Switzerland fertility falls to record low

As a rat with a degree in jumping from sinking ships, I’d give the idea of abandoning the sinking ship careful consideration.

I do, but I procrastinate, so it may be some time before a decision is made.

Could be interesting to do a pyramid based on ones religion.

So will AI contribute it’s earnings to social security to keep all these old people alive and in the lifestyle they’ve become accustomed to?

Women seem to be having a problem finding a real man.

But you are a cat, what do you know?

A (non-disclosed-country-member) told me that when travelling in train he knew that he was in Switzerland when the cows were more beautiful then the women.

But that was even worse than what you said! And man, how did it change!

Strewth mate, Rod Ansell must be turning in his grave. The poofters have taken over Sydney. The Kiwis own the breweries. Woke everywhere.

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Edit: replaced the chart copied from the Interwebs by a chart created in Docs based on the linked data.

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@Your_Full_Name could you get me the 2nd derivative? I want to see the saddle points…

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The chart makes the assumption that Geneva, Neuchatel and Valais were part of Switzerland since 1800. So, the data may be reliable or AI hallucination :slight_smile:

The chart doesn’t make the assumption, but the provider of the data – the Federal Statistical Office – does. They say in the above linked source:

1861-1969: retrospective calculations of the FSO (based on the census and BEVNAT); 1970-2010: ESPOP; since 2011: STATPOP.

Maybe you have more official numbers. :wink:


Edit: Oh, I maybe understand your point now: the chart was going back to 1800 while the data only goes back to 1860 or so. I updated the chart above. Doesn’t look much different, though …

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My second derivative is currently a short put: BIPC OCT26 30P

I’ll see myself out …

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that is more interesting, thanks!!! :slight_smile: too bad the latest data (2000 - 2025) is not available… that’s when things have changed, for what I understand.

With new raw data provided, I can compare the extracted rate estimated from chart vs the raw data:

now I’m curious. I can see the impact of the 1st & 2nd WW. But, what happened in ;1960 & 1975?

1975: the pill?

Wasn’t there a big influx of Italians coming to live and work in Switzerland during the 60s?

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Oil crisis.

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I think the pill was earlier than that.