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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.

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.

2010–2019

  1. Tax reform and funding of old-age insurance

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 66.4%

  2. Implementation of the EU Weapons Directive

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.7%

  3. Initiative against urban sprawl

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 36.3%

  4. Initiative «For the dignity of farm animals (horned cows initiative)»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.3%

  5. Self-determination initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.7%

  6. Legal basis for the monitoring of insured persons

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 64.7%

  7. Decree on cycle paths and footpaths

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 73.6%

  8. «Fair Food Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 38.7%

  9. Initiative «For food sovereignty»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.6%

  10. «Sovereign Money Initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.3%

  11. Gambling Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.9%

  12. New financial regime

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 84.1%

  13. Initiative for the abolition of radio and television fees

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 28.4%

  14. Decree on Food Security

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 78.7%

  15. Additional funding for the old-age insurance through a VAT increase

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 50.0%

  16. Pension reform

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.3%

  17. Energy Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 58.2%

  18. Simplified naturalisation for third-generation foreigners

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.4%

  19. Fund for national roads and urban traffic

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.0%

  20. Corporate Tax Reform III

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.9%

  21. Nuclear phase-out initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.8%

  22. Initiative «For a Green Economy»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 36.4%

  23. Initiative «For a decent old-age pension»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.6%

  24. Act on the Intelligence Service

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 65.5%

  25. Initiative «Pro public services»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 32.4%

  26. Initiative «For an unconditional basic income»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 23.1%

  27. Initiative «For fair transport funding»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.2%

  28. Reproductive Medicine Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.4%

  29. Asylum Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 66.8%

  30. Initiative «No to the penalisation of marriage»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 49.2%

  31. «Implementation initiative»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.2%

  32. Initiative «No speculation on food»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.1%

  33. Rehabilitation of the Gotthard road tunnel

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 57.0%

  34. Constitutional article on reproductive medicine and genetic engineering in the human field

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 61.9%

  35. Initiative on scholarships

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.5%

  36. Initiative «Taxing multi-millionaire inheritances»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.0%

  37. Radio and Television Act (radio/TV licence fee)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 50.1%

  38. Initiative for tax-free child allowances

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.6%

  39. Initiative «Replace VAT with an energy tax»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 8.0%

  40. Initiative for the abolition of lump-sum taxation

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 40.8%

  41. Initiative «Halt overpopulation - Preserve the natural environment»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 25.9%

  42. Gold initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 22.7%

  43. Initiative «Stop the discriminatory VAT for the hospitality sector!»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 28.5%

  44. Initiative «For a public health insurance»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 38.2%

  45. Federal decree on basic medical care

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 88.1%

  46. Initiative «Pedophiles must no longer be allowed to work with children»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 63.5%

  47. Minimum Wage Initiative

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 23.7%

  48. Fund for the acquisition of the Gripen fighter aircraft

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 46.6%

  49. Financing and expansion of the railway infrastructure

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.0%

  50. Initiative «Financing abortion is a private matter»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 30.2%

  51. Initiative «Against mass immigration»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 50.3%

  52. Initiative «1:12 – For fair wages»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.7%

  53. Initiative «For families»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.5%

  54. Motorway Vignette Act

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 39.5%

  55. Initiative for the abolition of compulsory military service

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 26.8%

  56. Epidemics Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 60.0%

  57. Employment Act (opening hours of petrol station shops)

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 55.8%

  58. Initiative for the election of the Federal Council by the people

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 23.7%

  59. Asylum Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 78.5%

  60. Federal decree on family policy

    Mandatory referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 54.4%

  61. Initiative «Against abusive remuneration (rip-off initiative)»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.0%

  62. Spatial Planning Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 62.9%

  63. Epizootics Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 68.3%

  64. Federal decree on the promotion of musical training for young people

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 72.7%

  65. Initiative «Safe housing for the elderly»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 47.4%

  66. Initiative «Protection against passive smoking»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 34.0%

  67. Initiative «Access to home ownership thanks to home savings»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 31.1%

  68. Initiative «Let the people decide on international treaties»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.7%

  69. Amendment to the Health Insurance Act (health care networks)

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 24.0%

  70. Initiative «Stop the unconstrained building of secondary residences»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 50.6%

  71. Initiative «For tax-privileged home savings»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 44.2%

  72. Initiative «6 weeks of holidays for all»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 33.5%

  73. Regulation of gambling in favour of charitable purposes

    Direct counter-proposal

    Accepted

    Yes share 87.1%

  74. Book price regulation Act

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.9%

  75. Initiative «For the protection against gun violence»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 43.7%

  76. Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»

    Popular initiative

    Accepted

    Yes share 52.9%

  77. Counter-proposal to the Expulsion Initiative

    Direct counter-proposal

    Rejected

    Yes share 45.8%

  78. Tie-breaker question on the Expulsion Initiative and the counter-proposal

    Tie-breaker question

    No result of its own (tie-breaker question)

    Yes share 49.6%

  79. Initiative «For equitable taxes»

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 41.5%

  80. Revision of the Unemployment Insurance Act

    Optional referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 53.4%

  81. Constitutional article on human research

    Mandatory referendum

    Accepted

    Yes share 77.2%

  82. Initiative for an Animal Lawyer

    Popular initiative

    Rejected

    Yes share 29.5%

  83. Amendment to the Occupational Pensions Act (minimum conversion rate)

    Optional referendum

    Rejected

    Yes share 27.3%