Fertility & birth rates in Rwanda and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Rwanda vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Rwanda was 3.7 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 Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	8.28	2.44
1961	8.28	2.52
1962	8.27	2.58
1963	8.27	2.65
1964	8.27	2.66
1965	8.25	2.59
1966	8.23	2.5
1967	8.21	2.39
1968	8.19	2.29
1969	8.18	2.19
1970	8.15	2.1
1971	8.09	2.04
1972	8.09	1.91
1973	8.09	1.81
1974	8.1	1.73
1975	8.1	1.61
1976	8.12	1.55
1977	8.14	1.53
1978	8.16	1.51
1979	8.13	1.52
1980	8.12	1.55
1981	8.1	1.55
1982	8.06	1.56
1983	8	1.52
1984	7.91	1.53
1985	7.79	1.52
1986	7.61	1.53
1987	7.43	1.52
1988	7.23	1.57
1989	7.03	1.56
1990	6.8	1.58
1991	6.62	1.58
1992	6.54	1.58
1993	6.48	1.51
1994	6.42	1.49
1995	6.35	1.48
1996	6.29	1.5
1997	6.24	1.48
1998	6.17	1.47
1999	6.06	1.48
2000	5.97	1.5
2001	5.89	1.38
2002	5.82	1.39
2003	5.74	1.39
2004	5.64	1.42
2005	5.5	1.42
2006	5.34	1.44
2007	5.14	1.46
2008	4.92	1.48
2009	4.71	1.5
2010	4.52	1.52
2011	4.33	1.52
2012	4.2	1.52
2013	4.14	1.52
2014	4.12	1.54
2015	4.11	1.54
2016	4.11	1.54
2017	4.08	1.52
2018	4.05	1.52
2019	3.99	1.48
2020	3.91	1.46
2021	3.84	1.52
2022	3.78	1.39
2023	3.7	1.33
2024	3.64	1.33
2025	3.59	1.34
2026	3.54	1.34
2027	3.49	1.35
2028	3.43	1.35
2029	3.38	1.35
2030	3.33	1.35
2031	3.28	1.36
2032	3.24	1.36
2033	3.19	1.37
2034	3.15	1.37
2035	3.11	1.37
2036	3.07	1.38
2037	3.03	1.38
2038	2.99	1.38
2039	2.95	1.38
2040	2.92	1.39
2041	2.89	1.39
2042	2.85	1.39
2043	2.81	1.4
2044	2.78	1.4
2045	2.75	1.4
2046	2.72	1.4
2047	2.69	1.41
2048	2.67	1.41
2049	2.64	1.41
2050	2.61	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	49.2%	24%
1961	49.7%	24%
1962	50.2%	24.1%
1963	50.6%	24.1%
1964	50.8%	24.1%
1965	50.6%	24.1%
1966	50.2%	24.2%
1967	49.7%	24.1%
1968	49.2%	24%
1969	48.7%	23.8%
1970	48.2%	23.8%
1971	47.9%	23.7%
1972	47.5%	23.5%
1973	47.2%	23.2%
1974	46.9%	22.8%
1975	46.6%	22.4%
1976	46.4%	22%
1977	46.4%	21.4%
1978	46.4%	20.9%
1979	46.5%	20.3%
1980	46.8%	19.7%
1981	47.1%	19.2%
1982	47.4%	18.8%
1983	47.7%	18.3%
1984	48.1%	18%
1985	48.3%	17.6%
1986	48.6%	17.4%
1987	48.8%	17.2%
1988	48.9%	17.1%
1989	48.9%	17%
1990	49%	17.1%
1991	48.9%	17.2%
1992	48.7%	17.3%
1993	48.4%	17.5%
1994	50.1%	17.6%
1995	52.4%	17.6%
1996	51.4%	17.7%
1997	50.5%	17.6%
1998	49.2%	17.6%
1999	47.8%	17.5%
2000	46.4%	17.4%
2001	45.2%	17.1%
2002	44.3%	16.8%
2003	43.7%	16.6%
2004	43.3%	16.4%
2005	43.1%	16.1%
2006	42.9%	15.9%
2007	42.9%	15.6%
2008	42.8%	15.4%
2009	42.6%	15.3%
2010	42.4%	15.2%
2011	42.2%	15.1%
2012	41.9%	15%
2013	41.7%	14.9%
2014	41.4%	14.9%
2015	41.1%	14.9%
2016	40.9%	14.9%
2017	40.5%	14.9%
2018	40.1%	15%
2019	39.7%	15%
2020	39.2%	15.1%
2021	38.6%	15.1%
2022	38.2%	15.1%
2023	37.7%	15%
2024	37.4%	15%
2025	37%	14.9%
2026	36.7%	14.8%
2027	36.4%	14.7%
2028	36%	14.6%
2029	35.7%	14.5%
2030	35.4%	14.3%
2031	35%	14.1%
2032	34.7%	14%
2033	34.4%	13.8%
2034	34.1%	13.6%
2035	33.7%	13.5%
2036	33.4%	13.3%
2037	33.1%	13.2%
2038	32.9%	13.1%
2039	32.6%	13%
2040	32.3%	12.9%
2041	32%	12.8%
2042	31.7%	12.8%
2043	31.4%	12.7%
2044	31.1%	12.8%
2045	30.8%	12.8%
2046	30.5%	12.8%
2047	30.2%	12.9%
2048	29.9%	12.9%
2049	29.7%	13%
2050	29.4%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.4% of the population in Rwanda and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 49% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Rwanda and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Rwanda vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.45% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	100,627	42,090
1961	102,051	48,365
1962	102,548	49,050
1963	94,296	52,956
1964	102,562	59,050
1965	103,422	56,222
1966	105,128	53,854
1967	108,053	52,128
1968	111,422	47,328
1969	115,394	44,182
1970	119,273	42,648
1971	122,567	38,523
1972	126,403	35,061
1973	131,021	30,906
1974	135,743	27,902
1975	140,596	22,820
1976	147,665	17,017
1977	155,011	16,959
1978	163,779	13,820
1979	174,477	14,477
1980	184,988	14,535
1981	195,769	13,979
1982	205,147	15,339
1983	212,750	12,837
1984	219,337	16,105
1985	223,794	14,882
1986	225,526	16,261
1987	225,744	15,708
1988	223,759	21,099
1989	217,632	19,941
1990	207,895	20,146
1991	196,431	23,800
1992	188,025	24,064
1993	183,926	21,509
1994	-719,479	20,982
1995	121,137	19,010
1996	140,455	19,801
1997	174,687	17,722
1998	197,185	16,353
1999	210,518	16,431
2000	221,276	15,806
2001	230,845	10,845
2002	239,036	10,199
2003	251,243	8,807
2004	265,273	13,302
2005	275,121	11,899
2006	282,149	12,723
2007	285,791	13,592
2008	287,334	15,295
2009	287,034	15,487
2010	286,848	17,997
2011	282,922	18,990
2012	282,584	18,393
2013	286,331	17,797
2014	292,779	21,290
2015	299,114	19,050
2016	305,549	22,608
2017	310,323	20,284
2018	312,512	20,434
2019	313,525	18,008
2020	312,692	9,502
2021	309,895	18,279
2022	312,145	7,899
2023	312,762	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Rwanda vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 229 deaths per 100,000 live births in Rwanda, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1985	1,116	15
1986	1,126	14
1987	1,145	14
1988	1,188	15
1989	1,238	14
1990	1,309	14
1991	1,386	14
1992	1,530	13
1993	1,619	13
1994	5,721	12
1995	1,505	12
1996	1,295	11
1997	1,318	10
1998	1,268	10
1999	1,073	9
2000	885	9
2001	769	8
2002	677	9
2003	551	8
2004	460	8
2005	465	8
2006	494	8
2007	494	7
2008	454	7
2009	418	7
2010	393	7
2011	358	7
2012	331	7
2013	317	7
2014	301	6
2015	292	6
2016	278	7
2017	275	6
2018	269	6
2019	261	6
2020	252	5
2021	254	4
2022	234	4
2023	229	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	22.4%	2.65%
1961	21.9%	2.6%
1962	21.5%	2.53%
1963	21.3%	2.45%
1964	21.1%	2.36%
1965	21.1%	2.26%
1966	21.2%	2.16%
1967	21.4%	2.07%
1968	21.7%	1.99%
1969	22%	1.92%
1970	22.3%	1.84%
1971	22.6%	1.76%
1972	23%	1.67%
1973	23.4%	1.57%
1974	24%	1.48%
1975	24.6%	1.38%
1976	25.1%	1.29%
1977	25.1%	1.21%
1978	24.6%	1.14%
1979	23.4%	1.09%
1980	21.8%	1.04%
1981	20.1%	1%
1982	18.6%	0.97%
1983	17.4%	0.94%
1984	16.6%	0.92%
1985	16.1%	0.9%
1986	15.6%	0.89%
1987	15.2%	0.88%
1988	14.8%	0.86%
1989	14.8%	0.84%
1990	15.1%	0.82%
1991	16%	0.78%
1992	17.5%	0.75%
1993	19.3%	0.71%
1994	38.9%	0.67%
1995	21.8%	0.64%
1996	22.2%	0.62%
1997	22.2%	0.6%
1998	21.5%	0.58%
1999	20.2%	0.57%
2000	18.5%	0.56%
2001	16.7%	0.55%
2002	14.9%	0.54%
2003	13.3%	0.53%
2004	11.8%	0.52%
2005	10.5%	0.51%
2006	9.37%	0.49%
2007	8.45%	0.48%
2008	7.62%	0.47%
2009	6.92%	0.46%
2010	6.33%	0.46%
2011	5.81%	0.45%
2012	5.45%	0.44%
2013	5.17%	0.44%
2014	4.96%	0.43%
2015	4.78%	0.43%
2016	4.63%	0.42%
2017	4.52%	0.41%
2018	4.43%	0.41%
2019	4.34%	0.4%
2020	4.25%	0.4%
2021	4.16%	0.4%
2022	4.08%	0.4%
2023	4%	0.39%