Population on 1 January in Switzerland
Switzerland had 9,051,029 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Switzerland, 2025
9,051,029
Change from 2024
+1.0%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
17th of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,051,029 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 8,962,258 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 8,815,385 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 8,738,791 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 8,670,300 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 8,606,033 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 8,544,527 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 8,484,130 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8,419,550 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 8,327,126 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8,237,666 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 8,139,631 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 8,039,060 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 7,954,662 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 7,870,134 peopleb (break in time series) | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7,785,806 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 7,701,856 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 7,593,494 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 7,508,739 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 7,459,128 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 7,415,102 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 7,364,148 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 7,313,853 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 7,255,653 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 7,204,055 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0% from 8,962,258 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8,237,666 people, the figure has changed by +9.9%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Population
9,092,436 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
42.9 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
212,578 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
9,051,029 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
7.9p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat