Liechtenstein vs Switzerland: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.54 births per woman in Liechtenstein and 1.43 births per woman in Switzerland, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Liechtenstein, by 0.1 births per woman, or 1.07 times that in Switzerland.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Liechtenstein has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
In 2023, Liechtenstein ranked 155 and Switzerland ranked 180 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Liechtenstein at 1.59 births per woman and Switzerland at 1.58 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Liechtenstein	Switzerland	World
2023	1.54	1.43	2.25
2022	1.53	1.4	2.27
2021	1.52	1.53	2.29
2020	1.46	1.47	2.32
2019	1.48	1.48	2.4
2018	1.56	1.51	2.44
2017	1.46	1.52	2.5
2016	1.59	1.54	2.54
2015	1.43	1.54	2.54
2014	1.57	1.53	2.56
2013	1.46	1.51	2.57
2012	1.51	1.52	2.61
2011	1.66	1.51	2.59
2010	1.44	1.52	2.6
2009	1.68	1.49	2.62
2008	1.44	1.48	2.63
2007	1.42	1.45	2.62
2006	1.43	1.43	2.63
2005	1.49	1.42	2.63
2004	1.44	1.41	2.65
2003	1.37	1.38	2.66
2002	1.47	1.38	2.68
2001	1.52	1.39	2.71
2000	1.57	1.49	2.75
1999	1.6	1.48	2.75
1998	1.59	1.47	2.78
1997	1.57	1.48	2.81
1996	1.52	1.5	2.85
1995	1.44	1.48	2.89
1994	1.44	1.49	2.93
1993	1.45	1.51	2.98
1992	1.48	1.57	3.04
1991	1.5	1.58	3.13
1990	1.5	1.58	3.31
1989	1.5	1.56	3.35
1988	1.5	1.56	3.39
1987	1.5	1.52	3.48
1986	1.48	1.53	3.5
1985	1.5	1.51	3.51
1984	1.51	1.52	3.55
1983	1.53	1.52	3.58
1982	1.61	1.55	3.71
1981	1.69	1.54	3.71
1980	1.7	1.55	3.74
1979	1.67	1.52	3.77
1978	1.9	1.51	3.79
1977	1.92	1.53	3.85
1976	1.91	1.55	3.97
1975	1.9	1.61	4.08
1974	1.9	1.73	4.26
1973	1.94	1.81	4.42
1972	1.98	1.91	4.55
1971	2.03	2.04	4.68
1970	2.09	2.1	4.83
1969	2.14	2.19	4.87
1968	2.22	2.29	4.96
1967	2.48	2.39	4.85
1966	2.78	2.5	4.96
1965	2.96	2.59	5.07
1964	2.92	2.65	5.12
1963	2.85	2.65	5.31
1962	2.8	2.58	5.02
1961	2.78	2.52	4.57
1960	2.78	2.44	4.7
1959	2.79	2.42	4.74
1958	2.8	2.41	4.93
1957	2.76	2.41	5.07
1956	2.73	2.36	4.93
1955	2.7	2.31	5
1954	2.7	2.29	5
1953	2.72	2.29	4.92
1952	2.74	2.32	5
1951	2.77	2.31	4.82
1950	2.71	2.4	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Liechtenstein	Switzerland	World
2024	1.541.36–1.71	1.441.29–1.59	2.25
2025	1.541.34–1.74	1.441.26–1.62	2.24
2026	1.541.32–1.76	1.451.24–1.65	2.23
2027	1.541.29–1.79	1.451.22–1.68	2.22
2028	1.541.28–1.81	1.451.21–1.7	2.21
2029	1.551.27–1.83	1.451.2–1.7	2.2
2030	1.551.24–1.85	1.461.18–1.73	2.2
2031	1.551.23–1.87	1.471.18–1.76	2.19
2032	1.551.22–1.88	1.471.17–1.77	2.18
2033	1.541.2–1.88	1.471.16–1.78	2.17
2034	1.551.17–1.9	1.481.15–1.79	2.16
2035	1.551.15–1.9	1.481.13–1.8	2.15
2036	1.551.16–1.9	1.481.12–1.82	2.15
2037	1.551.16–1.92	1.491.12–1.83	2.14
2038	1.551.14–1.93	1.491.11–1.83	2.13
2039	1.551.13–1.94	1.491.1–1.86	2.13
2040	1.551.11–1.95	1.491.09–1.86	2.13
2041	1.551.11–1.95	1.51.08–1.87	2.12
2042	1.551.11–1.98	1.51.08–1.88	2.12
2043	1.561.09–1.99	1.511.08–1.89	2.12
2044	1.561.09–2	1.511.09–1.9	2.12
2045	1.561.1–2.02	1.511.08–1.91	2.12
2046	1.561.07–2.02	1.511.07–1.93	2.11
2047	1.561.09–2.03	1.521.07–1.92	2.11
2048	1.561.07–2.03	1.521.06–1.93	2.11
2049	1.561.06–2.05	1.521.04–1.95	2.1
2050	1.561.05–2.06	1.521.04–1.97	2.1
2051	1.561.05–2.05	1.531.03–1.97	2.09
2052	1.561.04–2.06	1.531.03–1.98	2.09
2053	1.561.03–2.05	1.531.01–1.98	2.08
2054	1.561.03–2.05	1.531.01–2	2.07
2055	1.571.01–2.08	1.531–2	2.07
2056	1.571.01–2.1	1.531–1.99	2.06
2057	1.571.03–2.1	1.531.01–1.99	2.05
2058	1.571.02–2.1	1.531–2	2.04
2059	1.571.03–2.1	1.531–1.99	2.04
2060	1.571.01–2.11	1.531–2	2.03
2061	1.571–2.11	1.531–2	2.02
2062	1.571–2.11	1.541–2.01	2.02
2063	1.570.99–2.11	1.541.02–2.01	2.01
2064	1.570.97–2.12	1.541–2.03	2
2065	1.570.98–2.12	1.541–2.02	2
2066	1.570.98–2.12	1.540.98–2.02	1.99
2067	1.570.98–2.15	1.540.98–2.02	1.98
2068	1.570.98–2.15	1.550.99–2.03	1.98
2069	1.580.98–2.15	1.540.98–2.04	1.97
2070	1.580.97–2.17	1.550.98–2.06	1.97
2071	1.580.97–2.14	1.550.99–2.06	1.96
2072	1.580.96–2.14	1.550.97–2.06	1.96
2073	1.580.97–2.18	1.550.96–2.07	1.95
2074	1.580.96–2.15	1.550.96–2.08	1.95
2075	1.580.95–2.15	1.550.96–2.08	1.94
2076	1.580.94–2.16	1.550.95–2.09	1.94
2077	1.580.94–2.15	1.560.97–2.08	1.94
2078	1.580.95–2.16	1.560.95–2.1	1.93
2079	1.580.94–2.17	1.560.95–2.09	1.93
2080	1.580.93–2.2	1.560.94–2.08	1.92
2081	1.580.92–2.19	1.560.93–2.09	1.92
2082	1.580.92–2.2	1.560.94–2.07	1.91
2083	1.580.92–2.19	1.560.94–2.08	1.91
2084	1.580.92–2.19	1.560.95–2.09	1.91
2085	1.580.92–2.19	1.560.95–2.1	1.9
2086	1.580.92–2.19	1.560.95–2.1	1.9
2087	1.580.88–2.18	1.570.95–2.1	1.89
2088	1.580.9–2.17	1.570.95–2.12	1.89
2089	1.580.91–2.21	1.570.95–2.12	1.88
2090	1.580.91–2.2	1.570.94–2.11	1.88
2091	1.580.9–2.2	1.570.95–2.11	1.88
2092	1.590.9–2.22	1.570.94–2.11	1.87
2093	1.590.89–2.22	1.570.94–2.11	1.87
2094	1.590.88–2.23	1.570.94–2.13	1.86
2095	1.590.89–2.24	1.570.94–2.13	1.86
2096	1.590.88–2.25	1.570.91–2.14	1.85
2097	1.590.88–2.22	1.570.91–2.14	1.85
2098	1.590.89–2.23	1.580.92–2.15	1.85
2099	1.590.89–2.23	1.580.92–2.15	1.84
2100	1.590.88–2.21	1.580.93–2.16	1.84

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The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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