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Population growth

How many people live permanently in Switzerland and how their number changes from year to year.

Permanent resident population on 31 December

Headline indicator

Official figure

Latest value (2025) 9,127,125

Permanent resident population on 31 December

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  • Permanent resident population on 31 December

Permanent resident population on 31 December rose from 6,233,744 in 1971 to 9,127,125 in 2025.

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Data shown in the chart “Permanent resident population on 31 December”
YearPermanent resident population on 31 December
19716,233,744
19726,288,168
19736,326,525
19746,356,285
19756,320,978
19766,284,029
19776,278,319
19786,285,156
19796,303,573
19806,335,243
19816,372,904
19826,409,713
19836,427,833
19846,455,896
19856,484,834
19866,523,413
19876,566,799
19886,619,973
19896,673,850
19906,750,693
19916,842,768
19926,907,959
19936,968,570
19947,019,019
19957,062,354
19967,081,346
19977,096,465
19987,123,537
19997,164,444
20007,204,055
20017,255,653
20027,313,853
20037,364,148
20047,415,102
20057,459,128
20067,508,739
20077,593,494
20087,701,856
20097,785,806
20107,864,012
20117,954,662
20128,039,060
20138,139,631
20148,237,666
20158,327,126
20168,419,550
20178,484,130
20188,544,527
20198,606,033
20208,670,300
20218,738,791
20228,815,385
20238,962,258
20249,051,029
20259,127,125

Three answers

Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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Related federal votes

No vote is assigned to this sub-problem itself; these are the votes on Population & environment.

Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.

Each line is one vote, from 1848 to 2026: accepted rejected upcoming

Accepted: 16 of 49

Upcoming

  1. Fireworks Initiative Upcoming

The 10 most recent of 49 past votes

  1. Climate Fund Initiative Rejected
  2. Cantonal taxation of second properties Accepted
  3. Initiative for an economy within planetary boundaries («Environmental Responsibility Initiative») Rejected
  4. Termination due to personal need (tenancy law) Rejected
  5. Conditions for subletting Rejected
  6. Biodiversity initiative Rejected
  7. Climate and Innovation Act Accepted
  8. CO2 Act Rejected
  9. Initiative «For a Switzerland without artificial pesticides» Rejected
  10. Initiative «For clean drinking water and healthy food» Rejected

Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing