Population of Switzerland (2024)

Switzerland population

8,337,469

Births this year: 722,101 Births today 217
Deaths this year 563,926 Deaths today 169

Switzerland Population by Religions(2012 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Roman Catholic 38.2% 3,124,490 people
Protestant 26.9% 2,200,230 people
Muslim 4.9% 400,785 people
other Christian 5.7% 466,220 people
other 1.6% 130,869 people
none 21.4% 1,750,369 people
unspecified 1.3% 106,331 people

Switzerland Population by Ethnic groups (2012 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
German 65% 5,316,541 people
French 18% 1,472,273 people
Italian 10% 817,929 people
Romansch 1% 81,793 people
other 6% 490,758 people

Switzerland population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 8,654,271 4,295,147 4,359,124 100 100 100 98.5
00-04 458,976 234,986 223,990 5.3 5.5 5.1 104.9
05-09 429,681 220,699 208,982 5 5.1 4.8 105.6
10-14 410,524 210,437 200,087 4.7 4.9 4.6 105.2
15-19 424,943 216,699 208,244 4.9 5 4.8 104.1
20-24 483,221 245,793 237,428 5.6 5.7 5.4 103.5
25-29 554,711 281,070 273,641 6.4 6.5 6.3 102.7
30-34 590,427 298,558 291,869 6.8 7 6.7 102.3
35-39 613,559 310,999 302,560 7.1 7.2 6.9 102.8
40-44 571,109 287,343 283,766 6.6 6.7 6.5 101.3
45-49 596,076 299,706 296,370 6.9 7 6.8 101.1
50-54 677,733 342,408 335,325 7.8 8 7.7 102.1
55-59 646,193 325,499 320,694 7.5 7.6 7.4 101.5
60-64 538,045 271,597 266,448 6.2 6.3 6.1 101.9
65-69 443,218 216,701 226,517 5.1 5 5.2 95.7
70-74 421,537 202,079 219,458 4.9 4.7 5 92.1
75-79 329,993 151,586 178,407 3.8 3.5 4.1 85
80-84 229,355 97,924 131,431 2.7 2.3 3 74.5
85-89 147,330 56,377 90,953 1.7 1.3 2.1 62
90-94 68,863 20,593 48,270 0.8 0.5 1.1 42.7
95-99 16,956 3,792 13,164 0.2 0.1 0.3 28.8
100+ 1,821 301 1,520 0 0 0 19.8

Switzerland Age structure and Population pyramid

Switzerland Age structure and Population pyramid

Switzerland Sex ratio

Switzerland Sex ratio

Switzerland Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Switzerland

Switzerland Population (1950 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2023 8,836,943 0.67 59,151 98.72 223.63
2022 8,777,792 0.70 60,766 98.66 222.13
2021 8,717,026 0.73 62,755 98.60 220.59
2020 8,654,271 0.75 64,423 98.53 219.01
2019 8,589,848 0.78 66,258 98.47 217.38
2018 8,523,590 0.82 69,507 98.40 215.70
2017 8,454,083 0.89 74,606 98.33 213.94
2016 8,379,477 0.97 80,814 98.23 212.05
2015 8,298,663 1.06 87,280 98.09 210.01
2014 8,211,383 1.14 92,664 97.92 207.80
2013 8,118,719 1.20 96,091 97.71 205.45
2012 8,022,628 1.22 96,815 97.48 203.02
2011 7,925,813 1.22 95,279 97.23 200.57
2010 7,830,534 1.20 93,218 96.98 198.16
2005 7,408,608 3.39 243,027 95.87 187.48
2000 7,165,581 2.12 148,539 95.52 181.33
1995 7,017,042 5.14 343,122 95.45 177.57
1990 6,673,920 3.38 218,240 95.36 168.89
1985 6,455,680 2.41 152,072 95.01 163.37
1980 6,303,608 -0.83 -52,570 94.72 159.52
1975 6,356,178 3.03 186,821 95.18 160.85
1970 6,169,357 5.82 339,399 95.53 156.12
1965 5,829,958 10.08 533,838 94.90 147.53
1960 5,296,120 6.54 325,310 93.94 134.02
1955 4,970,810 6.48 302,722 93.45 125.79
1950 4,668,088 93.02 118.13
Chart population Switzerland Population (1950 - 2024)