🇨🇭Switzerland

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Population

9.1M

1.0%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.29

births/woman

Life Expectancy

84.4y

GDP / capita

$114.8K

Pop. Growth

0.96%

Net Migration

37.3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Switzerland by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇩🇪Germany371.8K(15.7%)

+15%

🇮🇹Italy273.8K(11.5%)

+13%

🇵🇹

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male4.5MTotal 9.1M4.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.6

per 100,000

Divorce rate

1.9

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

27.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

42.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇫🇷France195.1K(8.2%)

+44%

🇹🇷Turkiye86.9K(3.7%)

+14%

🇲🇰North Macedonia85.1K(3.6%)

+68%

🇺🇦Ukraine80.9K(3.4%)

13×

🇪🇸Spain71.2K(3.0%)

+29%

🇷🇸Serbia68.6K(2.9%)

+19%

🇦🇹Austria57.6K(2.4%)

−2%

🇵🇱Poland53K(2.2%)

+123%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Switzerland diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Switzerland who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇮🇹Italy181.6K(35.4%)

−6%

🇫🇷France96.1K(18.8%)

+5%

🇪🇸Spain59.3K(11.6%)

−7%

🇵🇹Portugal20.9K(4.1%)

+46%

🇨🇦Canada17.6K(3.4%)

−15%

🇹🇷Turkiye17.2K(3.4%)

+38%

🇦🇹Austria16.6K(3.2%)

+22%

🇱🇮Liechtenstein15.4K(3.0%)

+26%

🇦🇺Australia13.3K(2.6%)

−6%

🇿🇦South Africa6.3K(1.2%)

+55%

🇧🇪Belgium5.7K(1.1%)

+17%

🇮🇱Israel4.7K(0.9%)

+23%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)