Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	2.44	6.5
1961	2.52	6.49
1962	2.58	6.49
1963	2.65	6.5
1964	2.66	6.49
1965	2.59	6.5
1966	2.5	6.5
1967	2.39	6.51
1968	2.29	6.53
1969	2.19	6.52
1970	2.1	6.52
1971	2.04	6.52
1972	1.91	6.5
1973	1.81	6.46
1974	1.73	6.41
1975	1.61	6.35
1976	1.55	6.29
1977	1.53	6.22
1978	1.51	6.15
1979	1.52	6.06
1980	1.55	5.95
1981	1.55	5.81
1982	1.56	5.66
1983	1.52	5.48
1984	1.53	5.3
1985	1.52	5.13
1986	1.53	5
1987	1.52	4.88
1988	1.57	4.77
1989	1.56	4.65
1990	1.58	4.51
1991	1.58	4.25
1992	1.58	4.09
1993	1.51	3.82
1994	1.49	3.76
1995	1.48	3.28
1996	1.5	3.06
1997	1.48	2.83
1998	1.47	2.77
1999	1.48	2.79
2000	1.5	2.73
2001	1.38	2.62
2002	1.39	2.54
2003	1.39	2.49
2004	1.42	2.38
2005	1.42	2.23
2006	1.44	1.96
2007	1.46	1.79
2008	1.48	1.52
2009	1.5	1.58
2010	1.52	1.57
2011	1.52	1.54
2012	1.52	1.53
2013	1.52	1.53
2014	1.54	1.48
2015	1.54	1.42
2016	1.54	1.37
2017	1.52	1.35
2018	1.52	1.29
2019	1.48	1.25
2020	1.46	1.29
2021	1.52	1.16
2022	1.39	1.15
2023	1.33	1.2
2024	1.33	1.21
2025	1.34	1.21
2026	1.34	1.21
2027	1.35	1.21
2028	1.35	1.22
2029	1.35	1.22
2030	1.35	1.23
2031	1.36	1.23
2032	1.36	1.24
2033	1.37	1.25
2034	1.37	1.25
2035	1.37	1.26
2036	1.38	1.26
2037	1.38	1.27
2038	1.38	1.28
2039	1.38	1.28
2040	1.39	1.28
2041	1.39	1.29
2042	1.39	1.29
2043	1.4	1.3
2044	1.4	1.3
2045	1.4	1.31
2046	1.4	1.31
2047	1.41	1.31
2048	1.41	1.32
2049	1.41	1.32
2050	1.41	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	UAE
1960	24%	37.8%
1961	24%	36.7%
1962	24.1%	35.8%
1963	24.1%	35.1%
1964	24.1%	34.5%
1965	24.1%	33.9%
1966	24.2%	33.2%
1967	24.1%	32.1%
1968	24%	31.2%
1969	23.8%	30.6%
1970	23.8%	29.8%
1971	23.7%	29%
1972	23.5%	28.3%
1973	23.2%	27.8%
1974	22.8%	27.4%
1975	22.4%	27.2%
1976	22%	26.9%
1977	21.4%	26.8%
1978	20.9%	26.9%
1979	20.3%	27.1%
1980	19.7%	27.4%
1981	19.2%	28%
1982	18.8%	28.8%
1983	18.3%	29.5%
1984	18%	30.2%
1985	17.6%	30.7%
1986	17.4%	31.2%
1987	17.2%	31.2%
1988	17.1%	30.9%
1989	17%	30.3%
1990	17.1%	29.6%
1991	17.2%	28.8%
1992	17.3%	28.1%
1993	17.5%	27.4%
1994	17.6%	26.7%
1995	17.6%	25.9%
1996	17.7%	25.2%
1997	17.6%	24.3%
1998	17.6%	23.1%
1999	17.5%	22%
2000	17.4%	20.8%
2001	17.1%	19.8%
2002	16.8%	18.9%
2003	16.6%	18.3%
2004	16.4%	17.8%
2005	16.1%	17.5%
2006	15.9%	17.2%
2007	15.6%	17%
2008	15.4%	16.9%
2009	15.3%	16.9%
2010	15.2%	16.9%
2011	15.1%	16.8%
2012	15%	16.8%
2013	14.9%	16.8%
2014	14.9%	16.8%
2015	14.9%	16.8%
2016	14.9%	16.8%
2017	14.9%	16.8%
2018	15%	16.7%
2019	15%	16.6%
2020	15.1%	16.6%
2021	15.1%	16.5%
2022	15.1%	16.5%
2023	15%	16.3%
2024	15%	16.1%
2025	14.9%	16%
2026	14.8%	15.9%
2027	14.7%	15.9%
2028	14.6%	15.9%
2029	14.5%	15.9%
2030	14.3%	16%
2031	14.1%	16.1%
2032	14%	16.3%
2033	13.8%	16.5%
2034	13.6%	16.7%
2035	13.5%	16.9%
2036	13.3%	17.1%
2037	13.2%	17.3%
2038	13.1%	17.5%
2039	13%	17.7%
2040	12.9%	17.9%
2041	12.8%	18%
2042	12.8%	18.1%
2043	12.7%	18.2%
2044	12.8%	18.3%
2045	12.8%	18.3%
2046	12.8%	18.3%
2047	12.9%	18.3%
2048	12.9%	18.3%
2049	13%	18.2%
2050	13.1%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	42,090	3,418
1961	48,365	3,657
1962	49,050	3,901
1963	52,956	4,157
1964	59,050	4,410
1965	56,222	4,675
1966	53,854	4,955
1967	52,128	5,264
1968	47,328	5,588
1969	44,182	6,138
1970	42,648	6,922
1971	38,523	7,839
1972	35,061	8,818
1973	30,906	9,822
1974	27,902	10,835
1975	22,820	11,859
1976	17,017	12,876
1977	16,959	15,787
1978	13,820	18,879
1979	14,477	21,987
1980	14,535	25,005
1981	13,979	27,560
1982	15,339	29,585
1983	12,837	31,480
1984	16,105	33,250
1985	14,882	34,855
1986	16,261	36,829
1987	15,708	37,741
1988	21,099	38,861
1989	19,941	40,148
1990	20,146	41,339
1991	23,800	41,409
1992	24,064	42,119
1993	21,509	41,324
1994	20,982	42,976
1995	19,010	38,685
1996	19,801	37,886
1997	17,722	38,207
1998	16,353	41,176
1999	16,431	46,198
2000	15,806	49,993
2001	10,845	52,789
2002	10,199	55,922
2003	8,807	59,118
2004	13,302	60,344
2005	11,899	60,046
2006	12,723	54,338
2007	13,592	55,048
2008	15,295	55,426
2009	15,487	66,521
2010	17,997	69,907
2011	18,990	73,496
2012	18,393	78,682
2013	17,797	82,977
2014	21,290	84,277
2015	19,050	85,044
2016	22,608	87,028
2017	20,284	89,382
2018	20,434	86,840
2019	18,008	86,296
2020	9,502	87,871
2021	18,279	76,802
2022	7,899	81,758
2023	7,999	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	UAE
1985	15	19
1986	14	19
1987	14	19
1988	15	19
1989	14	19
1990	14	19
1991	14	19
1992	13	19
1993	13	19
1994	12	19
1995	12	18
1996	11	16
1997	10	14
1998	10	12
1999	9	10
2000	9	8
2001	8	7
2002	9	5
2003	8	5
2004	8	4
2005	8	4
2006	8	3
2007	7	3
2008	7	3
2009	7	3
2010	7	3
2011	7	4
2012	7	4
2013	7	4
2014	6	3
2015	6	3
2016	7	3
2017	6	3
2018	6	3
2019	6	3
2020	5	6
2021	4	6
2022	4	2
2023	5	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	2.65%	20.1%
1961	2.6%	19%
1962	2.53%	18%
1963	2.45%	16.9%
1964	2.36%	15.8%
1965	2.26%	14.8%
1966	2.16%	13.7%
1967	2.07%	12.6%
1968	1.99%	11.6%
1969	1.92%	10.6%
1970	1.84%	9.62%
1971	1.76%	8.72%
1972	1.67%	7.89%
1973	1.57%	7.12%
1974	1.48%	6.43%
1975	1.38%	5.8%
1976	1.29%	5.23%
1977	1.21%	4.7%
1978	1.14%	4.22%
1979	1.09%	3.78%
1980	1.04%	3.4%
1981	1%	3.06%
1982	0.97%	2.77%
1983	0.94%	2.52%
1984	0.92%	2.31%
1985	0.9%	2.12%
1986	0.89%	1.97%
1987	0.88%	1.83%
1988	0.86%	1.71%
1989	0.84%	1.61%
1990	0.82%	1.51%
1991	0.78%	1.43%
1992	0.75%	1.37%
1993	0.71%	1.31%
1994	0.67%	1.26%
1995	0.64%	1.21%
1996	0.62%	1.18%
1997	0.6%	1.15%
1998	0.58%	1.12%
1999	0.57%	1.09%
2000	0.56%	1.07%
2001	0.55%	1.05%
2002	0.54%	1.03%
2003	0.53%	1.01%
2004	0.52%	1%
2005	0.51%	0.98%
2006	0.49%	0.96%
2007	0.48%	0.94%
2008	0.47%	0.92%
2009	0.46%	0.9%
2010	0.46%	0.88%
2011	0.45%	0.86%
2012	0.44%	0.84%
2013	0.44%	0.82%
2014	0.43%	0.79%
2015	0.43%	0.77%
2016	0.42%	0.73%
2017	0.41%	0.7%
2018	0.41%	0.67%
2019	0.4%	0.63%
2020	0.4%	0.6%
2021	0.4%	0.56%
2022	0.4%	0.53%
2023	0.39%	0.5%