Population in Switzerland

578 indicators covering population for Switzerland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 76.7% 2024 down 4.8% 14th
Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 41.0% 2024 up 4.6% 3rd
Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 78,256 Number 2024 down 8.2% 24th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 70.9% 2024 up 8.4% 3rd
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 11.9% 2024 up 22.7% 35th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 29.8% 2024 down 9.4% 16th
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 32.4% 2024 down 11.2% 15th
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 1.2% 2024 down 20.0% 46th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 26.1% 2024 up 58.2% 25th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 5.6% 2024 up 16.7% 33rd
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 1.1% 2024 down 21.4% 37th
Live births (total) by other typologies 41,185 Number 2024 down 8.6% 13th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 51.4% 2024 up 5.8% 3rd
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 75.8% 2023 up 73.9% 7th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 14.8% 2024 down 25.6% 20th
Children living in households with very low work intensity by 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 47th
Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 52.5% 2024 up 0.6% 45th
Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 32.5% 2024 down 12.4% 36th
Standardised inflows of permanent-type migrants — Migration flows by 0 Persons 2024 15th
Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 4.71 million 2025 up 10.3% 13th
Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 63.2% 2024 down 10.0% 23rd
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents 29.6% 2024 up 62.6% 23rd
Vaccination against influenza of population aged 65 and over 37.5% 2022 down 5.3% 19th
Population connected to wastewater treatment plants 8,862 Thousand 2023 up 9.9% 17th
Live births by mother's age and citizenship 78,256 Number 2024 down 8.2% 20th
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 14.5% 2024 up 1.4% 33rd
Distribution of population by number of years spent in poverty within 7.9% 2024 up 21.5% 18th
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 10.8% 2024 up 1.9% 6th
Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 3.1% 2024 unchanged 29th
Persons subject to immigration law enforcement - per thousand persons 0.15 Number 2025 up 36.4% 24th
Live births by mother's age and country of birth 78,256 Number 2024 down 9.6% 19th
Distribution of population by group of country of birth and tenure 21.7% 2024 down 2.7% 43rd
Subjective poverty by educational attainment level 10.8% 2024 down 5.3% 37th
Subjective poverty by most frequent activity status 10.3% 2024 down 6.4% 37th
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing 14.2% 2023 up 30.3% 5th
Short-term update of the projected population 9.31 million 2032 up 6.6% 16th
Deaths by age, sex and country of birth 71,942 Number 2024 up 7.2% 22nd
Health workforce migration 42,602 Number 2024 up 24.0% 16th
Immigration by age group, sex and country of birth 212,578 Number 2024 up 36.0% 12th
Immigration by age, sex and group of country of birth 212,578 Number 2024 up 36.0% 12th
Severe housing deprivation rate by household type 2.5% 2023 down 19.4% 16th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 32.8% 2024 up 4.1% 10th
Total population living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp 12.3% 2023 up 7.0% 27th
Material deprivation for the 'Housing' dimension, by household type 82.1% 2023 down 2.0% 27th
Total population considering their dwelling as too dark 7.2% 2023 up 4.3% 9th
Children (aged 0 to 17) living in households considering their 5.6% 2023 down 48.6% 23rd
Total population having neither a bath, nor a shower in their dwelling 0.1% 2020 down 50.0% 37th
Total population not having indoor flushing toilet for the sole use 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 40th
Children (aged 0 to 17) not having indoor flushing toilet for the 0.0% 2020 35th
Total population having neither a bath, nor a shower, nor indoor 0.0% 2020 38th
Live births by mother's age and educational attainment level 78,256 Number 2024 18th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by degree 171.6 Thousand 2024 up 71.6% 17th
Recent immigrants by country of birth 4.1% 2025 down 6.8% 2nd
Distribution of population by group of citizenship and tenure status 17.5% 2024 down 17.1% 34th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by level of 3.5% 2024 down 5.4% 41st
Distribution of population by work intensity of the household 5.9% 2024 up 25.5% 36th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by work intensity of the household 3.4% 2024 down 10.5% 37th
Emigration by age group, sex and country of birth 129,786 Number 2024 up 16.8% 12th
Persons receiving benefits (other than old age benefits) by risk of 62.1% 2024 up 0.3% 22nd