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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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  • Rejected
  • Past
  • Upcoming

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

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Votes by decade

Newest first.

1980–1989

  1. Initiative für eine Schweiz ohne Armee

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 35.6%

  2. Initiative «pro Tempo 130/100»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 38.0%

  3. Kleinbauern-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.0%

  4. «Stadt-Land-Initiative gegen die Bodenspekulation»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 30.8%

  5. Initiative «zur Herabsetzung der Arbeitszeit»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.3%

  6. Initiative «für die Begrenzung der Einwanderung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 32.7%

  7. Verfassungsgrundlagen für eine koordinierte Verkehrspolitik

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.5%

  8. Initiative zur Herabsetzung des AHV-Rentenalters

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 35.1%

  9. Bahn 2000

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.0%

  10. Krankenversicherungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 28.7%

  11. Initiative «zum Schutz der Moore - Rothenthurm-Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.8%

  12. Asylgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 67.3%

  13. Ausländergesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.7%

  14. Initiative für die Einführung eines Rüstungsreferendums

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.6%

  15. Abstimmungsverfahren bei Volksinitiativen mit Gegenentwurf

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.3%

  16. Bundesbeschluss zum Mieterschutz

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 64.4%

  17. Initiative für eine Schwerverkehrsabgabe

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.9%

  18. Kulturinitiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 16.7%

  19. Gegenentwurf zur Kulturinitiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.3%

  20. Initiative zur Berufsbildung und Umschulung

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 18.4%

  21. Bundesbeschluss über die Zuckerwirtschaft

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 38.2%

  22. UNO-Beitritt

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.3%

  23. Initiative «für die Abschaffung der Vivisektion»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.5%

  24. Bundesbeschluss zur Koordination des Schuljahresbeginns

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.9%

  25. Bundesbeschluss über die Innovationsrisikogarantie

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.1%

  26. Neues Ehe- und Erbrecht

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.7%

  27. Initiative «Recht auf Leben»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.0%

  28. Aufhebung des Kantonsanteils an den Stempelabgaben

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 66.5%

  29. Neuverteilung der Erträge aus der Alkoholabgabe

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.3%

  30. Aufhebung der Unterstützung für die Selbstversorgung mit Brotgetreide

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.0%

  31. Aufhebung der Bundesbeiträge für den Primarschulunterricht

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.5%

  32. Aufhebung der Beitragspflicht des Bundes im Gesundheitswesen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 53.0%

  33. Bundesbeschluss über die Ausbildungsbeiträge

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.6%

  34. Ferien-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.8%

  35. Initiative «für einen wirksamen Schutz der Mutterschaft»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 15.8%

  36. Radio- und Fernsehartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.7%

  37. Bundesbeschluss über die Entschädigung der Opfer von Gewaltverbrechen

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 82.1%

  38. Initiative «für eine Zukunft ohne weitere Atomkraftwerke»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.0%

  39. Initiative «für eine umweltgerechte Energieversorgung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.8%

  40. Initiative «gegen den Missbrauch des Bankgeheimnisses und der Bankenmacht»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.0%

  41. Initiative «Gegen den Ausverkauf der Heimat»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 48.9%

  42. Einführung einer Schwerverkehrsabgabe

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.7%

  43. Einführung der Autobahnvignette

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 53.0%

  44. Zivildienst-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 36.2%

  45. Reform der Bürgerrechtsregelung in der Bundesverfassung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.8%

  46. Bundesbeschluss über die Erleichterung gewisser Einbürgerungen

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.8%

  47. Neuregelung der Treibstoffzölle

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 52.7%

  48. Energieartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 50.9%

  49. Preisüberwachungs-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 56.1%

  50. Gegenentwurf zur Preisüberwachungs-Initiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 21.6%

  51. Revision des Strafgesetzes (Gewaltverbrechen)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.7%

  52. Ausländergesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.6%

  53. Weiterführung der Finanzordnung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 69.0%

  54. Artikel zur Gleichstellung von Mann und Frau

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.3%

  55. Konsumentenschutz-Artikel

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.6%

  56. Initiative «für eine neue Ausländerpolitik»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 16.2%

  57. Gurten- und Schutzhelmobligatorium

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 51.6%

  58. Aufhebung des Kantonsanteils an den Stempelabgaben

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 67.3%

  59. Abbau des Kantonsanteils an den Alkoholeinnahmen

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 71.0%

  60. Revision der Brotgetreideordnung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.5%

  61. Initiative zur «vollständigen Trennung von Kirche und Staat»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 21.1%

  62. Neuordnung der Landesversorgung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 86.1%