Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 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 Portugal 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
	Portugal	Switzerland
1960	3.16	2.44
1961	3.21	2.52
1962	3.23	2.58
1963	3.12	2.65
1964	3.21	2.66
1965	3.15	2.59
1966	3.16	2.5
1967	3.16	2.39
1968	3.12	2.29
1969	3.12	2.19
1970	3.01	2.1
1971	3	2.04
1972	2.86	1.91
1973	2.77	1.81
1974	2.7	1.73
1975	2.75	1.61
1976	2.82	1.55
1977	2.69	1.53
1978	2.45	1.51
1979	2.31	1.52
1980	2.25	1.55
1981	2.13	1.55
1982	2.07	1.56
1983	1.95	1.52
1984	1.9	1.53
1985	1.72	1.52
1986	1.66	1.53
1987	1.62	1.52
1988	1.61	1.57
1989	1.57	1.56
1990	1.56	1.58
1991	1.56	1.58
1992	1.54	1.58
1993	1.52	1.51
1994	1.45	1.49
1995	1.41	1.48
1996	1.44	1.5
1997	1.47	1.48
1998	1.47	1.47
1999	1.5	1.48
2000	1.55	1.5
2001	1.45	1.38
2002	1.46	1.39
2003	1.44	1.39
2004	1.4	1.42
2005	1.41	1.42
2006	1.37	1.44
2007	1.35	1.46
2008	1.39	1.48
2009	1.34	1.5
2010	1.39	1.52
2011	1.35	1.52
2012	1.28	1.52
2013	1.21	1.52
2014	1.24	1.54
2015	1.31	1.54
2016	1.37	1.54
2017	1.38	1.52
2018	1.42	1.52
2019	1.44	1.48
2020	1.42	1.46
2021	1.35	1.52
2022	1.43	1.39
2023	1.44	1.33
2024	1.45	1.33
2025	1.45	1.34
2026	1.45	1.34
2027	1.46	1.35
2028	1.46	1.35
2029	1.46	1.35
2030	1.46	1.35
2031	1.47	1.36
2032	1.47	1.36
2033	1.47	1.37
2034	1.48	1.37
2035	1.48	1.37
2036	1.48	1.38
2037	1.48	1.38
2038	1.49	1.38
2039	1.49	1.38
2040	1.49	1.39
2041	1.49	1.39
2042	1.49	1.39
2043	1.49	1.4
2044	1.5	1.4
2045	1.5	1.4
2046	1.5	1.4
2047	1.5	1.41
2048	1.5	1.41
2049	1.5	1.41
2050	1.5	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Switzerland
1960	29.3%	24%
1961	29.1%	24%
1962	29.1%	24.1%
1963	29.1%	24.1%
1964	29.1%	24.1%
1965	29.1%	24.1%
1966	29.2%	24.2%
1967	29.2%	24.1%
1968	29.2%	24%
1969	29.1%	23.8%
1970	28.7%	23.8%
1971	28.4%	23.7%
1972	28.2%	23.5%
1973	27.9%	23.2%
1974	27.7%	22.8%
1975	27.4%	22.4%
1976	27.2%	22%
1977	27.1%	21.4%
1978	26.8%	20.9%
1979	26.4%	20.3%
1980	25.9%	19.7%
1981	25.4%	19.2%
1982	25%	18.8%
1983	24.5%	18.3%
1984	24.1%	18%
1985	23.7%	17.6%
1986	23.1%	17.4%
1987	22.5%	17.2%
1988	21.9%	17.1%
1989	21.2%	17%
1990	20.5%	17.1%
1991	19.7%	17.2%
1992	19.1%	17.3%
1993	18.6%	17.5%
1994	18.2%	17.6%
1995	17.8%	17.6%
1996	17.4%	17.7%
1997	17.1%	17.6%
1998	16.8%	17.6%
1999	16.6%	17.5%
2000	16.4%	17.4%
2001	16.2%	17.1%
2002	16.1%	16.8%
2003	16.1%	16.6%
2004	16%	16.4%
2005	15.9%	16.1%
2006	15.8%	15.9%
2007	15.6%	15.6%
2008	15.5%	15.4%
2009	15.4%	15.3%
2010	15.2%	15.2%
2011	15%	15.1%
2012	14.9%	15%
2013	14.8%	14.9%
2014	14.6%	14.9%
2015	14.3%	14.9%
2016	14.1%	14.9%
2017	13.9%	14.9%
2018	13.7%	15%
2019	13.5%	15%
2020	13.3%	15.1%
2021	13.1%	15.1%
2022	13%	15.1%
2023	12.9%	15%
2024	12.8%	15%
2025	12.7%	14.9%
2026	12.6%	14.8%
2027	12.6%	14.7%
2028	12.6%	14.6%
2029	12.6%	14.5%
2030	12.7%	14.3%
2031	12.7%	14.1%
2032	12.7%	14%
2033	12.7%	13.8%
2034	12.7%	13.6%
2035	12.8%	13.5%
2036	12.9%	13.3%
2037	12.9%	13.2%
2038	13%	13.1%
2039	13%	13%
2040	13.1%	12.9%
2041	13.1%	12.8%
2042	13.2%	12.8%
2043	13.2%	12.7%
2044	13.3%	12.8%
2045	13.3%	12.8%
2046	13.4%	12.8%
2047	13.4%	12.9%
2048	13.4%	12.9%
2049	13.5%	13%
2050	13.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Switzerland
1960	118,693	42,090
1961	117,867	48,365
1962	123,217	49,050
1963	113,783	52,956
1964	120,170	59,050
1965	115,182	56,222
1966	107,171	53,854
1967	106,495	52,128
1968	100,737	47,328
1969	89,329	44,182
1970	87,672	42,648
1971	82,980	38,523
1972	83,715	35,061
1973	76,835	30,906
1974	74,412	27,902
1975	81,841	22,820
1976	85,138	17,017
1977	84,156	16,959
1978	70,731	13,820
1979	67,628	14,477
1980	63,481	14,535
1981	56,152	13,979
1982	58,479	15,339
1983	47,798	12,837
1984	45,983	16,105
1985	33,077	14,882
1986	31,102	16,261
1987	28,084	15,708
1988	24,047	21,099
1989	22,011	19,941
1990	13,976	20,146
1991	12,948	23,800
1992	13,933	24,064
1993	7,972	21,509
1994	9,991	20,982
1995	4,011	19,010
1996	4,026	19,801
1997	8,087	17,722
1998	7,112	16,353
1999	8,175	16,431
2000	15,435	15,806
2001	8,290	10,845
2002	8,335	10,199
2003	4,184	8,807
2004	7,339	13,302
2005	2,101	11,899
2006	3,156	12,723
2007	-1,055	13,592
2008	0	15,295
2009	-5,284	15,487
2010	-4,230	17,997
2011	-5,279	18,990
2012	-17,875	18,393
2013	-24,052	17,797
2014	-22,882	21,290
2015	-23,823	19,050
2016	-23,749	22,608
2017	-23,691	20,284
2018	-25,709	20,434
2019	-24,687	18,008
2020	-39,129	9,502
2021	-45,592	18,279
2022	-40,694	7,899
2023	-32,792	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Switzerland
1960	11.4%	2.65%
1961	11%	2.6%
1962	10.4%	2.53%
1963	9.76%	2.45%
1964	9.1%	2.36%
1965	8.53%	2.26%
1966	8.09%	2.16%
1967	7.76%	2.07%
1968	7.51%	1.99%
1969	7.22%	1.92%
1970	6.81%	1.84%
1971	6.3%	1.76%
1972	5.78%	1.67%
1973	5.27%	1.57%
1974	4.79%	1.48%
1975	4.35%	1.38%
1976	3.94%	1.29%
1977	3.57%	1.21%
1978	3.24%	1.14%
1979	2.97%	1.09%
1980	2.75%	1.04%
1981	2.58%	1%
1982	2.43%	0.97%
1983	2.29%	0.94%
1984	2.16%	0.92%
1985	2.04%	0.9%
1986	1.93%	0.89%
1987	1.82%	0.88%
1988	1.7%	0.86%
1989	1.59%	0.84%
1990	1.47%	0.82%
1991	1.36%	0.78%
1992	1.25%	0.75%
1993	1.14%	0.71%
1994	1.05%	0.67%
1995	0.98%	0.64%
1996	0.92%	0.62%
1997	0.86%	0.6%
1998	0.82%	0.58%
1999	0.77%	0.57%
2000	0.72%	0.56%
2001	0.66%	0.55%
2002	0.61%	0.54%
2003	0.55%	0.53%
2004	0.5%	0.52%
2005	0.47%	0.51%
2006	0.44%	0.49%
2007	0.42%	0.48%
2008	0.4%	0.47%
2009	0.39%	0.46%
2010	0.38%	0.46%
2011	0.37%	0.45%
2012	0.37%	0.44%
2013	0.36%	0.44%
2014	0.36%	0.43%
2015	0.36%	0.43%
2016	0.36%	0.42%
2017	0.36%	0.41%
2018	0.35%	0.41%
2019	0.35%	0.4%
2020	0.34%	0.4%
2021	0.33%	0.4%
2022	0.32%	0.4%
2023	0.32%	0.39%