Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision

Switzerland Population (LIVE)

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Switzerland Population (1950 - 2023)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Switzerland is 8,810,878 as of Wednesday, October 4, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data ¹.
Switzerland 2023 population is estimated at 8,796,669 people at mid year.
Switzerland population is equivalent to 0.11% of the total world population.
Switzerland ranks number 101 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Switzerland is 223 per Km² (577 people per mi²).
The total land area is 39,516 Km2 (15,257 sq. miles)
74.6 % of the population is urban (6,563,981 people in 2023)
The median age in Switzerland is 42.3 years.

1. Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Switzerland (2023 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Switzerland Global Rank
2023	8,796,669	0.64 %	56,197	39,998	42.3	1.50	223	74.6 %	6,563,981	0.11 %	8,045,311,447	101
2022	8,740,472	0.56 %	49,066	39,998	42.1	1.50	221	74.5 %	6,512,319	0.11 %	7,975,105,156	101
2020	8,638,613	0.73 %	63,025	53,786	41.7	1.49	219	74.2 %	6,408,840	0.11 %	7,840,952,880	100
2015	8,281,732	1.15 %	91,859	71,488	41.2	1.54	210	74.1 %	6,133,126	0.11 %	7,426,597,537	99
2010	7,822,435	1.04 %	78,800	75,604	40.5	1.52	198	73.7 %	5,764,887	0.11 %	6,985,603,105	96
2005	7,428,435	0.68 %	49,275	32,421	39.2	1.42	188	73.3 %	5,444,962	0.11 %	6,558,176,119	96
2000	7,182,059	0.41 %	28,752	24,066	37.6	1.49	182	73.2 %	5,259,555	0.12 %	6,148,898,975	93
1995	7,038,297	0.95 %	65,321	24,956	36.3	1.48	178	73.4 %	5,169,422	0.12 %	5,743,219,454	91
1990	6,711,693	0.74 %	48,374	58,538	35.9	1.58	170	73.5 %	4,934,467	0.13 %	5,316,175,862	91
1985	6,469,824	0.47 %	30,142	14,005	35.1	1.52	164	74.1 %	4,792,236	0.13 %	4,861,730,613	87
1980	6,319,113	-0.06 %	-3,831	17,242	33.8	1.55	160	74.3 %	4,694,767	0.14 %	4,444,007,706	81
1975	6,338,267	0.50 %	31,408	-58,461	32.0	1.62	160	74.4 %	4,716,811	0.16 %	4,069,437,231	77
1970	6,181,227	1.08 %	64,836	-18,454	30.9	2.10	156	73.7 %	4,555,620	0.17 %	3,695,390,336	72
1965	5,857,047	1.91 %	105,755	-1,040	30.5	2.58	148	72.1 %	4,221,894	0.18 %	3,337,111,983	69
1960	5,328,273	1.27 %	65,173	22,356	31.6	2.44	135	70.5 %	3,756,214	0.18 %	3,019,233,434	71
1955	5,002,410	1.29 %	61,954	28,847	31.9	2.30	127	68.7 %	3,436,960	0.18 %	2,746,072,141	69

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Switzerland Population Forecast

39,998

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Switzerland Global Rank
2025	8,904,610	0.61 %	53,199	39,998	42.9	1.51	225	74.9 %	6,668,094	0.11 %	8,191,988,453	102
2030	9,143,698	0.53 %	47,818	39,998	44.2	1.54	231	75.9 %	6,936,679	0.11 %	8,546,141,327	101
2035	9,335,953	0.42 %	38,451	39,998	45.5	1.55	236	77.2 %	7,208,494	0.11 %	8,879,397,401	100
2040	9,496,104	0.34 %	32,030	39,998	46.7	1.56	240	78.8 %	7,485,722	0.10 %	9,188,250,492	99
2045	9,636,489	0.29 %	28,077	39,998	47.5	1.57	244	80.6 %	7,769,235	0.10 %	9,467,543,575	98
2050	9,753,753	0.24 %	23,453		47.7	1.59	247	82.4 %	8,038,235	0.10 %	9,709,491,761	100

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Switzerland Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Switzerland

Life Expectancy

84.38 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

3.0

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

3.5

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in Switzerland

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Zurich	341,730
2	Geneve	183,981
3	Basel	164,488
4	Bern	121,631
5	Lausanne	116,751
6	Winterthur	91,908
7	Sankt Gallen	70,572
8	Lugano	63,000
9	Luzern	57,066
10	Zuerich (Kreis 11)	54,260
11	Biel/Bienne	48,614
12	Zuerich (Kreis 3)	46,018
13	Zuerich (Kreis 9)	44,878
14	Thun	42,136
15	Koniz	37,196
16	La Chaux-de-Fonds	36,825
17	Zuerich (Kreis 10)	36,216
18	Rapperswil	34,776
19	Schaffhausen	33,863
20	Zuerich (Kreis 7)	33,820
21	Fribourg	32,827
22	Chur	32,429
23	Neuchatel	31,270
24	Vernier	30,086
25	Zuerich (Kreis 6)	29,951
26	Zuerich (Kreis 2)	29,215
27	Zuerich (Kreis 9) / Altstetten	28,307
28	Zuerich (Kreis 12)	28,189
29	Sitten	28,045
30	Lancy	27,291
31	Zuerich (Kreis 4) / Aussersihl	27,273
32	Emmen	26,889
33	Kriens	25,010
34	Yverdon-les-Bains	23,702
35	Zug	23,435
36	Uster	23,279
37	Montreux	22,897
38	Frauenfeld	21,979
39	Zuerich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld	20,977
40	Dietikon	20,893
41	Baar	20,546
42	Zuerich (Kreis 6) / Unterstrass	20,045
43	Riehen	20,000
44	Dubendorf	19,882
45	Meyrin	19,772
46	Carouge	19,344
47	Wettingen	18,191
48	Allschwil	18,189
49	Zuerich (Kreis 11) / Oerlikon	17,922
50	Zuerich (Kreis 11) / Seebach	17,851
51	Renens	17,811
52	Kreuzlingen	17,655
52	Jona	17,655
53	Onex	17,302
54	Zuerich (Kreis 11) / Affoltern	17,241
55	Zuerich (Kreis 10) / Hoengg	17,117
56	Gossau	17,043
57	Muttenz	16,927
58	Wil	16,808
59	Nyon	16,797
60	Bellinzona	16,572
61	Zuerich (Kreis 9) / Albisrieden	16,480
62	Olten	16,411
63	Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)	16,356
64	Kloten	16,289
65	Pully	16,263
66	Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1)	16,182
67	Littau	16,121
68	Baden	16,118
69	Zuerich (Kreis 2) / Wollishofen	16,073

Notes

The Switzerland Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Switzerland delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Switzerland (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Switzerland in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.