Population in Switzerland

The population of Switzerland was 9,092,436 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Switzerland, 2025 9,092,436 People
Change from 2024 +1.0% 2024: 9,005,582 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 98th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Switzerland over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period SwitzerlandWorld
2025 9,092,436 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 9,005,582 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 8,888,822 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 8,777,088 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 8,704,546 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 8,638,167 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 8,575,280 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 8,514,329 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 8,451,840 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 8,373,338 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 8,282,396 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 8,188,649 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 8,089,346 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 7,996,861 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 7,912,398 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 7,824,909 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 7,743,831 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 7,647,675 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 7,551,117 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 7,483,934 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 7,437,115 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 7,389,625 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 7,339,001 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 7,284,753 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 7,229,854 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0% from 9,005,582 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8,282,396 people, the figure has changed by +9.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 98th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Switzerland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects