Fertility & birth rates in Switzerland and Zambia

Fertility rate in Switzerland vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Switzerland vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	2.44	6.95
1961	2.52	6.98
1962	2.58	7.01
1963	2.65	7.06
1964	2.66	7.09
1965	2.59	7.12
1966	2.5	7.14
1967	2.39	7.15
1968	2.29	7.18
1969	2.19	7.18
1970	2.1	7.22
1971	2.04	7.26
1972	1.91	7.3
1973	1.81	7.34
1974	1.73	7.36
1975	1.61	7.42
1976	1.55	7.39
1977	1.53	7.35
1978	1.51	7.29
1979	1.52	7.22
1980	1.55	7.14
1981	1.55	7.07
1982	1.56	7.04
1983	1.52	7.01
1984	1.53	6.97
1985	1.52	6.93
1986	1.53	6.87
1987	1.52	6.8
1988	1.57	6.7
1989	1.56	6.64
1990	1.58	6.57
1991	1.58	6.46
1992	1.58	6.35
1993	1.51	6.3
1994	1.49	6.26
1995	1.48	6.23
1996	1.5	6.18
1997	1.48	6.12
1998	1.47	6.07
1999	1.48	6
2000	1.5	5.92
2001	1.38	5.85
2002	1.39	5.77
2003	1.39	5.71
2004	1.42	5.7
2005	1.42	5.7
2006	1.44	5.68
2007	1.46	5.61
2008	1.48	5.53
2009	1.5	5.45
2010	1.52	5.36
2011	1.52	5.26
2012	1.52	5.14
2013	1.52	5.01
2014	1.54	4.89
2015	1.54	4.78
2016	1.54	4.67
2017	1.52	4.57
2018	1.52	4.49
2019	1.48	4.42
2020	1.46	4.32
2021	1.52	4.25
2022	1.39	4.18
2023	1.33	4.1
2024	1.33	4.04
2025	1.34	3.97
2026	1.34	3.91
2027	1.35	3.85
2028	1.35	3.77
2029	1.35	3.72
2030	1.35	3.67
2031	1.36	3.61
2032	1.36	3.56
2033	1.37	3.5
2034	1.37	3.45
2035	1.37	3.4
2036	1.38	3.35
2037	1.38	3.3
2038	1.38	3.25
2039	1.38	3.19
2040	1.39	3.15
2041	1.39	3.11
2042	1.39	3.07
2043	1.4	3.03
2044	1.4	3
2045	1.4	2.96
2046	1.4	2.93
2047	1.41	2.9
2048	1.41	2.87
2049	1.41	2.84
2050	1.41	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Switzerland	Zambia
1960	24%	46%
1961	24%	46.2%
1962	24.1%	46.3%
1963	24.1%	46.5%
1964	24.1%	46.7%
1965	24.1%	46.9%
1966	24.2%	46.9%
1967	24.1%	47%
1968	24%	47.1%
1969	23.8%	47.2%
1970	23.8%	47.4%
1971	23.7%	47.7%
1972	23.5%	48%
1973	23.2%	48.3%
1974	22.8%	48.6%
1975	22.4%	48.8%
1976	22%	49.1%
1977	21.4%	49.2%
1978	20.9%	49.4%
1979	20.3%	49.5%
1980	19.7%	49.5%
1981	19.2%	49.4%
1982	18.8%	49.3%
1983	18.3%	49.1%
1984	18%	49%
1985	17.6%	48.9%
1986	17.4%	48.8%
1987	17.2%	48.7%
1988	17.1%	48.6%
1989	17%	48.5%
1990	17.1%	48.4%
1991	17.2%	48.3%
1992	17.3%	48.2%
1993	17.5%	48.2%
1994	17.6%	48.2%
1995	17.6%	48.2%
1996	17.7%	48.2%
1997	17.6%	48.2%
1998	17.6%	48.2%
1999	17.5%	48.1%
2000	17.4%	48%
2001	17.1%	47.8%
2002	16.8%	47.6%
2003	16.6%	47.4%
2004	16.4%	47.3%
2005	16.1%	47.1%
2006	15.9%	47%
2007	15.6%	46.8%
2008	15.4%	46.6%
2009	15.3%	46.4%
2010	15.2%	46.3%
2011	15.1%	46.1%
2012	15%	45.9%
2013	14.9%	45.7%
2014	14.9%	45.5%
2015	14.9%	45.2%
2016	14.9%	44.9%
2017	14.9%	44.5%
2018	15%	44.1%
2019	15%	43.8%
2020	15.1%	43.3%
2021	15.1%	42.9%
2022	15.1%	42.4%
2023	15%	42%
2024	15%	41.5%
2025	14.9%	41%
2026	14.8%	40.5%
2027	14.7%	40%
2028	14.6%	39.6%
2029	14.5%	39.2%
2030	14.3%	38.8%
2031	14.1%	38.5%
2032	14%	38.1%
2033	13.8%	37.8%
2034	13.6%	37.5%
2035	13.5%	37.1%
2036	13.3%	36.8%
2037	13.2%	36.5%
2038	13.1%	36.1%
2039	13%	35.8%
2040	12.9%	35.4%
2041	12.8%	35.1%
2042	12.8%	34.7%
2043	12.7%	34.4%
2044	12.8%	34%
2045	12.8%	33.7%
2046	12.8%	33.3%
2047	12.9%	33%
2048	12.9%	32.6%
2049	13%	32.3%
2050	13.1%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in Switzerland and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Switzerland and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Switzerland vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in Switzerland and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	42,090	102,335
1961	48,365	106,318
1962	49,050	110,173
1963	52,956	114,555
1964	59,050	117,197
1965	56,222	122,814
1966	53,854	127,164
1967	52,128	131,938
1968	47,328	137,315
1969	44,182	142,660
1970	42,648	149,380
1971	38,523	155,249
1972	35,061	161,648
1973	30,906	168,258
1974	27,902	174,484
1975	22,820	182,258
1976	17,017	186,762
1977	16,959	191,557
1978	13,820	194,933
1979	14,477	197,578
1980	14,535	198,817
1981	13,979	202,822
1982	15,339	207,621
1983	12,837	212,712
1984	16,105	216,695
1985	14,882	221,351
1986	16,261	224,768
1987	15,708	227,813
1988	21,099	230,118
1989	19,941	233,429
1990	20,146	235,835
1991	23,800	237,957
1992	24,064	239,953
1993	21,509	245,917
1994	20,982	252,023
1995	19,010	257,897
1996	19,801	262,468
1997	17,722	268,198
1998	16,353	275,568
1999	16,431	283,297
2000	15,806	293,186
2001	10,845	302,682
2002	10,199	316,041
2003	8,807	331,189
2004	13,302	349,352
2005	11,899	368,756
2006	12,723	387,891
2007	13,592	403,729
2008	15,295	419,560
2009	15,487	434,458
2010	17,997	448,337
2011	18,990	459,743
2012	18,393	469,406
2013	17,797	476,846
2014	21,290	483,663
2015	19,050	491,021
2016	22,608	497,521
2017	20,284	504,630
2018	20,434	515,644
2019	18,008	528,089
2020	9,502	536,484
2021	18,279	535,629
2022	7,899	563,456
2023	7,999	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Switzerland vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Switzerland	Zambia
1985	15	596
1986	14	619
1987	14	630
1988	15	635
1989	14	635
1990	14	625
1991	14	611
1992	13	581
1993	13	532
1994	12	507
1995	12	466
1996	11	433
1997	10	403
1998	10	392
1999	9	378
2000	9	340
2001	8	306
2002	9	274
2003	8	250
2004	8	260
2005	8	264
2006	8	262
2007	7	324
2008	7	394
2009	7	406
2010	7	332
2011	7	291
2012	7	256
2013	7	213
2014	6	174
2015	6	154
2016	7	158
2017	6	141
2018	6	117
2019	6	103
2020	5	99
2021	4	140
2022	4	89
2023	5	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.39% in Switzerland and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	2.65%	20.5%
1961	2.6%	20.1%
1962	2.53%	19.8%
1963	2.45%	19.5%
1964	2.36%	19.2%
1965	2.26%	19%
1966	2.16%	18.9%
1967	2.07%	18.7%
1968	1.99%	18.5%
1969	1.92%	18.3%
1970	1.84%	17.9%
1971	1.76%	17.4%
1972	1.67%	16.9%
1973	1.57%	16.3%
1974	1.48%	15.9%
1975	1.38%	15.5%
1976	1.29%	15.4%
1977	1.21%	15.3%
1978	1.14%	15.3%
1979	1.09%	15.4%
1980	1.04%	15.5%
1981	1%	15.6%
1982	0.97%	15.7%
1983	0.94%	15.9%
1984	0.92%	16.2%
1985	0.9%	16.6%
1986	0.89%	17%
1987	0.88%	17.3%
1988	0.86%	17.7%
1989	0.84%	17.9%
1990	0.82%	18.1%
1991	0.78%	18.1%
1992	0.75%	18.1%
1993	0.71%	17.9%
1994	0.67%	17.7%
1995	0.64%	17.3%
1996	0.62%	17%
1997	0.6%	16.7%
1998	0.58%	16.3%
1999	0.57%	15.9%
2000	0.56%	15.3%
2001	0.55%	14.4%
2002	0.54%	13.4%
2003	0.53%	12.4%
2004	0.52%	11.4%
2005	0.51%	10.5%
2006	0.49%	9.71%
2007	0.48%	9.14%
2008	0.47%	8.62%
2009	0.46%	8%
2010	0.46%	7.57%
2011	0.45%	7.31%
2012	0.44%	7.04%
2013	0.44%	6.72%
2014	0.43%	6.38%
2015	0.43%	6.15%
2016	0.42%	5.9%
2017	0.41%	5.61%
2018	0.41%	5.52%
2019	0.4%	5.41%
2020	0.4%	5.24%
2021	0.4%	4.92%
2022	0.4%	4.67%
2023	0.39%	4.47%