Demographics of Switzerland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Switzerland is projected at 0.06 million, up by -0.29% compared with 0.06 million in 2020. Switzerland is ranked 100th in terms of population and 141st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 88.68 thousand births in Switzerland in 2021. That is 243 per day, which is ranked 115th. The crude birth rate is 10.18 per 1000 people. There are 70.74 thousand deaths in Switzerland in 2021. That is 194 per day, which is ranked 94th. The crude death rate is 8.12 per 1000 people.

6.46 million people are living in urban areas, which is 74% of Switzerland population. Switzerland is ranked 90th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Switzerland in 2021 is 98.53 males per 100 females. There are 4.33 million males and 4.39 million females in Switzerland. The percentage of female population is 50.37% compare to 49.63% male population. Switzerland has 64.6 thousand more females than males. Switzerland is at 93rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Switzerland population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	37,256	-
1955	40,709	1.99
1960	44,986	2.03
1965	49,382	1.63
1970	52,565	1.13
1975	55,399	0.94
1980	57,580	0.72
1985	59,594	0.7
1990	61,630	0.63
1995	63,439	0.54
2000	65,017	0.48
2005	66,260	0.16
2010	65,388	-0.44
2015	63,695	-0.54
2016	63,360	-0.53
2017	63,040	-0.51
2018	62,763	-0.44
2019	62,508	-0.41
2020	62,273	-0.38
2021	62,092	-0.29

Total
Crude

Switzerland death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	48,371	82,830	10.25	17.48
1955	49,491	84,583	10.00	17.12
1960	52,143	97,556	9.79	18.30
1965	55,286	107,494	9.57	18.62
1970	57,029	98,690	9.29	16.08
1975	57,197	80,432	9.09	12.77
1980	58,570	72,387	9.26	11.44
1985	60,184	75,557	9.35	11.74
1990	61,812	80,419	9.25	12.04
1995	63,263	81,598	9.10	11.74
2000	62,440	75,958	8.72	10.61
2005	61,098	73,890	8.24	9.97
2010	62,827	79,795	8.03	10.20
2015	66,422	85,756	8.03	10.36
2020	69,854	88,511	8.08	10.23
2021	70,736	88,677	8.12	10.18

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Switzerland

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	3,145,419	1,522,667	-	67.381
1955	3,436,960	1,533,846	1.71	69.143
1960	3,756,214	1,539,904	2.09	70.924
1965	4,221,894	1,608,062	2.16	72.417
1970	4,555,620	1,613,738	1.28	73.843
1975	4,716,811	1,639,374	0.31	74.208
1980	4,694,767	1,608,843	0.03	74.477
1985	4,792,236	1,663,988	0.53	74.227
1990	4,934,467	1,740,423	0.76	73.926
1995	5,169,422	1,849,103	0.75	73.654
2000	5,259,555	1,907,695	0.33	73.383
2005	5,444,962	1,965,346	0.89	73.478
2010	5,764,887	2,067,084	1.26	73.607
2015	6,133,126	2,186,643	1.13	73.718
2020	6,408,840	2,261,695	0.81	73.915
2021	6,460,693	2,270,418	0.81	73.996

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Switzerland population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	231,893	221,560	453,453	5.20	104.664
05-09	225,616	213,830	439,446	5.04	105.512
10-14	213,234	202,751	415,985	4.77	105.170
15-19	217,044	208,813	425,857	4.89	103.942
20-24	243,057	235,019	478,076	5.49	103.420
25-29	278,277	270,773	549,050	6.30	102.771
30-34	300,256	294,176	594,432	6.82	102.067
35-39	314,537	311,805	626,342	7.19	100.876
40-44	291,511	288,083	579,594	6.65	101.190
45-49	293,553	290,613	584,166	6.70	101.012
50-54	336,281	329,971	666,252	7.64	101.912
55-59	330,699	326,367	657,066	7.54	101.327
60-64	280,682	275,504	556,186	6.38	101.879
65-69	220,922	229,191	450,113	5.16	96.392
70-74	202,726	220,208	422,934	4.85	92.061
75-79	158,094	184,326	342,420	3.93	85.769
80-84	101,954	133,808	235,762	2.71	76.194
85-89	57,472	89,521	146,993	1.69	64.199
90-94	22,694	48,652	71,346	0.82	46.646
95-99	4,617	13,636	18,253	0.21	33.859
100+	328	1,440	1,768	0.02	22.778
Total	4,325,447	4,390,047	8,715,494		98.528