Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	2.44	6.78
1961	2.52	6.73
1962	2.58	6.67
1963	2.65	6.62
1964	2.66	6.57
1965	2.59	6.52
1966	2.5	6.51
1967	2.39	6.51
1968	2.29	6.46
1969	2.19	6.41
1970	2.1	6.35
1971	2.04	6.29
1972	1.91	6.23
1973	1.81	6.15
1974	1.73	6.06
1975	1.61	5.98
1976	1.55	5.89
1977	1.53	5.81
1978	1.51	5.77
1979	1.52	5.73
1980	1.55	5.69
1981	1.55	5.65
1982	1.56	5.6
1983	1.52	5.55
1984	1.53	5.49
1985	1.52	5.43
1986	1.53	5.38
1987	1.52	5.33
1988	1.57	5.27
1989	1.56	5.21
1990	1.58	5.17
1991	1.58	5.13
1992	1.58	5.09
1993	1.51	5.02
1994	1.49	4.94
1995	1.48	4.85
1996	1.5	4.75
1997	1.48	4.66
1998	1.47	4.6
1999	1.48	4.56
2000	1.5	4.54
2001	1.38	4.5
2002	1.39	4.38
2003	1.39	4.29
2004	1.42	4.21
2005	1.42	4.13
2006	1.44	4.1
2007	1.46	4.12
2008	1.48	4.16
2009	1.5	4.16
2010	1.52	4.13
2011	1.52	4.09
2012	1.52	4.06
2013	1.52	4.04
2014	1.54	4
2015	1.54	3.95
2016	1.54	3.92
2017	1.52	3.88
2018	1.52	3.83
2019	1.48	3.79
2020	1.46	3.74
2021	1.52	3.7
2022	1.39	3.65
2023	1.33	3.6
2024	1.33	3.57
2025	1.34	3.53
2026	1.34	3.5
2027	1.35	3.46
2028	1.35	3.42
2029	1.35	3.39
2030	1.35	3.35
2031	1.36	3.32
2032	1.36	3.28
2033	1.37	3.25
2034	1.37	3.21
2035	1.37	3.18
2036	1.38	3.15
2037	1.38	3.13
2038	1.38	3.1
2039	1.38	3.08
2040	1.39	3.05
2041	1.39	3.03
2042	1.39	3
2043	1.4	2.97
2044	1.4	2.94
2045	1.4	2.92
2046	1.4	2.9
2047	1.41	2.88
2048	1.41	2.85
2049	1.41	2.83
2050	1.41	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Vanuatu
1960	24%	44.6%
1961	24%	44.8%
1962	24.1%	45.1%
1963	24.1%	45.2%
1964	24.1%	45.4%
1965	24.1%	45.5%
1966	24.2%	45.7%
1967	24.1%	45.8%
1968	24%	45.8%
1969	23.8%	45.8%
1970	23.8%	45.7%
1971	23.7%	45.7%
1972	23.5%	45.6%
1973	23.2%	45.5%
1974	22.8%	45.5%
1975	22.4%	45.4%
1976	22%	45.2%
1977	21.4%	45.1%
1978	20.9%	45%
1979	20.3%	44.5%
1980	19.7%	44%
1981	19.2%	43.9%
1982	18.8%	44%
1983	18.3%	44%
1984	18%	44.1%
1985	17.6%	44.2%
1986	17.4%	44.2%
1987	17.2%	44.1%
1988	17.1%	44.1%
1989	17%	44%
1990	17.1%	43.9%
1991	17.2%	43.9%
1992	17.3%	44.1%
1993	17.5%	44.8%
1994	17.6%	45.2%
1995	17.6%	45%
1996	17.7%	44.8%
1997	17.6%	44.4%
1998	17.6%	44%
1999	17.5%	43.5%
2000	17.4%	42.9%
2001	17.1%	42.4%
2002	16.8%	41.8%
2003	16.6%	41.3%
2004	16.4%	40.7%
2005	16.1%	40.2%
2006	15.9%	39.6%
2007	15.6%	39.2%
2008	15.4%	38.8%
2009	15.3%	38.5%
2010	15.2%	38.2%
2011	15.1%	38.1%
2012	15%	38.2%
2013	14.9%	38.2%
2014	14.9%	38.4%
2015	14.9%	38.5%
2016	14.9%	38.7%
2017	14.9%	38.8%
2018	15%	38.9%
2019	15%	39%
2020	15.1%	39%
2021	15.1%	39%
2022	15.1%	38.8%
2023	15%	38.6%
2024	15%	38.3%
2025	14.9%	38%
2026	14.8%	37.6%
2027	14.7%	37.1%
2028	14.6%	36.7%
2029	14.5%	36.2%
2030	14.3%	35.8%
2031	14.1%	35.3%
2032	14%	34.9%
2033	13.8%	34.5%
2034	13.6%	34.1%
2035	13.5%	33.7%
2036	13.3%	33.4%
2037	13.2%	33.2%
2038	13.1%	32.9%
2039	13%	32.7%
2040	12.9%	32.5%
2041	12.8%	32.3%
2042	12.8%	32.2%
2043	12.7%	32%
2044	12.8%	31.8%
2045	12.8%	31.6%
2046	12.8%	31.5%
2047	12.9%	31.3%
2048	12.9%	31.1%
2049	13%	30.9%
2050	13.1%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	42,090	1,796
1961	48,365	1,872
1962	49,050	1,947
1963	52,956	2,025
1964	59,050	2,098
1965	56,222	2,180
1966	53,854	2,278
1967	52,128	2,384
1968	47,328	2,470
1969	44,182	2,529
1970	42,648	2,597
1971	38,523	2,685
1972	35,061	2,775
1973	30,906	2,876
1974	27,902	2,968
1975	22,820	3,074
1976	17,017	3,174
1977	16,959	3,285
1978	13,820	3,428
1979	14,477	3,590
1980	14,535	3,383
1981	13,979	3,592
1982	15,339	3,778
1983	12,837	3,944
1984	16,105	4,088
1985	14,882	4,219
1986	16,261	4,360
1987	15,708	4,427
1988	21,099	4,577
1989	19,941	4,656
1990	20,146	4,762
1991	23,800	4,859
1992	24,064	4,941
1993	21,509	4,973
1994	20,982	4,973
1995	19,010	4,945
1996	19,801	4,897
1997	17,722	4,854
1998	16,353	4,866
1999	16,431	4,871
2000	15,806	5,026
2001	10,845	5,144
2002	10,199	5,181
2003	8,807	5,258
2004	13,302	5,353
2005	11,899	5,454
2006	12,723	5,606
2007	13,592	5,842
2008	15,295	6,138
2009	15,487	6,362
2010	17,997	6,548
2011	18,990	6,715
2012	18,393	6,877
2013	17,797	7,036
2014	21,290	7,143
2015	19,050	7,220
2016	22,608	7,315
2017	20,284	7,371
2018	20,434	7,379
2019	18,008	7,364
2020	9,502	7,233
2021	18,279	7,199
2022	7,899	7,358
2023	7,999	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Vanuatu
1985	15	211
1986	14	194
1987	14	200
1988	15	172
1989	14	162
1990	14	151
1991	14	140
1992	13	140
1993	13	133
1994	12	131
1995	12	131
1996	11	129
1997	10	131
1998	10	134
1999	9	146
2000	9	133
2001	8	132
2002	9	128
2003	8	131
2004	8	131
2005	8	127
2006	8	123
2007	7	120
2008	7	117
2009	7	114
2010	7	114
2011	7	112
2012	7	109
2013	7	110
2014	6	110
2015	6	109
2016	7	107
2017	6	107
2018	6	108
2019	6	105
2020	5	107
2021	4	124
2022	4	105
2023	5	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	2.65%	15.2%
1961	2.6%	14.7%
1962	2.53%	14.3%
1963	2.45%	13.8%
1964	2.36%	13.4%
1965	2.26%	12.9%
1966	2.16%	12.4%
1967	2.07%	12%
1968	1.99%	11.5%
1969	1.92%	11%
1970	1.84%	10.6%
1971	1.76%	10.2%
1972	1.67%	9.73%
1973	1.57%	9.34%
1974	1.48%	8.95%
1975	1.38%	8.58%
1976	1.29%	8.21%
1977	1.21%	7.84%
1978	1.14%	7.45%
1979	1.09%	7.07%
1980	1.04%	6.67%
1981	1%	6.27%
1982	0.97%	5.87%
1983	0.94%	5.48%
1984	0.92%	5.12%
1985	0.9%	4.78%
1986	0.89%	4.47%
1987	0.88%	4.2%
1988	0.86%	3.96%
1989	0.84%	3.76%
1990	0.82%	3.58%
1991	0.78%	3.43%
1992	0.75%	3.29%
1993	0.71%	3.18%
1994	0.67%	3.08%
1995	0.64%	3%
1996	0.62%	2.92%
1997	0.6%	2.86%
1998	0.58%	2.79%
1999	0.57%	2.74%
2000	0.56%	2.68%
2001	0.55%	2.63%
2002	0.54%	2.58%
2003	0.53%	2.54%
2004	0.52%	2.5%
2005	0.51%	2.45%
2006	0.49%	2.4%
2007	0.48%	2.34%
2008	0.47%	2.27%
2009	0.46%	2.2%
2010	0.46%	2.12%
2011	0.45%	2.05%
2012	0.44%	1.99%
2013	0.44%	1.94%
2014	0.43%	1.9%
2015	0.43%	1.87%
2016	0.42%	1.84%
2017	0.41%	1.82%
2018	0.41%	1.8%
2019	0.4%	1.78%
2020	0.4%	1.77%
2021	0.4%	1.74%
2022	0.4%	1.71%
2023	0.39%	1.68%