Population of Switzerland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	13 Oct 2024

The current population of Switzerland is 8,964,681 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Switzerland is projected at 8,921,981, or 8.92 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Switzerland is projected at 8,870,561, or 8.87 million people for the year 2023.

Switzerland ranks 101st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Switzerland is ranked 19th among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Switzerland population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	8,898,069	8,921,981	47,824	0.536	0.11
2025	8,945,893	8,967,407	43,029	0.480	0.11
2026	8,988,922	9,007,798	37,752	0.419	0.11
2027	9,026,674	9,043,906	34,463	0.381	0.11
2028	9,061,137	9,076,513	30,752	0.339	0.11
2029	9,091,889	9,104,953	26,129	0.287	0.11
2030	9,118,018	9,130,292	24,549	0.269	0.11
2031	9,142,567	9,154,022	22,910	0.250	0.11
2032	9,165,477	9,174,696	18,438	0.201	0.11
2033	9,183,915	9,192,399	16,968	0.185	0.10
2034	9,200,883	9,209,209	16,651	0.181	0.10
2035	9,217,534	9,224,225	13,382	0.145	0.10
2036	9,230,916	9,236,747	11,663	0.126	0.10
2037	9,242,579	9,247,903	10,647	0.115	0.10
2038	9,253,226	9,257,649	8,847	0.096	0.10
2039	9,262,073	9,266,361	8,575	0.093	0.10
2040	9,270,648	9,276,178	11,061	0.119	0.10
2041	9,281,709	9,285,143	6,868	0.074	0.10
2042	9,288,577	9,293,495	9,836	0.106	0.10
2043	9,298,413	9,302,064	7,301	0.078	0.10
2044	9,305,714	9,309,174	6,919	0.074	0.10
2045	9,312,633	9,315,498	5,730	0.062	0.10
2046	9,318,363	9,321,380	6,034	0.065	0.10
2047	9,324,397	9,327,870	6,946	0.074	0.10
2048	9,331,343	9,334,798	6,909	0.074	0.10
2049	9,338,252	9,339,962	3,420	0.037	0.10
2050	9,341,672	9,342,586	1,828	0.020	0.10
2051	9,343,500	9,343,512	23	0.000	0.10
2052	9,343,523	9,343,509	-28	0.000	0.10
2053	9,343,495	9,340,965	-5,060	-0.054	0.10
2054	9,338,435	9,334,790	-7,290	-0.078	0.10
2055	9,331,145	9,326,971	-8,348	-0.090	0.09
2056	9,322,797	9,319,226	-7,143	-0.077	0.09
2057	9,315,654	9,312,862	-5,585	-0.060	0.09
2058	9,310,069	9,305,960	-8,219	-0.088	0.09
2059	9,301,850	9,296,751	-10,198	-0.110	0.09
2060	9,291,652	9,287,263	-8,778	-0.095	0.09
2061	9,282,874	9,277,056	-11,637	-0.125	0.09
2062	9,271,237	9,265,893	-10,688	-0.115	0.09
2063	9,260,549	9,255,594	-9,909	-0.107	0.09
2064	9,250,640	9,245,239	-10,801	-0.117	0.09
2065	9,239,839	9,233,898	-11,882	-0.129	0.09
2066	9,227,957	9,222,169	-11,575	-0.126	0.09
2067	9,216,382	9,212,724	-7,317	-0.079	0.09
2068	9,209,065	9,204,915	-8,300	-0.090	0.09
2069	9,200,765	9,196,767	-7,995	-0.087	0.09
2070	9,192,770	9,187,370	-10,800	-0.118	0.09
2071	9,181,970	9,177,164	-9,612	-0.105	0.09
2072	9,172,358	9,168,531	-7,653	-0.083	0.09
2073	9,164,705	9,160,266	-8,877	-0.097	0.09
2074	9,155,828	9,150,541	-10,574	-0.116	0.09
2075	9,145,254	9,142,534	-5,439	-0.059	0.09
2076	9,139,815	9,137,371	-4,889	-0.054	0.09
2077	9,134,926	9,131,146	-7,560	-0.083	0.09
2078	9,127,366	9,124,041	-6,649	-0.073	0.09
2079	9,120,717	9,117,039	-7,356	-0.081	0.09
2080	9,113,361	9,110,194	-6,333	-0.070	0.09
2081	9,107,028	9,103,881	-6,294	-0.069	0.09
2082	9,100,734	9,097,875	-5,718	-0.063	0.09
2083	9,095,016	9,092,583	-4,866	-0.054	0.09
2084	9,090,150	9,088,048	-4,205	-0.046	0.09
2085	9,085,945	9,083,853	-4,183	-0.046	0.09
2086	9,081,762	9,080,907	-1,710	-0.019	0.09
2087	9,080,052	9,080,219	335	0.004	0.09
2088	9,080,387	9,079,721	-1,332	-0.015	0.09
2089	9,079,055	9,079,237	363	0.004	0.09
2090	9,079,418	9,080,417	1,999	0.022	0.09
2091	9,081,417	9,082,868	2,902	0.032	0.09
2092	9,084,319	9,085,599	2,559	0.028	0.09
2093	9,086,878	9,088,075	2,394	0.026	0.09
2094	9,089,272	9,091,437	4,330	0.048	0.09
2095	9,093,602	9,096,329	5,454	0.060	0.09
2096	9,099,056	9,100,899	3,686	0.041	0.09
2097	9,102,742	9,106,388	7,293	0.080	0.09
2098	9,110,035	9,113,178	6,287	0.069	0.09
2099	9,116,322	9,120,188	7,731	0.085	0.09
2100	9,124,053	9,126,131	4,157	0.046	0.09

Switzerland population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,668,088	4,692,641	49,107	1.046	0.19
1951	4,717,195	4,748,085	61,780	1.301	0.19
1952	4,778,975	4,811,612	65,274	1.357	0.19
1953	4,844,249	4,875,652	62,806	1.288	0.19
1954	4,907,055	4,938,748	63,385	1.283	0.18
1955	4,970,440	5,002,112	63,344	1.266	0.18
1956	5,033,784	5,065,620	63,672	1.257	0.18
1957	5,097,456	5,130,162	65,412	1.275	0.18
1958	5,162,868	5,196,441	67,147	1.292	0.18
1959	5,230,015	5,262,800	65,570	1.246	0.18
1960	5,295,585	5,327,780	64,391	1.209	0.18
1961	5,359,976	5,434,123	148,294	2.729	0.18
1962	5,508,270	5,573,696	130,852	2.348	0.18
1963	5,639,122	5,694,165	110,086	1.933	0.18
1964	5,749,208	5,789,149	79,882	1.380	0.18
1965	5,829,090	5,856,419	54,659	0.933	0.18
1966	5,883,749	5,917,962	68,425	1.156	0.17
1967	5,952,174	5,991,733	79,118	1.320	0.17
1968	6,031,292	6,067,657	72,730	1.199	0.17
1969	6,104,022	6,136,351	64,659	1.054	0.17
1970	6,168,681	6,180,922	24,482	0.396	0.17
1971	6,193,163	6,213,530	40,735	0.656	0.16
1972	6,233,898	6,261,081	54,365	0.868	0.16
1973	6,288,263	6,307,403	38,279	0.607	0.16
1974	6,326,542	6,341,377	29,669	0.468	0.16
1975	6,356,211	6,338,600	-35,223	-0.556	0.16
1976	6,320,988	6,302,555	-36,867	-0.585	0.15
1977	6,284,121	6,281,359	-5,523	-0.088	0.15
1978	6,278,598	6,282,038	6,881	0.110	0.15
1979	6,285,479	6,294,715	18,471	0.293	0.14
1980	6,303,950	6,319,846	31,793	0.503	0.14
1981	6,335,743	6,354,556	37,627	0.592	0.14
1982	6,373,370	6,391,804	36,868	0.577	0.14
1983	6,410,238	6,419,311	18,146	0.283	0.14
1984	6,428,384	6,442,422	28,076	0.436	0.13
1985	6,456,460	6,470,957	28,993	0.448	0.13
1986	6,485,453	6,504,750	38,594	0.593	0.13
1987	6,524,047	6,545,773	43,451	0.664	0.13
1988	6,567,498	6,594,143	53,290	0.808	0.13
1989	6,620,788	6,647,788	54,001	0.812	0.13
1990	6,674,789	6,713,173	76,768	1.144	0.13
1991	6,751,557	6,796,943	90,771	1.335	0.13
1992	6,842,328	6,875,051	65,445	0.952	0.12
1993	6,907,773	6,938,106	60,666	0.874	0.12
1994	6,968,439	6,993,587	50,297	0.719	0.12
1995	7,018,736	7,040,477	43,483	0.618	0.12
1996	7,062,219	7,071,883	19,329	0.273	0.12
1997	7,081,548	7,089,163	15,229	0.215	0.12
1998	7,096,777	7,110,291	27,028	0.380	0.12
1999	7,123,805	7,144,121	40,632	0.569	0.12
2000	7,164,437	7,184,007	39,139	0.545	0.12
2001	7,203,576	7,226,391	45,629	0.631	0.12
2002	7,249,205	7,278,752	59,094	0.812	0.11
2003	7,308,299	7,333,447	50,296	0.686	0.11
2004	7,358,595	7,384,194	51,199	0.693	0.11
2005	7,409,794	7,431,823	44,058	0.593	0.11
2006	7,453,852	7,478,509	49,314	0.659	0.11
2007	7,503,166	7,545,381	84,430	1.119	0.11
2008	7,587,596	7,641,728	108,264	1.417	0.11
2009	7,695,860	7,737,645	83,570	1.080	0.11
2010	7,779,430	7,825,753	92,647	1.184	0.11
2011	7,872,077	7,914,372	84,589	1.069	0.11
2012	7,956,666	7,998,926	84,521	1.057	0.11
2013	8,041,187	8,091,202	100,030	1.236	0.11
2014	8,141,217	8,190,235	98,037	1.197	0.11
2015	8,239,254	8,283,934	89,360	1.079	0.11
2016	8,328,614	8,374,901	92,574	1.105	0.11
2017	8,421,188	8,453,628	64,880	0.767	0.11
2018	8,486,068	8,516,344	60,553	0.711	0.11
2019	8,546,621	8,577,524	61,806	0.721	0.11
2020	8,608,427	8,640,582	64,309	0.744	0.11
2021	8,672,736	8,707,023	68,575	0.788	0.11
2022	8,741,311	8,792,182	101,742	1.157	0.11
2023	8,843,053	8,870,561	55,016	0.620	0.11