Population in Zürich
Zürich had 1,620,020 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Zürich, 2025
1,620,020
Change from 2024
+0.9%
Switzerland, 2025
9,051,029 people
Position in 2025
132nd of 295
Population in Zürich over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zürich | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,620,020 people | 9,051,029 people |
| 2024 | 1,605,508 people | 8,962,258 people |
| 2023 | 1,579,967 people | 8,815,385 people |
| 2022 | 1,564,662 people | 8,738,791 people |
| 2021 | 1,553,423 people | 8,670,300 people |
| 2020 | 1,539,275 people | 8,606,033 people |
| 2019 | 1,520,968 people | 8,544,527 people |
| 2018 | 1,504,346 people | 8,484,130 people |
| 2017 | 1,487,969 people | 8,419,550 people |
| 2016 | 1,466,424 people | 8,327,126 people |
| 2015 | 1,446,354 people | 8,237,666 people |
| 2014 | 1,425,538 people | 8,139,631 people |
| 2013 | 1,408,575 people | 8,039,060 people |
| 2012 | 1,392,396 people | 7,954,662 people |
| 2011 | 1,373,068 peopleb (break in time series) | 7,870,134 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1,351,297 people | 7,785,806 people |
| 2009 | 1,332,727 people | 7,701,856 people |
| 2008 | 1,307,567 people | 7,593,494 people |
| 2007 | 1,284,052 people | 7,508,739 people |
| 2006 | 1,272,590 people | 7,459,128 people |
| 2005 | 1,261,810 people | 7,415,102 people |
| 2004 | 1,249,893 people | 7,364,148 people |
| 2003 | 1,241,312 people | 7,313,853 people |
| 2002 | 1,226,931 people | 7,255,653 people |
| 2001 | 1,211,647 people | 7,204,055 people |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9% from 1,605,508 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,446,354 people, the figure has changed by +12.0%.
- Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Zürich has the 132nd highest value.
- The figure for Switzerland in 2025 was 9,051,029 people.