1. FertilitySwitzerland

   Switzerland: almost every second baby has a mother born abroad

   Native-born mothersForeign-born mothers

   In 2024 mothers born in the country had 1.22 children each, mothers born abroad 1.50, the country overall 1.29. Babies of foreign-born mothers: 45% (45% in 2015). In 2015 the UN expected 1.62 for 2020–2025. Fertility by mother's birthplace: Macroscope's calculation from Eurostat data.

   Source: Eurostat: EUROPOP projections (2013 and 2015: Internet Archive copies of Eurostat files) and statisticsOpen on the chart →

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