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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.

18501900195020002050Today+4+4+3+8+1+15+9+9+19+19+11+37+47+46+60+72+36+61+62

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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.

1990–1999

  1. Asylgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.6%

  2. Massnahmen im Asyl- und Ausländerbereich

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.8%

  3. Bundesbeschluss über die ärztliche Verschreibung von Heroin

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.4%

  4. Gesetz über die Invalidenversicherung

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 30.3%

  5. Gesetz über die Mutterschaftsversicherung

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.0%

  6. Neue Bundesverfassung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 59.2%

  7. Bundesbeschluss über die Wählbarkeit in den Bundesrat

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 74.7%

  8. Verfassungsbestimmung über die Transplantationsmedizin

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 87.8%

  9. Wohneigentums-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.3%

  10. Raumplanungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 55.9%

  11. Finanzierung des öffentlichen Verkehrs (FinöV)

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.5%

  12. Getreideartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 79.4%

  13. Initiative «für eine vernünftige Drogenpolitik»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 26.0%

  14. Arbeitsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.4%

  15. Leistungsabhängige Schwerverkehrsabgabe (LSVA)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.2%

  16. Kleinbauern-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 23.0%

  17. Initiative «für die 10. AHV-Revision ohne Erhöhung des Rentenalters»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.5%

  18. Haushaltsziel 2001

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.7%

  19. «Gen-Schutz-Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.3%

  20. Initiative «S.o.S. - Schweiz ohne Schnüffelpolizei»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.6%

  21. Finanzierung der Arbeitslosenversicherung

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.2%

  22. Initiative «Jugend ohne Drogen»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.3%

  23. Initiative «EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen vors Volk!»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 26.0%

  24. Initiative «für ein Verbot der Kriegsmaterialausfuhr»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 22.5%

  25. Aufhebung des Pulverregals

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 82.2%

  26. Initiative «gegen die illegale Einwanderung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.3%

  27. Arbeitsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.0%

  28. Verfassungsartikel zur Landwirtschaft

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 77.6%

  29. Regierungs- und Verwaltungsorganisationsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.4%

  30. Sprachenartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 76.2%

  31. Übertritt Vellerat zum Kanton Jura

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 91.6%

  32. Zuständigkeit im Bereich der persönlichen militärischen Ausrüstung

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.7%

  33. Aufhebung der Pflicht zur Übernahme von Brennapparaten und Branntwein

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 80.8%

  34. Aufhebung der Beiträge an Bahnhofparkplätze

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.0%

  35. 10. AHV-Revision

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.7%

  36. Initiative «zum Ausbau von AHV und IV»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.6%

  37. Gesetz über den Erwerb von Grundstücken durch Personen im Ausland

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.4%

  38. Landwirtschaftsartikel

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.1%

  39. Milchwirtschaftsbeschluss

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 36.5%

  40. Landwirtschaftsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.6%

  41. Ausgabenbremse

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 83.4%

  42. Krankenversicherungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 51.8%

  43. Initiative «für eine gesunde Krankenversicherung»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 23.5%

  44. Zwangsmassnahmen im Ausländerrecht

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.9%

  45. Aufhebung der Brotgetreideverbilligung

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 64.6%

  46. Verbot der Rassendiskriminierung

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.7%

  47. Kulturförderungsartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 51.0%

  48. Erleichterte Einbürgerung für junge Ausländer

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 52.8%

  49. UNO-Blauhelme

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 42.8%

  50. Weiterführung Autobahnvignette

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.5%

  51. Weiterführung der Schwerverkehrsabgabe

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.2%

  52. Einführung einer leistungsabhängigen Schwerverkehrsabgabe

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 67.1%

  53. Alpen-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 51.9%

  54. Luftfahrtgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 61.1%

  55. Einführung der Mehrwertsteuer

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 66.7%

  56. Mehrwertsteuer-Satz 6,5%

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.7%

  57. Mehrwertsteuerprozent für die AHV

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.6%

  58. Bundesbeschluss über besondere Verbrauchssteuern

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.7%

  59. Initiative «zur Verminderung der Alkoholprobleme»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 25.3%

  60. Initiative «zur Verminderung der Tabakprobleme»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 25.5%

  61. Bundesbeschluss gegen den Waffenmissbrauch

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 86.3%

  62. Kantonswechsel des Laufentals zu Basel-Landschaft

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 75.2%

  63. 1.-August-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 83.8%

  64. Befristete Massnahmen in der Krankenversicherung

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 80.6%

  65. Massnahmen in der Arbeitslosenversicherung

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 70.4%

  66. Initiative «40 Waffenplätze sind genug»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.7%

  67. Initiative «für eine Schweiz ohne neue Kampfflugzeuge»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 42.8%

  68. Erhöhung des Treibstoffzolls

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.5%

  69. Aufhebung des Spielbankenverbots

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.5%

  70. Initiative «zur Abschaffung der Tierversuche»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.8%

  71. EWR-Beitritt

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.7%

  72. Alpentransit-Beschluss (NEAT)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.6%

  73. Geschäftsverkehrsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.0%

  74. Entschädigungsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.6%

  75. Infrastrukturgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 30.6%

  76. Gesetz über die Stempelabgaben

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 61.5%

  77. Gesetz über das bäuerliche Bodenrecht

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 53.6%

  78. Beitritt zu den Institutionen von Bretton Woods

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 55.8%

  79. Gesetz über die Mitwirkung an den Institutionen von Bretton Woods

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 56.4%

  80. Gewässerschutzgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 66.1%

  81. Gewässerschutz-Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 37.1%

  82. Regelung der Fortpflanzungs- und Gentechnologie

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 73.8%

  83. Einführung eines Zivildiensts

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 82.5%

  84. Reform des Sexualstrafrechts

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 73.1%

  85. «Krankenkassen-Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.3%

  86. Initiative «Weg vom Tierversuch!»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.6%

  87. Neuordnung der Bundesfinanzen (Einführung Mehrwertsteuer)

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.7%

  88. Militärstrafgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 55.7%

  89. Herabsetzung des Stimmrechtsalters auf 18 Jahre

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.8%

  90. Initiative «zur Förderung des öffentlichen Verkehrs»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 37.1%

  91. Initiative für einen Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.1%

  92. Initiative «Stopp dem Atomkraftwerkbau (Moratorium)»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 54.5%

  93. Energieartikel

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 71.1%

  94. Strassenverkehrsgesetz

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 52.8%

  95. Initiative «für eine Begrenzung des Strassenbaus»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 28.5%

  96. Initiative «für eine autobahnfreie Landschaft zwischen Murten und Yverdon»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 32.7%

  97. Initiative «für ein autobahnfreies Knonauer Amt»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.4%

  98. Initiative für eine freie Aarelandschaft zwischen Biel und Solothurn

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.0%

  99. Rebbaubeschluss

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.7%

  100. Gesetz über die Organisation der Bundesrechtspflege

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.4%