🇨🇭 Switzerland Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Switzerland is 9,007,798, ranking #100 in the world (0.11% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.42% per year. The biggest city is Zürich with 415,367 inhabitants.

Live estimate

9,008,426

Growth rate

0.42%

Density

225

people / km² (583 / mi²)

Median age

43.2

Fertility rate

1.45

births per woman

Life expectancy

84.4

years

Switzerland population 1950–2100

Population of Switzerland, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Switzerland is projected to reach 9,342,586, and 9,126,132 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2051 at 9,343,512, then decline.

Switzerland population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	9,007,798	0.42%	225.2	43.2
2025	8,967,408	0.48%	224.2	42.9
2024	8,921,981	0.54%	223.1	42.7
2023	8,870,561	0.62%	221.8	42.3
2022	8,792,182	1.16%	219.8	42.0
2021	8,707,024	0.79%	217.7	41.7
2020	8,640,582	0.74%	216.1	41.7
2019	8,577,524	0.72%	214.5	41.6
2018	8,516,344	0.71%	213.0	41.5
2017	8,453,628	0.77%	211.4	41.4
2016	8,374,901	1.10%	209.4	41.3
2015	8,283,934	1.08%	207.1	41.3
2014	8,190,236	1.20%	204.8	41.2
2013	8,091,202	1.24%	202.3	41.0
2012	7,998,926	1.06%	200.0	40.9
2011	7,914,372	1.07%	197.9	40.7
2010	7,825,754	1.18%	195.7	40.5
2009	7,737,645	1.08%	193.5	40.3
2008	7,641,728	1.42%	191.1	40.1
2007	7,545,381	1.12%	188.7	39.9
2006	7,478,509	0.66%	187.0	39.6
2005	7,431,823	0.59%	185.8	39.3
2004	7,384,194	0.69%	184.6	38.9
2003	7,333,447	0.69%	183.4	38.6
2002	7,278,752	0.81%	182.0	38.3
2001	7,226,391	0.63%	180.7	38.0
2000	7,184,007	0.55%	179.6	37.7
1999	7,144,121	0.57%	178.6	37.4
1998	7,110,291	0.38%	177.8	37.1
1997	7,089,163	0.21%	177.3	36.8
1996	7,071,884	0.27%	176.8	36.5
1995	7,040,478	0.62%	176.0	36.3
1994	6,993,587	0.72%	174.9	36.1
1993	6,938,106	0.87%	173.5	35.9
1992	6,875,050	0.95%	171.9	35.8
1991	6,796,942	1.33%	170.0	35.8
1990	6,713,173	1.14%	167.9	35.9
1989	6,647,788	0.81%	166.2	35.8
1988	6,594,143	0.81%	164.9	35.7
1987	6,545,772	0.66%	163.7	35.5
1986	6,504,750	0.59%	162.7	35.4
1985	6,470,956	0.45%	161.8	35.1
1984	6,442,422	0.44%	161.1	34.9
1983	6,419,311	0.28%	160.5	34.6
1982	6,391,804	0.58%	159.8	34.3
1981	6,354,556	0.59%	158.9	34.0
1980	6,319,846	0.50%	158.0	33.8
1979	6,294,714	0.29%	157.4	33.5
1978	6,282,038	0.11%	157.1	33.1
1977	6,281,359	-0.09%	157.1	32.8
1976	6,302,554	-0.58%	157.6	32.4
1975	6,338,600	-0.56%	158.5	32.0
1974	6,341,376	0.47%	158.6	31.6
1973	6,307,402	0.61%	157.7	31.4
1972	6,261,080	0.87%	156.6	31.2
1971	6,213,530	0.66%	155.4	31.1
1970	6,180,922	0.40%	154.6	30.9
1969	6,136,352	1.05%	153.4	30.7
1968	6,067,657	1.20%	151.7	30.6
1967	5,991,733	1.32%	149.8	30.6
1966	5,917,962	1.16%	148.0	30.6
1965	5,856,420	0.93%	146.4	30.5
1964	5,789,149	1.38%	144.8	30.5
1963	5,694,165	1.93%	142.4	30.7
1962	5,573,696	2.35%	139.4	30.9
1961	5,434,123	2.73%	135.9	31.3
1960	5,327,780	1.21%	133.2	31.6
1959	5,262,800	1.25%	131.6	31.7
1958	5,196,442	1.29%	129.9	31.7
1957	5,130,162	1.27%	128.3	31.8
1956	5,065,620	1.26%	126.7	31.9
1955	5,002,112	1.27%	125.1	31.9
1954	4,938,748	1.28%	123.5	31.9
1953	4,875,652	1.29%	121.9	31.9
1952	4,811,612	1.36%	120.3	31.9
1951	4,748,085	1.30%	118.7	32.1
1950	4,692,642	1.05%	117.3	32.2

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	9,043,906	0.38%	226.1	43.5
2028	9,076,513	0.34%	227.0	43.8
2029	9,104,954	0.29%	227.7	44.1
2030	9,130,292	0.27%	228.3	44.4
2031	9,154,022	0.25%	228.9	44.7
2032	9,174,696	0.20%	229.4	45.0
2033	9,192,399	0.18%	229.9	45.3
2034	9,209,208	0.18%	230.3	45.6
2035	9,224,225	0.14%	230.7	45.9
2036	9,236,748	0.13%	231.0	46.1
2037	9,247,902	0.12%	231.2	46.4
2038	9,257,650	0.10%	231.5	46.7
2039	9,266,360	0.09%	231.7	47.0
2040	9,276,178	0.12%	232.0	47.2
2041	9,285,143	0.07%	232.2	47.4
2042	9,293,495	0.11%	232.4	47.6
2043	9,302,064	0.08%	232.6	47.7
2044	9,309,174	0.07%	232.8	47.8
2045	9,315,498	0.06%	232.9	47.9
2046	9,321,380	0.07%	233.1	47.9
2047	9,327,870	0.07%	233.2	47.9
2048	9,334,798	0.07%	233.4	47.9
2049	9,339,962	0.04%	233.5	47.8
2050	9,342,586	0.02%	233.6	47.8
2051	9,343,512	0.00%	233.6	47.7
2052	9,343,509	0.00%	233.6	47.6
2053	9,340,965	-0.05%	233.6	47.5
2054	9,334,790	-0.08%	233.4	47.5
2055	9,326,971	-0.09%	233.2	47.4
2056	9,319,226	-0.08%	233.0	47.4
2057	9,312,862	-0.06%	232.9	47.4
2058	9,305,960	-0.09%	232.7	47.4
2059	9,296,751	-0.11%	232.5	47.4
2060	9,287,263	-0.10%	232.2	47.4
2061	9,277,056	-0.13%	232.0	47.4
2062	9,265,893	-0.12%	231.7	47.4
2063	9,255,594	-0.11%	231.4	47.4
2064	9,245,240	-0.12%	231.2	47.4
2065	9,233,898	-0.13%	230.9	47.5
2066	9,222,170	-0.13%	230.6	47.5
2067	9,212,724	-0.08%	230.4	47.6
2068	9,204,915	-0.09%	230.2	47.6
2069	9,196,768	-0.09%	230.0	47.6
2070	9,187,370	-0.12%	229.7	47.7
2071	9,177,164	-0.10%	229.5	47.7
2072	9,168,531	-0.08%	229.3	47.8
2073	9,160,266	-0.10%	229.1	47.8
2074	9,150,541	-0.12%	228.8	47.8
2075	9,142,534	-0.06%	228.6	47.8
2076	9,137,371	-0.05%	228.5	47.8
2077	9,131,146	-0.08%	228.3	47.7
2078	9,124,042	-0.07%	228.1	47.7
2079	9,117,039	-0.08%	228.0	47.7
2080	9,110,194	-0.07%	227.8	47.6
2081	9,103,881	-0.07%	227.6	47.5
2082	9,097,875	-0.06%	227.5	47.5
2083	9,092,583	-0.05%	227.4	47.4
2084	9,088,048	-0.05%	227.2	47.4
2085	9,083,854	-0.05%	227.1	47.3
2086	9,080,907	-0.02%	227.1	47.3
2087	9,080,220	0.00%	227.1	47.3
2088	9,079,721	-0.01%	227.0	47.2
2089	9,079,237	0.00%	227.0	47.3
2090	9,080,418	0.02%	227.1	47.3
2091	9,082,868	0.03%	227.1	47.3
2092	9,085,598	0.03%	227.2	47.4
2093	9,088,075	0.03%	227.2	47.4
2094	9,091,437	0.05%	227.3	47.5
2095	9,096,329	0.06%	227.5	47.6
2096	9,100,899	0.04%	227.6	47.7
2097	9,106,388	0.08%	227.7	47.8
2098	9,113,178	0.07%	227.9	47.9
2099	9,120,188	0.09%	228.1	48.0
2100	9,126,132	0.05%	228.2	48.1

States & provinces of Switzerland by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Zürich	1,553,423	17.2%
2	Bern	1,043,132	11.6%
3	Vaud	822,968	9.1%
4	Aargau	694,072	7.7%
5	Sankt Gallen	514,504	5.7%
6	Genève	506,343	5.6%
7	Lucerne	416,347	4.6%
8	Ticino	350,986	3.9%
9	Valais	348,503	3.9%
10	Fribourg	325,496	3.6%
11	Basel-Landschaft	292,955	3.3%
12	Thurgau	282,909	3.1%
13	Solothurn	250,155	2.8%
14	Basel-Stadt	201,156	2.2%
15	Graubünden	200,096	2.2%
16	Neuchâtel	175,894	2.0%
17	Schwyz	163,689	1.8%
18	Zug	128,794	1.4%
19	Schaffhausen	83,107	0.9%
20	Jura	73,709	0.8%
21	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	55,309	0.6%
22	Glarus	40,851	0.5%
23	Nidwalden	40,794	0.5%
24	Obwalden	38,108	0.4%
25	Uri	36,819	0.4%
26	Appenzell Innerrhoden	16,293	0.2%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Switzerland

#	City	Region	Population
1	Zürich	Zurich	415,367
2	Geneva	Geneva	201,741
3	Basel	Basel-City	177,595
4	Lausanne	Vaud	139,111
5	Bern capital	Bern	121,631
6	Winterthur	Zurich	111,840
7	Luzern	Lucerne	81,691
8	Sankt Gallen	Saint Gallen	75,833
9	Lugano	Ticino	63,185
10	Biel/Bienne	Bern	55,120
11	Thun	Bern	43,723
12	Bellinzona	Ticino	43,220
13	Köniz	Bern	41,784
14	Fribourg	Fribourg	38,365
15	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	37,942

FAQ

What is the population of Switzerland in 2026?

The population of Switzerland is 9,007,798 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Switzerland?

Zürich is the biggest city in Switzerland with 415,367 inhabitants; the capital is Bern.

Is the population of Switzerland growing or shrinking?

The population of Switzerland is growing at 0.42% per year, and is projected to peak in 2051 at 9,343,512.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-06.

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