Urban population share in Switzerland
85.7% of people in Switzerland lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Switzerland, 2025
85.7%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
80.4%
Position in 2025
45th of 217
Urban population share in Switzerland over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.7% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 85.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 85.2% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 84.9% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 84.2% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 80.8% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 79.3% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 77.9% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 76.7% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 75.6% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 74.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 74.1% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 73.8% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 73.7% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 73.6% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 73.6% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 73.5% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 73.5% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 73.5% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 73.5% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 73.5% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 73.5% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 73.4% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 73.4% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 85.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 75.6%, the figure has changed by +10.1 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 45th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Population on 1 January
9,051,029 people
2025 · 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
Total fertility rate
1.29 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
19.5%
2025 · Eurostat