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How many babies are born in Switzerland?

80.6 thousand babies born in Switzerland in 2026. That is 0.06% of all births worldwide, and the 115th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Switzerland: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Switzerland’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~12K ~300K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~12K ~300K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~34K ~800K 42.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~52.5K ~1.75M 30.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~94.3K ~3.3M 28.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 84.4K 4.69M 18.0 UN estimate
2000 77.4K 7.18M 10.8 UN estimate
2023 83.7K 8.87M 9.4 UN estimate
2026 80.6K 9.01M 9.0 UN projection
2050 81.7K 9.34M 8.7 UN projection
2075 78.2K 9.14M 8.6 UN projection
2100 76.9K 9.13M 8.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Switzerland among estimates through 2023 were in 1964, at about 112K. That is roughly 9.4 times the estimated ~11.9K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.45 children per woman, fertility in Switzerland is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Switzerland each year?

An estimated 80.6 thousand babies are born in Switzerland in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 221 a day and 0.06% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Switzerland?

Switzerland has an estimated 9.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.45 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.