Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Syria

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Syria chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Switzerland was 1.33 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Syria population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Switzerland	Syria
1960	2.44	7.51
1961	2.52	7.5
1962	2.58	7.51
1963	2.65	7.51
1964	2.66	7.53
1965	2.59	7.53
1966	2.5	7.55
1967	2.39	7.56
1968	2.29	7.57
1969	2.19	7.59
1970	2.1	7.62
1971	2.04	7.6
1972	1.91	7.57
1973	1.81	7.55
1974	1.73	7.52
1975	1.61	7.49
1976	1.55	7.45
1977	1.53	7.42
1978	1.51	7.35
1979	1.52	7.25
1980	1.55	7.12
1981	1.55	6.97
1982	1.56	6.81
1983	1.52	6.69
1984	1.53	6.59
1985	1.52	6.48
1986	1.53	6.37
1987	1.52	6.2
1988	1.57	6
1989	1.56	5.78
1990	1.58	5.56
1991	1.58	5.34
1992	1.58	5.14
1993	1.51	4.99
1994	1.49	4.86
1995	1.48	4.7
1996	1.5	4.54
1997	1.48	4.37
1998	1.47	4.25
1999	1.48	4.14
2000	1.5	4.07
2001	1.38	3.98
2002	1.39	3.87
2003	1.39	3.76
2004	1.42	3.68
2005	1.42	3.61
2006	1.44	3.56
2007	1.46	3.54
2008	1.48	3.48
2009	1.5	3.42
2010	1.52	3.36
2011	1.52	3.29
2012	1.52	3.22
2013	1.52	3.17
2014	1.54	3.12
2015	1.54	3.07
2016	1.54	3.01
2017	1.52	2.97
2018	1.52	2.93
2019	1.48	2.88
2020	1.46	2.84
2021	1.52	2.8
2022	1.39	2.75
2023	1.33	2.71
2024	1.33	2.7
2025	1.34	2.66
2026	1.34	2.62
2027	1.35	2.58
2028	1.35	2.54
2029	1.35	2.51
2030	1.35	2.48
2031	1.36	2.45
2032	1.36	2.42
2033	1.37	2.39
2034	1.37	2.36
2035	1.37	2.33
2036	1.38	2.31
2037	1.38	2.29
2038	1.38	2.26
2039	1.38	2.24
2040	1.39	2.22
2041	1.39	2.2
2042	1.39	2.18
2043	1.4	2.16
2044	1.4	2.14
2045	1.4	2.13
2046	1.4	2.11
2047	1.41	2.1
2048	1.41	2.08
2049	1.41	2.07
2050	1.41	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Syria
1960	24%	45.3%
1961	24%	45.7%
1962	24.1%	46.1%
1963	24.1%	46.3%
1964	24.1%	46.6%
1965	24.1%	46.9%
1966	24.2%	47.3%
1967	24.1%	47.5%
1968	24%	47.8%
1969	23.8%	48%
1970	23.8%	48.2%
1971	23.7%	48.3%
1972	23.5%	48.4%
1973	23.2%	48.5%
1974	22.8%	48.5%
1975	22.4%	48.6%
1976	22%	48.6%
1977	21.4%	48.7%
1978	20.9%	48.7%
1979	20.3%	48.7%
1980	19.7%	48.7%
1981	19.2%	48.7%
1982	18.8%	48.5%
1983	18.3%	48.4%
1984	18%	48.2%
1985	17.6%	48%
1986	17.4%	47.7%
1987	17.2%	47.5%
1988	17.1%	47.2%
1989	17%	46.9%
1990	17.1%	46.6%
1991	17.2%	46.1%
1992	17.3%	45.7%
1993	17.5%	45.2%
1994	17.6%	44.7%
1995	17.6%	44.2%
1996	17.7%	43.8%
1997	17.6%	43.3%
1998	17.6%	42.9%
1999	17.5%	42.4%
2000	17.4%	41.9%
2001	17.1%	41.3%
2002	16.8%	40.8%
2003	16.6%	40.2%
2004	16.4%	39.6%
2005	16.1%	39.1%
2006	15.9%	38.1%
2007	15.6%	36.7%
2008	15.4%	36.3%
2009	15.3%	36.3%
2010	15.2%	36.1%
2011	15.1%	36.1%
2012	15%	36.5%
2013	14.9%	38%
2014	14.9%	39.8%
2015	14.9%	40.6%
2016	14.9%	40.2%
2017	14.9%	39.3%
2018	15%	37.9%
2019	15%	36.1%
2020	15.1%	34.6%
2021	15.1%	33.4%
2022	15.1%	31.9%
2023	15%	30.3%
2024	15%	29.2%
2025	14.9%	28.4%
2026	14.8%	27.9%
2027	14.7%	27.5%
2028	14.6%	27.3%
2029	14.5%	27.3%
2030	14.3%	27.6%
2031	14.1%	27.9%
2032	14%	28.3%
2033	13.8%	28.6%
2034	13.6%	28.8%
2035	13.5%	29%
2036	13.3%	29%
2037	13.2%	28.9%
2038	13.1%	28.7%
2039	13%	28.4%
2040	12.9%	28%
2041	12.8%	27.5%
2042	12.8%	27%
2043	12.7%	26.4%
2044	12.8%	25.8%
2045	12.8%	25.1%
2046	12.8%	24.5%
2047	12.9%	23.9%
2048	12.9%	23.3%
2049	13%	22.8%
2050	13.1%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +1.46% in Syria. 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
	Switzerland	Syria
1960	42,090	143,687
1961	48,365	151,485
1962	49,050	159,155
1963	52,956	166,555
1964	59,050	174,549
1965	56,222	182,560
1966	53,854	191,122
1967	52,128	199,223
1968	47,328	209,454
1969	44,182	219,114
1970	42,648	230,117
1971	38,523	239,610
1972	35,061	249,027
1973	30,906	254,687
1974	27,902	270,735
1975	22,820	282,299
1976	17,017	294,267
1977	16,959	306,630
1978	13,820	316,724
1979	14,477	324,943
1980	14,535	332,464
1981	13,979	330,237
1982	15,339	319,664
1983	12,837	355,375
1984	16,105	366,768
1985	14,882	379,231
1986	16,261	390,821
1987	15,708	399,159
1988	21,099	404,285
1989	19,941	406,111
1990	20,146	409,177
1991	23,800	410,830
1992	24,064	412,878
1993	21,509	420,244
1994	20,982	426,996
1995	19,010	430,172
1996	19,801	430,765
1997	17,722	429,887
1998	16,353	433,447
1999	16,431	439,261
2000	15,806	446,211
2001	10,845	451,503
2002	10,199	453,967
2003	8,807	457,000
2004	13,302	461,209
2005	11,899	468,960
2006	12,723	480,616
2007	13,592	529,162
2008	15,295	576,593
2009	15,487	559,314
2010	17,997	558,666
2011	18,990	543,950
2012	18,393	475,520
2013	17,797	419,341
2014	21,290	333,116
2015	19,050	253,977
2016	22,608	236,007
2017	20,284	237,214
2018	20,434	242,530
2019	18,008	293,762
2020	9,502	327,992
2021	18,279	350,560
2022	7,899	369,750
2023	7,999	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Syria

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Switzerland, compared to 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Syria
1985	15	55
1986	14	52
1987	14	48
1988	15	44
1989	14	41
1990	14	37
1991	14	35
1992	13	33
1993	13	32
1994	12	32
1995	12	33
1996	11	34
1997	10	34
1998	10	34
1999	9	32
2000	9	31
2001	8	29
2002	9	26
2003	8	24
2004	8	22
2005	8	21
2006	8	20
2007	7	19
2008	7	20
2009	7	19
2010	7	19
2011	7	21
2012	7	22
2013	7	25
2014	6	25
2015	6	24
2016	7	23
2017	6	23
2018	6	21
2019	6	24
2020	5	23
2021	4	30
2022	4	21
2023	5	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 2.06% in Syria. 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
	Switzerland	Syria
1960	2.65%	16.9%
1961	2.6%	16.1%
1962	2.53%	15.3%
1963	2.45%	14.7%
1964	2.36%	14.1%
1965	2.26%	13.5%
1966	2.16%	12.9%
1967	2.07%	12.3%
1968	1.99%	11.7%
1969	1.92%	11.1%
1970	1.84%	10.5%
1971	1.76%	9.91%
1972	1.67%	9.4%
1973	1.57%	8.92%
1974	1.48%	8.47%
1975	1.38%	8.03%
1976	1.29%	7.61%
1977	1.21%	7.19%
1978	1.14%	6.79%
1979	1.09%	6.4%
1980	1.04%	6.03%
1981	1%	6.33%
1982	0.97%	7.06%
1983	0.94%	5.1%
1984	0.92%	4.84%
1985	0.9%	4.6%
1986	0.89%	4.39%
1987	0.88%	4.19%
1988	0.86%	4.02%
1989	0.84%	3.85%
1990	0.82%	3.7%
1991	0.78%	3.55%
1992	0.75%	3.4%
1993	0.71%	3.24%
1994	0.67%	3.09%
1995	0.64%	2.94%
1996	0.62%	2.8%
1997	0.6%	2.66%
1998	0.58%	2.53%
1999	0.57%	2.42%
2000	0.56%	2.32%
2001	0.55%	2.23%
2002	0.54%	2.15%
2003	0.53%	2.09%
2004	0.52%	2.03%
2005	0.51%	1.98%
2006	0.49%	1.95%
2007	0.48%	1.92%
2008	0.47%	1.9%
2009	0.46%	1.9%
2010	0.46%	1.9%
2011	0.45%	2.17%
2012	0.44%	3.39%
2013	0.44%	3.65%
2014	0.43%	3.53%
2015	0.43%	3.7%
2016	0.42%	3.22%
2017	0.41%	3.3%
2018	0.41%	3.26%
2019	0.4%	2.5%
2020	0.4%	2.24%
2021	0.4%	2.1%
2022	0.4%	2.11%
2023	0.39%	2.06%