Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Yemen

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	2.44	7.99
1961	2.52	8
1962	2.58	8.01
1963	2.65	8.03
1964	2.66	8.07
1965	2.59	8.1
1966	2.5	8.14
1967	2.39	8.17
1968	2.29	8.19
1969	2.19	8.22
1970	2.1	8.23
1971	2.04	8.26
1972	1.91	8.27
1973	1.81	8.29
1974	1.73	8.33
1975	1.61	8.37
1976	1.55	8.42
1977	1.53	8.47
1978	1.51	8.5
1979	1.52	8.67
1980	1.55	8.71
1981	1.55	8.75
1982	1.56	8.79
1983	1.52	8.83
1984	1.53	8.85
1985	1.52	8.86
1986	1.53	8.86
1987	1.52	8.83
1988	1.57	8.79
1989	1.56	8.71
1990	1.58	8.61
1991	1.58	8.46
1992	1.58	8.27
1993	1.51	8.05
1994	1.49	7.8
1995	1.48	7.53
1996	1.5	7
1997	1.48	6.82
1998	1.47	6.64
1999	1.48	6.49
2000	1.5	6.32
2001	1.38	6.14
2002	1.39	5.97
2003	1.39	5.84
2004	1.42	5.71
2005	1.42	5.56
2006	1.44	5.41
2007	1.46	5.26
2008	1.48	5.11
2009	1.5	5
2010	1.52	4.81
2011	1.52	4.63
2012	1.52	4.63
2013	1.52	4.62
2014	1.54	4.62
2015	1.54	4.62
2016	1.54	4.61
2017	1.52	4.61
2018	1.52	4.61
2019	1.48	4.6
2020	1.46	4.6
2021	1.52	4.6
2022	1.39	4.59
2023	1.33	4.59
2024	1.33	4.5
2025	1.34	4.41
2026	1.34	4.33
2027	1.35	4.23
2028	1.35	4.14
2029	1.35	4.06
2030	1.35	3.97
2031	1.36	3.87
2032	1.36	3.8
2033	1.37	3.73
2034	1.37	3.66
2035	1.37	3.59
2036	1.38	3.51
2037	1.38	3.44
2038	1.38	3.38
2039	1.38	3.32
2040	1.39	3.26
2041	1.39	3.21
2042	1.39	3.16
2043	1.4	3.12
2044	1.4	3.07
2045	1.4	3.02
2046	1.4	2.97
2047	1.41	2.93
2048	1.41	2.89
2049	1.41	2.85
2050	1.41	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Yemen
1960	24%	40.3%
1961	24%	40.4%
1962	24.1%	40.4%
1963	24.1%	40.6%
1964	24.1%	40.9%
1965	24.1%	41.3%
1966	24.2%	41.8%
1967	24.1%	42.3%
1968	24%	42.8%
1969	23.8%	43.3%
1970	23.8%	43.8%
1971	23.7%	44.3%
1972	23.5%	44.8%
1973	23.2%	45.3%
1974	22.8%	45.7%
1975	22.4%	46.2%
1976	22%	46.6%
1977	21.4%	47%
1978	20.9%	47.5%
1979	20.3%	47.9%
1980	19.7%	48.3%
1981	19.2%	48.7%
1982	18.8%	49.1%
1983	18.3%	49.4%
1984	18%	49.7%
1985	17.6%	50%
1986	17.4%	50.3%
1987	17.2%	50.5%
1988	17.1%	50.7%
1989	17%	50.9%
1990	17.1%	51.1%
1991	17.2%	51.2%
1992	17.3%	51.2%
1993	17.5%	51.2%
1994	17.6%	51.1%
1995	17.6%	50.9%
1996	17.7%	50.6%
1997	17.6%	50.3%
1998	17.6%	49.9%
1999	17.5%	49.5%
2000	17.4%	49%
2001	17.1%	48.6%
2002	16.8%	48.1%
2003	16.6%	47.6%
2004	16.4%	47.1%
2005	16.1%	46.5%
2006	15.9%	45.9%
2007	15.6%	45.3%
2008	15.4%	44.7%
2009	15.3%	44.1%
2010	15.2%	43.5%
2011	15.1%	43%
2012	15%	42.7%
2013	14.9%	42.3%
2014	14.9%	42.1%
2015	14.9%	41.8%
2016	14.9%	41.7%
2017	14.9%	41.6%
2018	15%	41.5%
2019	15%	41.4%
2020	15.1%	41.4%
2021	15.1%	41.4%
2022	15.1%	41.3%
2023	15%	41.2%
2024	15%	41.1%
2025	14.9%	41%
2026	14.8%	40.9%
2027	14.7%	40.8%
2028	14.6%	40.6%
2029	14.5%	40.3%
2030	14.3%	40%
2031	14.1%	39.6%
2032	14%	39.2%
2033	13.8%	38.7%
2034	13.6%	38.2%
2035	13.5%	37.7%
2036	13.3%	37.1%
2037	13.2%	36.5%
2038	13.1%	36%
2039	13%	35.4%
2040	12.9%	34.8%
2041	12.8%	34.3%
2042	12.8%	33.8%
2043	12.7%	33.4%
2044	12.8%	33%
2045	12.8%	32.6%
2046	12.8%	32.3%
2047	12.9%	32%
2048	12.9%	31.7%
2049	13%	31.4%
2050	13.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	42,090	122,994
1961	48,365	129,787
1962	49,050	131,262
1963	52,956	133,781
1964	59,050	147,299
1965	56,222	155,398
1966	53,854	164,091
1967	52,128	173,637
1968	47,328	182,518
1969	44,182	196,305
1970	42,648	207,613
1971	38,523	219,095
1972	35,061	229,322
1973	30,906	240,235
1974	27,902	252,737
1975	22,820	266,815
1976	17,017	281,078
1977	16,959	296,115
1978	13,820	312,439
1979	14,477	336,378
1980	14,535	355,767
1981	13,979	374,482
1982	15,339	392,302
1983	12,837	414,823
1984	16,105	434,674
1985	14,882	455,576
1986	16,261	464,665
1987	15,708	493,337
1988	21,099	513,296
1989	19,941	530,464
1990	20,146	549,654
1991	23,800	565,837
1992	24,064	582,072
1993	21,509	595,459
1994	20,982	602,363
1995	19,010	607,966
1996	19,801	588,786
1997	17,722	604,443
1998	16,353	615,488
1999	16,431	633,166
2000	15,806	646,694
2001	10,845	658,704
2002	10,199	672,494
2003	8,807	694,457
2004	13,302	710,493
2005	11,899	726,708
2006	12,723	750,082
2007	13,592	764,780
2008	15,295	779,123
2009	15,487	798,911
2010	17,997	803,246
2011	18,990	806,359
2012	18,393	845,645
2013	17,797	884,929
2014	21,290	920,330
2015	19,050	939,922
2016	22,608	975,697
2017	20,284	1,006,725
2018	20,434	1,020,238
2019	18,008	1,056,432
2020	9,502	1,086,322
2021	18,279	1,103,622
2022	7,899	1,153,375
2023	7,999	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Yemen
1985	15	430
1986	14	430
1987	14	400
1988	15	388
1989	14	371
1990	14	359
1991	14	341
1992	13	330
1993	13	319
1994	12	311
1995	12	296
1996	11	282
1997	10	271
1998	10	260
1999	9	250
2000	9	241
2001	8	231
2002	9	218
2003	8	205
2004	8	194
2005	8	181
2006	8	171
2007	7	161
2008	7	153
2009	7	149
2010	7	144
2011	7	140
2012	7	137
2013	7	135
2014	6	134
2015	6	135
2016	7	134
2017	6	142
2018	6	134
2019	6	131
2020	5	135
2021	4	156
2022	4	125
2023	5	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	2.65%	42.9%
1961	2.6%	42.2%
1962	2.53%	41.5%
1963	2.45%	40.8%
1964	2.36%	40%
1965	2.26%	39%
1966	2.16%	38%
1967	2.07%	36.8%
1968	1.99%	35.6%
1969	1.92%	34.3%
1970	1.84%	33%
1971	1.76%	31.8%
1972	1.67%	30.6%
1973	1.57%	29.5%
1974	1.48%	28.4%
1975	1.38%	27.2%
1976	1.29%	26%
1977	1.21%	24.7%
1978	1.14%	23.4%
1979	1.09%	22.1%
1980	1.04%	20.8%
1981	1%	19.6%
1982	0.97%	18.4%
1983	0.94%	17.2%
1984	0.92%	16.2%
1985	0.9%	15.3%
1986	0.89%	14.6%
1987	0.88%	14%
1988	0.86%	13.4%
1989	0.84%	12.9%
1990	0.82%	12.5%
1991	0.78%	12.1%
1992	0.75%	11.8%
1993	0.71%	11.6%
1994	0.67%	11.3%
1995	0.64%	11.1%
1996	0.62%	10.8%
1997	0.6%	10.5%
1998	0.58%	10.2%
1999	0.57%	9.77%
2000	0.56%	9.32%
2001	0.55%	8.84%
2002	0.54%	8.36%
2003	0.53%	7.9%
2004	0.52%	7.47%
2005	0.51%	7.06%
2006	0.49%	6.68%
2007	0.48%	6.33%
2008	0.47%	6.02%
2009	0.46%	5.74%
2010	0.46%	5.49%
2011	0.45%	5.3%
2012	0.44%	5.14%
2013	0.44%	4.95%
2014	0.43%	4.84%
2015	0.43%	4.9%
2016	0.42%	4.77%
2017	0.41%	4.66%
2018	0.41%	4.7%
2019	0.4%	4.59%
2020	0.4%	4.32%
2021	0.4%	4.24%
2022	0.4%	4.08%
2023	0.39%	3.93%