Birth rate in Switzerland hits all-time low  

The number of children per woman in Switzerland reached an all-time low in 2023 at 1.33, below even the 2022 level of 1.39. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. A total of 80,000 children were born in Switzerland last year, 2.8% fewer than in the previous year following a decline in births among both Swiss mothers and those with foreign nationality. However, the decline was higher among Swiss women at 4.2% than among women with foreign nationality (-0.8%), the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) announced on Thursday, confirming the definitive figures of its population statistics published in April. + How you view the issue of low birth rates in Switzerland A total of 56,100 children of Swiss nationality were born, and 23,900 with foreign nationality, meaning in total 2,300 fewer babies were born last year than in the previous year. This confirmed a downward trend seen since 2021. In 2022, however, the decline was much greater, with 7,300 fewer babies, or 8.1%.