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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · CHE

Switzerland

Europe · Western Europe

Switzerland is recorded at 8.92m people in 2024, with total annual change of +47,824 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 756 · CHE

Switzerland

CHE · CH
HOLDING
population 8.92m
annual change +47,824
natural change +7,721
fertility 1.44
migrant share 31.1%

Early Warning · peak 2051 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 2.77m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Switzerland in 2024
Births 82,864
Deaths -75,143
Natural change +7,721
Net migration +40,099
Total change +47,824
time anchors

+204,150

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Switzerland
This year +47,824
Since peak -421,531 since 2051
Projected 2100 9.13m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

31.1%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 8.87m

Switzerland 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.33m, ages 15-64 5.80m, ages 65+ 1.74m.

0-14
1.33m
15-64
5.80m
65+
1.74m
2050 2050 9.34m

Switzerland 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.22m, ages 15-64 5.29m, ages 65+ 2.82m.

0-14
1.22m
15-64
5.29m
65+
2.82m
2100 2100 9.13m

Switzerland 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.22m, ages 15-64 4.98m, ages 65+ 2.93m.

0-14
1.22m
15-64
4.98m
65+
2.93m
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 1971.

crossover

2028

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

3.25

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2024.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 8.92m 47,824 82.9k 75.1k 1.44
2030 9.13m 24,549 75.7k 81.2k 1.46
2050 9.34m 1,828 81.6k 107.2k 1.52
2080 9.11m -6,333 79.7k 111.2k 1.56
2100 9.13m 4,157 76.9k 94.9k 1.58