1. FertilitySwitzerland

   Switzerland: fertility has been falling since 2017, from 1.52 to 1.28 children per woman

   Before 2017 it barely changed; since then it has fallen by about 0.03 a year. Latest data: 2025.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

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• Switzerland: women outlive men but have 4.2 fewer healthy years
• Switzerland and Italy: 19% and 65% of adults read no book in a year; adult literacy scores 266 and 246
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• Pledges to resettle refugees in five countries and the EU: 25% to 126% of the promised number by the deadline
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• Switzerland: in 2020–2023 net migration was higher than all 12 UN projections assumed

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