Switzerland's population rose from 7.07M in 1996 to 9.09M in 2025.
Switzerland · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Switzerland's population growth rose from 0.4 % in 1996 to 1.0 % in 2025.
Switzerland's population density rose from 176.9 in 1994 to 225.0 in 2023.
Switzerland's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.2 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Switzerland's urbanisation rose from 72.0 % in 1996 to 85.7 % in 2025.
Switzerland's urban population rose from 5.09M in 1996 to 7.79M in 2025.
Switzerland's rural population fell from 1.98M in 1996 to 1.3M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −3.0 %191st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −3.3 %176th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.2 %82nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.2 %9th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs29th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts182nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts105th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts34th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts113th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts34th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −7.1 %24th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.9 pts30th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +1.9 %32nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs5th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs10th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs4th of 217