Fertility & birth rates in Samoa and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Samoa vs Switzerland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Samoa was 3.83 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 Samoa 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
	Samoa	Switzerland
1960	7.78	2.44
1961	7.77	2.52
1962	7.76	2.58
1963	7.73	2.65
1964	7.7	2.66
1965	7.65	2.59
1966	7.6	2.5
1967	7.55	2.39
1968	7.5	2.29
1969	7.43	2.19
1970	7.34	2.1
1971	7.22	2.04
1972	7.07	1.91
1973	6.91	1.81
1974	6.75	1.73
1975	6.61	1.61
1976	6.47	1.55
1977	6.31	1.53
1978	6.15	1.51
1979	5.99	1.52
1980	5.86	1.55
1981	5.75	1.55
1982	5.68	1.56
1983	5.62	1.52
1984	5.55	1.53
1985	5.49	1.52
1986	5.42	1.53
1987	5.32	1.52
1988	5.21	1.57
1989	5.11	1.56
1990	5.01	1.58
1991	4.91	1.58
1992	4.87	1.58
1993	4.83	1.51
1994	4.79	1.49
1995	4.77	1.48
1996	4.74	1.5
1997	4.7	1.48
1998	4.64	1.47
1999	4.57	1.48
2000	4.52	1.5
2001	4.48	1.38
2002	4.44	1.39
2003	4.39	1.39
2004	4.34	1.42
2005	4.32	1.42
2006	4.32	1.44
2007	4.36	1.46
2008	4.42	1.48
2009	4.47	1.5
2010	4.52	1.52
2011	4.56	1.52
2012	4.55	1.52
2013	4.49	1.52
2014	4.42	1.54
2015	4.34	1.54
2016	4.26	1.54
2017	4.2	1.52
2018	4.14	1.52
2019	4.06	1.48
2020	4	1.46
2021	3.94	1.52
2022	3.88	1.39
2023	3.83	1.33
2024	3.8	1.33
2025	3.75	1.34
2026	3.7	1.34
2027	3.66	1.35
2028	3.62	1.35
2029	3.58	1.35
2030	3.54	1.35
2031	3.5	1.36
2032	3.46	1.36
2033	3.42	1.37
2034	3.39	1.37
2035	3.35	1.37
2036	3.31	1.38
2037	3.27	1.38
2038	3.24	1.38
2039	3.21	1.38
2040	3.17	1.39
2041	3.13	1.39
2042	3.1	1.39
2043	3.06	1.4
2044	3.04	1.4
2045	3.01	1.4
2046	2.98	1.4
2047	2.95	1.41
2048	2.92	1.41
2049	2.89	1.41
2050	2.86	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Samoa	Switzerland
1960	50.1%	24%
1961	50.2%	24%
1962	50.6%	24.1%
1963	50.9%	24.1%
1964	51.2%	24.1%
1965	51.3%	24.1%
1966	51.3%	24.2%
1967	51.4%	24.1%
1968	51.4%	24%
1969	51.4%	23.8%
1970	51.2%	23.8%
1971	51%	23.7%
1972	50.8%	23.5%
1973	50.4%	23.2%
1974	49.9%	22.8%
1975	49.3%	22.4%
1976	48.6%	22%
1977	48%	21.4%
1978	47.4%	20.9%
1979	46.9%	20.3%
1980	46.4%	19.7%
1981	45.9%	19.2%
1982	45.2%	18.8%
1983	44.4%	18.3%
1984	43.7%	18%
1985	43.1%	17.6%
1986	42.6%	17.4%
1987	42.2%	17.2%
1988	42%	17.1%
1989	41.8%	17%
1990	41.5%	17.1%
1991	41.2%	17.2%
1992	40.8%	17.3%
1993	40.3%	17.5%
1994	40%	17.6%
1995	39.9%	17.6%
1996	39.9%	17.7%
1997	40.1%	17.6%
1998	40.2%	17.6%
1999	40.3%	17.5%
2000	40.5%	17.4%
2001	40.7%	17.1%
2002	40.5%	16.8%
2003	40.2%	16.6%
2004	39.9%	16.4%
2005	39.6%	16.1%
2006	39.4%	15.9%
2007	39%	15.6%
2008	38.7%	15.4%
2009	38.5%	15.3%
2010	38.4%	15.2%
2011	38.4%	15.1%
2012	38.3%	15%
2013	38.1%	14.9%
2014	38.1%	14.9%
2015	38.1%	14.9%
2016	38.1%	14.9%
2017	38.2%	14.9%
2018	38.3%	15%
2019	38.5%	15%
2020	38.6%	15.1%
2021	38.7%	15.1%
2022	38.8%	15.1%
2023	38.7%	15%
2024	38.5%	15%
2025	38.1%	14.9%
2026	37.5%	14.8%
2027	36.9%	14.7%
2028	36.3%	14.6%
2029	35.8%	14.5%
2030	35.2%	14.3%
2031	34.7%	14.1%
2032	34.2%	14%
2033	33.7%	13.8%
2034	33.3%	13.6%
2035	33%	13.5%
2036	32.7%	13.3%
2037	32.6%	13.2%
2038	32.6%	13.1%
2039	32.7%	13%
2040	32.7%	12.9%
2041	32.8%	12.8%
2042	32.9%	12.8%
2043	33%	12.7%
2044	33.1%	12.8%
2045	33.1%	12.8%
2046	33.1%	12.8%
2047	33%	12.9%
2048	32.9%	12.9%
2049	32.7%	13%
2050	32.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.5% of the population in Samoa and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Samoa and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Samoa vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.18% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	Switzerland
1960	4,298	42,090
1961	4,399	48,365
1962	4,498	49,050
1963	4,544	52,956
1964	4,326	59,050
1965	4,605	56,222
1966	4,593	53,854
1967	4,621	52,128
1968	4,605	47,328
1969	4,592	44,182
1970	4,567	42,648
1971	4,534	38,523
1972	4,487	35,061
1973	4,446	30,906
1974	4,411	27,902
1975	4,465	22,820
1976	4,519	17,017
1977	4,555	16,959
1978	4,587	13,820
1979	4,624	14,477
1980	4,672	14,535
1981	4,720	13,979
1982	4,808	15,339
1983	4,914	12,837
1984	4,979	16,105
1985	4,998	14,882
1986	4,983	16,261
1987	4,909	15,708
1988	4,889	21,099
1989	4,845	19,941
1990	4,759	20,146
1991	4,655	23,800
1992	4,652	24,064
1993	4,769	21,509
1994	4,880	20,982
1995	4,976	19,010
1996	5,038	19,801
1997	5,053	17,722
1998	5,022	16,353
1999	4,937	16,431
2000	4,855	15,806
2001	4,759	10,845
2002	4,672	10,199
2003	4,622	8,807
2004	4,554	13,302
2005	4,503	11,899
2006	4,473	12,723
2007	4,480	13,592
2008	4,581	15,295
2009	4,525	15,487
2010	4,779	17,997
2011	4,860	18,990
2012	4,863	18,393
2013	4,875	17,797
2014	4,849	21,290
2015	4,795	19,050
2016	4,720	22,608
2017	4,661	20,284
2018	4,637	20,434
2019	4,495	18,008
2020	4,442	9,502
2021	4,379	18,279
2022	4,288	7,899
2023	4,170	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Samoa vs Switzerland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 101 deaths per 100,000 live births in Samoa, compared to 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Samoa	Switzerland
1985	160	15
1986	153	14
1987	147	14
1988	143	15
1989	136	14
1990	135	14
1991	131	14
1992	124	13
1993	117	13
1994	112	12
1995	105	12
1996	103	11
1997	98	10
1998	96	10
1999	94	9
2000	93	9
2001	93	8
2002	89	9
2003	87	8
2004	86	8
2005	87	8
2006	86	8
2007	85	7
2008	87	7
2009	94	7
2010	92	7
2011	93	7
2012	101	7
2013	100	7
2014	106	6
2015	108	6
2016	108	7
2017	111	6
2018	110	6
2019	111	6
2020	114	5
2021	115	4
2022	110	4
2023	101	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.57% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	Switzerland
1960	10.7%	2.65%
1961	10.3%	2.6%
1962	9.93%	2.53%
1963	9.56%	2.45%
1964	11.1%	2.36%
1965	8.9%	2.26%
1966	8.57%	2.16%
1967	8.23%	2.07%
1968	7.89%	1.99%
1969	7.53%	1.92%
1970	7.19%	1.84%
1971	6.85%	1.76%
1972	6.52%	1.67%
1973	6.2%	1.57%
1974	5.9%	1.48%
1975	5.62%	1.38%
1976	5.34%	1.29%
1977	5.07%	1.21%
1978	4.82%	1.14%
1979	4.59%	1.09%
1980	4.38%	1.04%
1981	4.19%	1%
1982	4.01%	0.97%
1983	3.85%	0.94%
1984	3.7%	0.92%
1985	3.56%	0.9%
1986	3.42%	0.89%
1987	3.3%	0.88%
1988	3.18%	0.86%
1989	3.08%	0.84%
1990	2.98%	0.82%
1991	2.89%	0.78%
1992	2.8%	0.75%
1993	2.7%	0.71%
1994	2.61%	0.67%
1995	2.52%	0.64%
1996	2.44%	0.62%
1997	2.35%	0.6%
1998	2.27%	0.58%
1999	2.19%	0.57%
2000	2.12%	0.56%
2001	2.06%	0.55%
2002	2%	0.54%
2003	1.97%	0.53%
2004	1.94%	0.52%
2005	1.93%	0.51%
2006	1.93%	0.49%
2007	1.93%	0.48%
2008	1.93%	0.47%
2009	2.54%	0.46%
2010	1.93%	0.46%
2011	1.92%	0.45%
2012	1.91%	0.44%
2013	1.89%	0.44%
2014	1.87%	0.43%
2015	1.85%	0.43%
2016	1.83%	0.42%
2017	1.81%	0.41%
2018	1.78%	0.41%
2019	2.02%	0.4%
2020	1.7%	0.4%
2021	1.66%	0.4%
2022	1.62%	0.4%
2023	1.57%	0.39%