Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Tunisia

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Tunisia 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 1.83 in Tunisia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Tunisia 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	Tunisia
1960	2.44	7.16
1961	2.52	7.16
1962	2.58	7.17
1963	2.65	7.17
1964	2.66	7.17
1965	2.59	7.11
1966	2.5	7.06
1967	2.39	6.95
1968	2.29	6.81
1969	2.19	6.62
1970	2.1	6.43
1971	2.04	6.29
1972	1.91	6.19
1973	1.81	6.12
1974	1.73	6.05
1975	1.61	5.97
1976	1.55	5.87
1977	1.53	5.68
1978	1.51	5.4
1979	1.52	5.18
1980	1.55	5.03
1981	1.55	5.02
1982	1.56	4.89
1983	1.52	4.77
1984	1.53	4.66
1985	1.52	4.52
1986	1.53	4.36
1987	1.52	4.1
1988	1.57	3.83
1989	1.56	3.57
1990	1.58	3.44
1991	1.58	3.31
1992	1.58	3.19
1993	1.51	3.06
1994	1.49	2.87
1995	1.48	2.67
1996	1.5	2.49
1997	1.48	2.34
1998	1.47	2.2
1999	1.48	2.08
2000	1.5	2.03
2001	1.38	1.98
2002	1.39	1.94
2003	1.39	1.96
2004	1.42	1.95
2005	1.42	1.95
2006	1.44	1.95
2007	1.46	1.96
2008	1.48	1.98
2009	1.5	2
2010	1.52	2.08
2011	1.52	2.19
2012	1.52	2.28
2013	1.52	2.31
2014	1.54	2.32
2015	1.54	2.31
2016	1.54	2.28
2017	1.52	2.21
2018	1.52	2.13
2019	1.48	2.1
2020	1.46	2
2021	1.52	1.8
2022	1.39	1.85
2023	1.33	1.83
2024	1.33	1.82
2025	1.34	1.8
2026	1.34	1.79
2027	1.35	1.78
2028	1.35	1.77
2029	1.35	1.76
2030	1.35	1.76
2031	1.36	1.75
2032	1.36	1.74
2033	1.37	1.74
2034	1.37	1.73
2035	1.37	1.73
2036	1.38	1.73
2037	1.38	1.72
2038	1.38	1.72
2039	1.38	1.72
2040	1.39	1.71
2041	1.39	1.71
2042	1.39	1.71
2043	1.4	1.71
2044	1.4	1.71
2045	1.4	1.71
2046	1.4	1.71
2047	1.41	1.71
2048	1.41	1.7
2049	1.41	1.7
2050	1.41	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Tunisia
1960	24%	43.2%
1961	24%	43.4%
1962	24.1%	43.5%
1963	24.1%	43.8%
1964	24.1%	44%
1965	24.1%	44.2%
1966	24.2%	44.5%
1967	24.1%	44.7%
1968	24%	44.8%
1969	23.8%	44.8%
1970	23.8%	44.7%
1971	23.7%	44.6%
1972	23.5%	44.4%
1973	23.2%	44.3%
1974	22.8%	44.1%
1975	22.4%	43.9%
1976	22%	43.7%
1977	21.4%	43.4%
1978	20.9%	43%
1979	20.3%	42.5%
1980	19.7%	42%
1981	19.2%	41.4%
1982	18.8%	40.8%
1983	18.3%	40.3%
1984	18%	39.9%
1985	17.6%	39.6%
1986	17.4%	39.3%
1987	17.2%	39%
1988	17.1%	38.6%
1989	17%	38.2%
1990	17.1%	37.6%
1991	17.2%	37.1%
1992	17.3%	36.4%
1993	17.5%	35.8%
1994	17.6%	35%
1995	17.6%	34.3%
1996	17.7%	33.5%
1997	17.6%	32.8%
1998	17.6%	32%
1999	17.5%	31.1%
2000	17.4%	30.2%
2001	17.1%	29.3%
2002	16.8%	28.4%
2003	16.6%	27.5%
2004	16.4%	26.7%
2005	16.1%	26%
2006	15.9%	25.4%
2007	15.6%	25%
2008	15.4%	24.6%
2009	15.3%	24.3%
2010	15.2%	24.2%
2011	15.1%	24.2%
2012	15%	24.2%
2013	14.9%	24.4%
2014	14.9%	24.6%
2015	14.9%	24.7%
2016	14.9%	24.9%
2017	14.9%	25%
2018	15%	25.1%
2019	15%	25.1%
2020	15.1%	25.1%
2021	15.1%	25%
2022	15.1%	24.7%
2023	15%	24.4%
2024	15%	24%
2025	14.9%	23.6%
2026	14.8%	23%
2027	14.7%	22.5%
2028	14.6%	21.8%
2029	14.5%	21.2%
2030	14.3%	20.5%
2031	14.1%	19.9%
2032	14%	19.2%
2033	13.8%	18.7%
2034	13.6%	18.2%
2035	13.5%	17.7%
2036	13.3%	17.4%
2037	13.2%	17.2%
2038	13.1%	17%
2039	13%	16.8%
2040	12.9%	16.7%
2041	12.8%	16.6%
2042	12.8%	16.5%
2043	12.7%	16.5%
2044	12.8%	16.5%
2045	12.8%	16.6%
2046	12.8%	16.6%
2047	12.9%	16.7%
2048	12.9%	16.7%
2049	13%	16.8%
2050	13.1%	16.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 24% in Tunisia in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 37.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Tunisia compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Tunisia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +1.05% in Tunisia. 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	Tunisia
1960	42,090	109,234
1961	48,365	111,459
1962	49,050	116,887
1963	52,956	120,865
1964	59,050	124,711
1965	56,222	127,673
1966	53,854	131,274
1967	52,128	132,626
1968	47,328	134,246
1969	44,182	135,257
1970	42,648	138,235
1971	38,523	142,296
1972	35,061	147,239
1973	30,906	153,525
1974	27,902	160,200
1975	22,820	166,991
1976	17,017	172,744
1977	16,959	174,539
1978	13,820	173,255
1979	14,477	171,463
1980	14,535	171,094
1981	13,979	176,628
1982	15,339	177,898
1983	12,837	179,878
1984	16,105	182,386
1985	14,882	186,344
1986	16,261	188,107
1987	15,708	184,101
1988	21,099	177,176
1989	19,941	169,221
1990	20,146	168,180
1991	23,800	166,245
1992	24,064	163,978
1993	21,509	160,922
1994	20,982	153,647
1995	19,010	144,345
1996	19,801	135,615
1997	17,722	128,327
1998	16,353	121,332
1999	16,431	114,829
2000	15,806	112,501
2001	10,845	110,146
2002	10,199	109,099
2003	8,807	111,926
2004	13,302	113,322
2005	11,899	115,374
2006	12,723	116,945
2007	13,592	118,920
2008	15,295	121,873
2009	15,487	125,465
2010	17,997	132,809
2011	18,990	143,401
2012	18,393	151,812
2013	17,797	154,687
2014	21,290	154,762
2015	19,050	153,007
2016	22,608	148,870
2017	20,284	140,971
2018	20,434	132,445
2019	18,008	127,312
2020	9,502	109,431
2021	18,279	68,087
2022	7,899	96,531
2023	7,999	93,663

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Tunisia

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 36 deaths in Tunisia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Tunisia
1985	15	132
1986	14	121
1987	14	107
1988	15	96
1989	14	87
1990	14	85
1991	14	83
1992	13	82
1993	13	80
1994	12	77
1995	12	73
1996	11	68
1997	10	64
1998	10	60
1999	9	57
2000	9	56
2001	8	55
2002	9	53
2003	8	52
2004	8	50
2005	8	49
2006	8	48
2007	7	46
2008	7	45
2009	7	44
2010	7	44
2011	7	44
2012	7	43
2013	7	43
2014	6	42
2015	6	40
2016	7	39
2017	6	38
2018	6	38
2019	6	37
2020	5	40
2021	4	65
2022	4	38
2023	5	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 1.29% in Tunisia. 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	Tunisia
1960	2.65%	-
1961	2.6%	-
1962	2.53%	27.2%
1963	2.45%	26%
1964	2.36%	24.8%
1965	2.26%	23.6%
1966	2.16%	22.4%
1967	2.07%	21.3%
1968	1.99%	20.2%
1969	1.92%	19.1%
1970	1.84%	18.1%
1971	1.76%	17.1%
1972	1.67%	16.1%
1973	1.57%	15.2%
1974	1.48%	14.3%
1975	1.38%	13.4%
1976	1.29%	12.5%
1977	1.21%	11.7%
1978	1.14%	10.9%
1979	1.09%	10.2%
1980	1.04%	9.52%
1981	1%	8.94%
1982	0.97%	8.42%
1983	0.94%	7.94%
1984	0.92%	7.48%
1985	0.9%	7.08%
1986	0.89%	6.69%
1987	0.88%	6.35%
1988	0.86%	6.03%
1989	0.84%	5.76%
1990	0.82%	5.5%
1991	0.78%	5.24%
1992	0.75%	5%
1993	0.71%	4.74%
1994	0.67%	4.48%
1995	0.64%	4.2%
1996	0.62%	3.92%
1997	0.6%	3.65%
1998	0.58%	3.38%
1999	0.57%	3.14%
2000	0.56%	2.92%
2001	0.55%	2.72%
2002	0.54%	2.55%
2003	0.53%	2.4%
2004	0.52%	2.27%
2005	0.51%	2.16%
2006	0.49%	2.07%
2007	0.48%	2%
2008	0.47%	1.94%
2009	0.46%	1.9%
2010	0.46%	1.87%
2011	0.45%	1.85%
2012	0.44%	1.84%
2013	0.44%	1.83%
2014	0.43%	1.83%
2015	0.43%	1.82%
2016	0.42%	1.81%
2017	0.41%	1.79%
2018	0.41%	1.75%
2019	0.4%	1.69%
2020	0.4%	1.6%
2021	0.4%	1.5%
2022	0.4%	1.39%
2023	0.39%	1.29%