Demography of Switzerland

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The permanent resident population of Switzerland on December 31, 2018 was 8.545 million . Population growth has been around 1% annually since 1999. The proportion of foreigners increased from 19.4% to 25.1% in the same period. The number of people with Swiss citizenship rose by 11% from 5,757,000 (1999) to 6,396,000 (2018), and that of foreigners by 53% from 1,407,000 (1999) to 2 '148,000 (2008). The proportion of people aged up to 19 years fell from 23.2% to 20.0%, while that of people aged 65 and over rose from 15.3% to 18.5%. The number of live births fell slightly from 11.1 to 10.3 per 1000 inhabitants.

Comparisons

Population development

Population development 2010 to 2018

Permanent resident population from 1861 to 2018 according to the BfS

In addition, 76'166 people lived in Switzerland as a non-employed population in 2018, compared to 70'835 people in 2010.

760,230 Swiss people lived abroad in 2018, of which 192,477 people only have Swiss citizenship and 567,756 people have multiple citizenships. At the end of 2019 the number rose to 770,871 people. The majority of them are naturalized Swiss who have moved back to their home country. While the number of annual naturalizations was 36,012 in 2011, it rose to 42,493 in 2018. Of these (countries with more than 1000 people): 6136 from Germany, 5066 from Italy, 3285 from Portugal and 2852 from France, 1644 from Turkey, 1606 from North Macedonia, 1460 from Spain, 1440 from Serbia and 1029 from the United Kingdom. With regard to the above-mentioned growth in the number of people with Swiss citizenship (around 39,000 people annually since 2014), it must be stated that the number of naturalizations is roughly the same, the increase was less due to the birth surplus within this group.

Key figures

  • Permanent resident population at the end of the year: 8,544,527
    • Foreigners: 2,148,275 (25.1%)
  • Men: 4,237,121 (in%: 49.6)
  • Women: 4,307,406 (in%: 50.4)

Age groups and gender

Age groups (years) Figure male in% male Figure female in% female total in %
0-19 879030 20.7 830428 19.3 1709458 20.0
20-39 1151607 27.2 1116322 25.9 2267929 26.5
40-64 1503433 35.1 1486406 34.5 2989839 35.0
65-79 534835 12.6 598814 13.9 1133649 13.3
> 79 168216 4.0 275436 6.4 443652 5.2
Total 4237121 4307406 8544527
in % 49.6 50.4
  • Birth surplus per 1000 inhabitants: 2.4
  • Deaths per 1,000 population: 7.9
  • Migration balance per 1000 inhabitants: 4.7
  • Annual population growth rate (in%): 1
  • Life expectancy at birth (years)
    • Men: 81.7
    • Women: 85.4
  • Divorces per 1000 inhabitants: 1.9 (divorce rate: 40%)

forecast

The most important results of the three new scenarios developed by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on population development in Switzerland and the development of the working population are a marked aging of the resident population between 2005 and 2035 and a declining working population from 2015.

Since 1984 the Federal Statistical Office has periodically published population scenarios for Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Council and in cooperation with the Federal Administration's perspective staff. The population scenarios serve as the basis for the federal government's forecasts, especially for the economic scenarios.

Two alternative scenarios look in more detail at the aging of the population. One is based on a choice of hypotheses in which the ratio of the number of at least 65-year-olds to the number of people of working age (20–64) increases the most. Finally, the «Trend» scenario can be examined on the basis of 9 variants.

According to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the permanent resident population of Switzerland will increase from 8.6 million people at the end of 2019 to 10.4 million in 2050 . This is primarily due to migration. The extent depends on the socio-economic and political developments in Switzerland. Population growth will be strongest around Zurich and Geneva.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BfS: Population data in a time comparison, 1950-2018 on bfs.admin.ch
  2. ^ STAT-TAB: The interactive statistics database, population development according to institutional classifications, 1850–2000. Swiss Confederation, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ STAT-TAB: The interactive statistics database, permanent and non-permanent resident population. Swiss Confederation, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ STAT-TAB - interactive tables (FSO) Permanent and non-permanent resident population on pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
  5. ↑ STAT-TAB - interactive tables (FSO): Swiss Abroad by country of residence, citizenship, gender and age group on pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
  6. ↑ STAT-TAB - interactive tables (FSO): Acquisition of Swiss citizenship by canton, type of acquisition, gender, age and former nationality at pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
  7. ↑ Population development from 2020 to 2050: Growth, aging and concentration around the big cities Media release Federal Council of May 28, 2020