	0.55%
2002	0.84%	0.54%
2003	0.81%	0.53%
2004	0.78%	0.52%
2005	0.76%	0.51%
2006	0.73%	0.49%
2007	0.7%	0.48%
2008	0.67%	0.47%
2009	0.63%	0.46%
2010	0.6%	0.46%
2011	0.57%	0.45%
2012	0.54%	0.44%
2013	0.52%	0.44%
2014	0.5%	0.43%
2015	0.49%	0.43%
2016	0.48%	0.42%
2017	0.46%	0.41%
2018	0.45%	0.41%
2019	0.44%	0.4%
2020	0.44%	0.4%
2021	0.44%	0.4%
2022	0.44%	0.4%
2023	0.44%	0.39%