Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	2.44	2.29
1961	2.52	2.2
1962	2.58	2.15
1963	2.65	2.11
1964	2.66	2.01
1965	2.59	1.94
1966	2.5	2.04
1967	2.39	2.04
1968	2.29	2.03
1969	2.19	2.01
1970	2.1	2.08
1971	2.04	2.11
1972	1.91	2.13
1973	1.81	2.04
1974	1.73	2.06
1975	1.61	2.05
1976	1.55	2.04
1977	1.53	1.98
1978	1.51	1.97
1979	1.52	1.96
1980	1.55	1.95
1981	1.55	1.92
1982	1.56	1.95
1983	1.52	2.1
1984	1.53	2.08
1985	1.52	2.03
1986	1.53	2.12
1987	1.52	2.07
1988	1.57	2.04
1989	1.56	1.93
1990	1.58	1.85
1991	1.58	1.77
1992	1.58	1.67
1993	1.51	1.56
1994	1.49	1.47
1995	1.48	1.4
1996	1.5	1.33
1997	1.48	1.27
1998	1.47	1.21
1999	1.48	1.13
2000	1.5	1.11
2001	1.38	1.09
2002	1.39	1.13
2003	1.39	1.17
2004	1.42	1.22
2005	1.42	1.22
2006	1.44	1.3
2007	1.46	1.34
2008	1.48	1.44
2009	1.5	1.47
2010	1.52	1.44
2011	1.52	1.46
2012	1.52	1.53
2013	1.52	1.52
2014	1.54	1.47
2015	1.54	1.39
2016	1.54	1.39
2017	1.52	1.3
2018	1.52	1.23
2019	1.48	1.22
2020	1.46	1.21
2021	1.52	1.15
2022	1.39	0.9
2023	1.33	0.98
2024	1.33	0.99
2025	1.34	1
2026	1.34	1
2027	1.35	1.01
2028	1.35	1.02
2029	1.35	1.02
2030	1.35	1.03
2031	1.36	1.04
2032	1.36	1.04
2033	1.37	1.05
2034	1.37	1.05
2035	1.37	1.06
2036	1.38	1.06
2037	1.38	1.07
2038	1.38	1.07
2039	1.38	1.08
2040	1.39	1.09
2041	1.39	1.09
2042	1.39	1.1
2043	1.4	1.1
2044	1.4	1.11
2045	1.4	1.11
2046	1.4	1.12
2047	1.41	1.13
2048	1.41	1.13
2049	1.41	1.14
2050	1.41	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Ukraine
1960	24%	26.7%
1961	24%	27%
1962	24.1%	27.1%
1963	24.1%	27.1%
1964	24.1%	26.8%
1965	24.1%	26.4%
1966	24.2%	26.1%
1967	24.1%	25.8%
1968	24%	25.5%
1969	23.8%	25.1%
1970	23.8%	24.8%
1971	23.7%	24.4%
1972	23.5%	24%
1973	23.2%	23.6%
1974	22.8%	23.2%
1975	22.4%	22.8%
1976	22%	22.4%
1977	21.4%	22.1%
1978	20.9%	21.7%
1979	20.3%	21.5%
1980	19.7%	21.4%
1981	19.2%	21.4%
1982	18.8%	21.4%
1983	18.3%	21.5%
1984	18%	21.6%
1985	17.6%	21.7%
1986	17.4%	21.7%
1987	17.2%	21.7%
1988	17.1%	21.7%
1989	17%	21.7%
1990	17.1%	21.6%
1991	17.2%	21.5%
1992	17.3%	21.4%
1993	17.5%	21.2%
1994	17.6%	21%
1995	17.6%	20.6%
1996	17.7%	20.2%
1997	17.6%	19.7%
1998	17.6%	19.2%
1999	17.5%	18.5%
2000	17.4%	17.9%
2001	17.1%	17.1%
2002	16.8%	16.3%
2003	16.6%	15.7%
2004	16.4%	15.1%
2005	16.1%	14.7%
2006	15.9%	14.3%
2007	15.6%	14.1%
2008	15.4%	14%
2009	15.3%	14%
2010	15.2%	14.1%
2011	15.1%	14.2%
2012	15%	14.4%
2013	14.9%	14.6%
2014	14.9%	14.9%
2015	14.9%	15.1%
2016	14.9%	15.3%
2017	14.9%	15.4%
2018	15%	15.4%
2019	15%	15.4%
2020	15.1%	15.3%
2021	15.1%	15.1%
2022	15.1%	14.8%
2023	15%	14.3%
2024	15%	13.9%
2025	14.9%	13.7%
2026	14.8%	13.4%
2027	14.7%	12.9%
2028	14.6%	12.4%
2029	14.5%	12%
2030	14.3%	11.6%
2031	14.1%	11.2%
2032	14%	10.9%
2033	13.8%	10.6%
2034	13.6%	10.4%
2035	13.5%	10.2%
2036	13.3%	10%
2037	13.2%	9.95%
2038	13.1%	9.95%
2039	13%	9.92%
2040	12.9%	9.9%
2041	12.8%	9.92%
2042	12.8%	9.97%
2043	12.7%	10%
2044	12.8%	10.1%
2045	12.8%	10.1%
2046	12.8%	10.2%
2047	12.9%	10.2%
2048	12.9%	10.2%
2049	13%	10.2%
2050	13.1%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	42,090	538,812
1961	48,365	508,602
1962	49,050	481,887
1963	52,956	449,648
1964	59,050	391,120
1965	56,222	334,365
1966	53,854	337,794
1967	52,128	313,899
1968	47,328	295,162
1969	44,182	274,858
1970	42,648	291,839
1971	38,523	305,849
1972	35,061	309,785
1973	30,906	274,938
1974	27,902	273,486
1975	22,820	256,787
1976	17,017	247,323
1977	16,959	216,932
1978	13,820	206,554
1979	14,477	197,294
1980	14,535	197,223
1981	13,979	182,839
1982	15,339	194,101
1983	12,837	241,741
1984	16,105	222,430
1985	14,882	201,011
1986	16,261	225,751
1987	15,708	198,850
1988	21,099	162,002
1989	19,941	106,431
1990	20,146	48,463
1991	23,800	-16,486
1992	24,064	-95,857
1993	21,509	-169,405
1994	20,982	-238,820
1995	19,010	-281,629
1996	19,801	-305,154
1997	17,722	-306,549
1998	16,353	-318,299
1999	16,431	-348,286
2000	15,806	-364,143
2001	10,845	-374,734
2002	10,199	-364,544
2003	8,807	-351,299
2004	13,302	-344,157
2005	11,899	-337,857
2006	12,723	-300,787
2007	13,592	-282,659
2008	15,295	-229,086
2009	15,487	-197,918
2010	17,997	-180,388
2011	18,990	-158,372
2012	18,393	-130,451
2013	17,797	-129,662
2014	21,290	-140,216
2015	19,050	-147,107
2016	22,608	-135,710
2017	20,284	-158,390
2018	20,434	-227,491
2019	18,008	-236,296
2020	9,502	-307,533
2021	18,279	-449,941
2022	7,899	-349,284
2023	7,999	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Ukraine
1985	15	53
1986	14	50
1987	14	46
1988	15	44
1989	14	42
1990	14	40
1991	14	40
1992	13	40
1993	13	42
1994	12	45
1995	12	46
1996	11	45
1997	10	41
1998	10	37
1999	9	34
2000	9	32
2001	8	30
2002	9	28
2003	8	28
2004	8	27
2005	8	27
2006	8	27
2007	7	27
2008	7	26
2009	7	24
2010	7	21
2011	7	20
2012	7	20
2013	7	20
2014	6	19
2015	6	17
2016	7	17
2017	6	16
2018	6	16
2019	6	16
2020	5	18
2021	4	26
2022	4	16
2023	5	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	2.65%	-
1961	2.6%	-
1962	2.53%	-
1963	2.45%	-
1964	2.36%	-
1965	2.26%	-
1966	2.16%	-
1967	2.07%	-
1968	1.99%	-
1969	1.92%	-
1970	1.84%	-
1971	1.76%	3.23%
1972	1.67%	3.13%
1973	1.57%	3.04%
1974	1.48%	2.96%
1975	1.38%	2.89%
1976	1.29%	2.84%
1977	1.21%	2.78%
1978	1.14%	2.74%
1979	1.09%	2.69%
1980	1.04%	2.62%
1981	1%	2.55%
1982	0.97%	2.47%
1983	0.94%	2.39%
1984	0.92%	2.29%
1985	0.9%	2.21%
1986	0.89%	2.13%
1987	0.88%	2.05%
1988	0.86%	1.99%
1989	0.84%	1.95%
1990	0.82%	1.92%
1991	0.78%	1.92%
1992	0.75%	1.94%
1993	0.71%	1.97%
1994	0.67%	2%
1995	0.64%	2.02%
1996	0.62%	2.03%
1997	0.6%	2.01%
1998	0.58%	1.97%
1999	0.57%	1.9%
2000	0.56%	1.83%
2001	0.55%	1.75%
2002	0.54%	1.66%
2003	0.53%	1.58%
2004	0.52%	1.51%
2005	0.51%	1.45%
2006	0.49%	1.4%
2007	0.48%	1.34%
2008	0.47%	1.29%
2009	0.46%	1.23%
2010	0.46%	1.17%
2011	0.45%	1.12%
2012	0.44%	1.07%
2013	0.44%	1.02%
2014	0.43%	0.98%
2015	0.43%	0.94%
2016	0.42%	0.91%
2017	0.41%	0.89%
2018	0.41%	0.87%
2019	0.4%	0.85%
2020	0.4%	0.84%
2021	0.4%	0.82%
2022	0.4%	0.85%
2023	0.39%	0.81%