Switzerland
Population 2026
9,007,794
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.45%
- Density
- 228 per km²
- Land area
- 39,510 km²
- Capital
- Bern
- Currency
- Franc (CHF)
- Official languages
- DE-CH, FR-CH, IT-CH, RM
- Urban population
- 85.7%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 80,6442026
- Deaths
- 76,9902026
- Birth rate
- 8.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.29
- Life expectancy
- 84.4At birth, years
- Median age
- 43.2
- Net migration
- 37,253
Age distribution
- 0–1414.9%
- 15–6464.7%
- 65+20.4%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $1.0T
- GDP per capita
- $115K
- GDP growth
- +1.3%
- Inflation
- 0.2%
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Exports
- $815B
- Imports
- $721B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.1%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.6%
- Industry25.0%
- Manufacturing18.9%
- Services71.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture2.2%
- Industry19.6%
- Services78.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZürichZurich | 415,3672026 |
| 2 | GenevaGeneva | 201,7412026 |
| 3 | BaselBasel-City | 177,5952026 |
| 4 | LausanneVaud | 139,1112026 |
| 5 | BernBern | 121,6312019 |
| 6 | WinterthurZurich | 111,8402025 |
| 7 | LuzernLucerne | 81,6912026 |
| 8 | Sankt GallenSaint Gallen | 75,8332026 |
| 9 | LuganoTicino | 63,1852025 |
| 10 | Biel/BienneBern | 55,1202025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9,007,794 | 80.6K | 77.0K |
| 2020 | 8,640,582 | 85.2K | 76.4K |
| 2010 | 7,825,750 | 79.2K | 62.9K |
| 2000 | 7,184,003 | 77.4K | 62.7K |
| 1990 | 6,713,168 | 82.3K | 64.0K |
| 1980 | 6,319,848 | 73.1K | 59.1K |
| 1970 | 6,180,922 | 99.8K | 57.0K |
| 1960 | 5,327,777 | 94.1K | 52.0K |
| 1950 | 4,692,642 | 84.4K | 47.3K |