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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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  • Past
  • Upcoming

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

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Votes by decade

Newest first.

1970–1979

  1. Neuordnung der Umsatzsteuer und der direkten Bundessteuer

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.6%

  2. Atomgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.9%

  3. Stimm- und Wahlrecht für 18-Jährige

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.2%

  4. Bundesbeschluss über die Fuss- und Wanderwege

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 77.6%

  5. Initiative «gegen Suchtmittelreklame»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.0%

  6. Atominitiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.8%

  7. Milchwirtschaftsbeschluss

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.5%

  8. Tierschutzgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 81.7%

  9. Sicherheitspolizeigesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.0%

  10. Berufsbildungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 56.0%

  11. Bundesbeschluss über die Gründung des Kantons Jura

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 82.3%

  12. Zeitgesetz (Sommerzeit)

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.9%

  13. Zolltarifgesetz (Brotpreis)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.8%

  14. Gesetz über den Schwangerschaftsabbruch

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.2%

  15. Gesetz über die Hochschulförderung

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.3%

  16. Initiative für 12 autofreie Sonntage pro Jahr

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 36.3%

  17. Initiative für mehr Mitbestimmung im Nationalstrassenbau

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 38.7%

  18. 9. AHV-Revision

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.6%

  19. Initiative zur Herabsetzung des AHV-Alters

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 20.6%

  20. Konjunkturartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.4%

  21. «Reichtumssteuer-Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.4%

  22. Bundesgesetz über die politischen Rechte

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 59.4%

  23. Einführung eines zivilen Ersatzdienstes

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 37.6%

  24. Massnahmen zum Ausgleich des Bundeshaushaltes

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.4%

  25. Mieterschutzinitiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 42.2%

  26. Gegenentwurf zur Mieterschutzinitiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.2%

  27. Initiative «gegen die Luftverschmutzung durch Motorfahrzeuge»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.0%

  28. Erhöhung der Unterschriftenzahl für das Referendum

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.9%

  29. Erhöhung der Unterschriftenzahl für die Verfassungsinitiative

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 56.7%

  30. Initiative «für die Fristenlösung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.3%

  31. Neuordnung der Umsatzsteuer und der direkten Bundessteuer

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.5%

  32. Bundesbeschluss über die Steuerharmonisierung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 61.3%

  33. Vierte «Überfremdungsinitiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.5%

  34. Initiative «für eine Beschränkung der Einbürgerungen»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.8%

  35. Initiative zur Neuordnung des Staatsvertragsreferendums

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 21.9%

  36. Neuordnung des Staatsvertragsreferendums (Gegenentwurf)

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 61.0%

  37. Bundesbeschluss über die Geld- und Kreditpolitik

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.4%

  38. Bundesbeschluss über die Preisüberwachung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 82.0%

  39. Initiative «für die Einführung der 40-Stunden-Woche»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 22.0%

  40. Radio- und Fernsehartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.3%

  41. Initiative für eine Haftpflichtversicherung für Motorfahrzeuge und Fahrräder

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.3%

  42. Raumplanungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.9%

  43. Darlehen an die Internationale Entwicklungsorganisation

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.6%

  44. Neukonzeption der Arbeitslosenversicherung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.3%

  45. Initiative «für die Mitbestimmung der Arbeitnehmer»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 32.4%

  46. Gegenentwurf zur Mitbestimmungsinitiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.6%

  47. Initiative «für eine Reform des Steuerwesens»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 42.2%

  48. Reform der Niederlassungsfreiheit und Unterstützungsregelung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 75.6%

  49. Verfassungsbestimmungen zur Wasserwirtschaft

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 77.5%

  50. Gesetz über die Ein- und Ausfuhr von Landwirtschaftserzeugnissen

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 52.0%

  51. Bundesbeschluss über den Schutz der Währung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 85.5%

  52. Bundesbeschluss über die Finanzierung der Nationalstrassen

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 53.5%

  53. Änderung des Generalzolltarifs

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.2%

  54. Bundesbeschluss zur Erhöhung der Steuereinnahmen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 56.0%

  55. Erschwerung von Ausgabenbeschlüssen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 75.9%

  56. Konjunkturartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 52.8%

  57. Verbesserung des Bundeshaushalts

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.4%

  58. Erschwerung von Ausgabenbeschlüssen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 67.0%

  59. Initiative «für eine soziale Krankenversicherung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 26.7%

  60. Bundesbeschluss über die soziale Krankenversicherung (Gegenentwurf)

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.8%

  61. Initiative «Gegen die Überfremdung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.2%

  62. Massnahmen zur Preisüberwachung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 59.8%

  63. Massnahmen auf dem Gebiet des Kreditwesens

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.1%

  64. Massnahmen zur Stabilisierung des Baumarktes

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.4%

  65. Einschränkung der steuerwirksamen Abschreibungen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.1%

  66. Tierschutzartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 84.0%

  67. Aufhebung des Jesuiten- und des Klosterartikels

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.9%

  68. Bildungsartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 52.8%

  69. Verfassungsartikel zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 64.5%

  70. Initiative zur Einführung einer Volkspension

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 15.6%

  71. Gegenentwurf zur Initiative zur Einführung einer Volkspension

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 74.0%

  72. Abkommen mit der EWG

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.5%

  73. Initiative für ein Waffenausfuhrverbot

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.7%

  74. Massnahmen zur Stabilisierung des Baumarktes

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 83.4%

  75. Bundesbeschluss über den Schutz der Währung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 87.7%

  76. Initiative «zur Förderung des Wohnungsbaues»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.0%

  77. Gegenentwurf zur Wohnungsbau-Initiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.5%

  78. Verfassungsartikel über den Mieterschutz und die Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung von Mietverträgen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 85.4%

  79. Umweltschutzartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 92.7%

  80. Weiterführung der Finanzordnung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.8%

  81. Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.7%

  82. Änderung der Finanzordnung

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 55.4%

  83. Verfassungsartikel zur Förderung von Turnen und Sport

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 74.6%

  84. Initiative «Recht auf Wohnung und Ausbau des Familienschutzes»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.9%

  85. Initiative «Gegen die Überfremdung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.0%

  86. Bundesbeschluss über die inländische Zuckerwirtschaft

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.2%