Immigration in Switzerland
Switzerland recorded 212,578 immigrants in 2024.
Switzerland, 2024
212,578
Change from 2023
−19.2%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
8th of 33
Immigration in Switzerland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 212,578 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 263,081 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 167,079 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 144,907 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 138,778 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 145,129 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 144,857 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 143,377 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 149,305 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 153,627 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 156,282 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 160,157 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 149,051 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 148,799 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 161,778 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 160,623 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 184,297 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 165,634 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 127,586 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 118,270 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 120,188 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 119,783 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 127,340 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 124,077 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 110,302 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −19.2% from 263,081 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 156,282 immigrants, the figure has changed by +36.0%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Emigration
129,786 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
39,912 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
37,253 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
23,415 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
7.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.1 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division