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Switzerland: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
9.03 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.9%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20319.26Forecast
20309.20Forecast
20299.17Forecast
20289.15Forecast
20279.11Forecast
20269.08Forecast
20259.03
20248.95
20238.89
20228.78
20218.70
20208.64
20198.58
20188.51
20178.45
20168.37

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Historical Statistics of Switzerland1851–1913
  • Maddison Project Database1851–2022
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook2011–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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