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The track

Every federal vote since 1848. Each one is a switch the country has already passed; the coming ones are still open.

Coming switches

The next federal votes. Set each one to Yes, No or Undecided: the dashed line shows how the population curve would change, where a sourced estimate exists.

No reliable estimate None of the coming switches has a reliable estimate yet. The what-if line is therefore identical to the OFS/BFS reference scenario: flipping a switch does not move the curve.

Population to 2050: OFS/BFS reference scenario and your what-if

Population on 31 December. The dashed line adds the estimates of the switches you set.

What-if, not a forecast

Population

02M4M6M8M10M12M202520302035204020452050
  • OFS/BFS scenario: reference
  • What-if (your switches)

OFS/BFS scenario: reference: 10,322,244 in 2050. What-if (your switches): 10,322,244 in 2050. Note: The what-if line is identical to the reference scenario.

Show the data as a table
Data shown in the chart “Population to 2050: OFS/BFS reference scenario and your what-if”
YearOFS/BFS scenario: referenceWhat-if (your switches)
20249,036,6899,036,689
20259,110,2519,110,251
20269,183,1379,183,137
20279,255,0569,255,056
20289,325,7719,325,771
20299,395,0559,395,055
20309,462,8859,462,885
20319,529,1869,529,186
20329,591,3629,591,362
20339,649,4419,649,441
20349,703,5469,703,546
20359,753,5289,753,528
20369,801,1909,801,190
20379,846,5599,846,559
20389,889,7729,889,772
20399,930,9979,930,997
20409,970,3059,970,305
204110,008,82210,008,822
204210,046,65010,046,650
204310,083,78310,083,783
204410,120,20010,120,200
204510,155,95210,155,952
204610,190,92910,190,929
204710,225,08310,225,083
204810,258,37510,258,375
204910,290,78110,290,781
205010,322,24410,322,244

Switches set: 0 of 9. Assumptions applied: 0.

Assumptions in this what-if

No assumption applied: the what-if line is the reference scenario.

Federal decree on additional funding for OASI pensions by increasing the VAT rate

Mandatory referendum

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Popular initiative ‘For a restriction on fireworks’

Popular initiative

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Popular initiative ‘Yes to fair federal taxes for married couples, finally ending discrimination against marriage!’

Popular initiative

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Amendment to the War Materiel Act

Optional referendum

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Initiative to ban the import of foie gras

Popular initiative

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Initiative «For Modern Citizenship Rights (Democracy Initiative)»

Popular initiative

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Free trade agreement with Malaysia

Optional referendum

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Nuclear Energy Act (lifting of the ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants)

Optional referendum

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote
Priority of collective employment agreements over cantonal minimum wages

Optional referendum

No reliable estimate This switch does not move the curve.

About this vote

How it works: an estimate gives the difference from the OFS/BFS reference scenario in 2050. The what-if adds it in equal steps from the year of the vote to 2050; the estimates of several switches add up. It is a what-if, not a forecast.

All federal votes

Data: swissvotes (Année politique suisse, University of Bern) and the Federal Chancellery. Federal votes only: cantonal and communal votes are not included yet.

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Votes shown: 719 / 719

The track

The shape of each mark shows the result.

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  • Rejected
  • Past
  • Upcoming

Past: 710 (accepted: 331; rejected: 375), 1848–2026. Upcoming: 9.

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Votes by decade

Newest first.

1890–1899

  1. Vereinheitlichung des Zivilrechts

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.3%

  2. Vereinheitlichung des Strafrechts

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.4%

  3. Gesetz über die schweizerischen Bundesbahnen

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 67.9%

  4. Bundeskompetenz bei der Wasserbau- und Forstpolizei

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.5%

  5. Bundeskompetenz für die Lebensmittelpolizei

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.1%

  6. Act on the establishment of the Swiss Federal Bank

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.3%

  7. Livestock trade Act

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.5%

  8. Railway accounting Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 55.8%

  9. Disciplinary Code for the Swiss Armed Forces

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 19.9%

  10. Revision of the constitutional articles on the military

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 42.0%

  11. Monopoly on matches

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.2%

  12. Act on the representation of Switzerland abroad

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.2%

  13. Customs revenue initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.3%

  14. Initiative for a right to work

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 19.8%

  15. Federal competence for trade and commerce

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.1%

  16. Initiative to ban slaughter without stunning

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.1%

  17. Buyback of the Swiss Central Railway

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.1%

  18. Banknote monopoly

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 59.4%

  19. Customs tariff Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.1%

  20. Introduction of the popular initiative for the partial revision of the Federal Constitution

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.3%

  21. Pension Act

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 20.6%

  22. Right to legislate on accident and health insurance

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 75.4%