Austria vs Switzerland Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Austria vs Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age
	Austria	Switzerland
1960	35.5	32.6
1961	35.5	32.4
1962	35.4	32
1963	35.3	31.7
1964	35.1	31.5
1965	35	31.6
1966	34.8	31.6
1967	34.6	31.6
1968	34.3	31.7
1969	34.1	31.7
1970	33.9	32
1971	33.8	32.2
1972	33.6	32.3
1973	33.5	32.5
1974	33.6	32.7
1975	33.8	33.1
1976	34.1	33.5
1977	34.3	33.8
1978	34.5	34.2
1979	34.7	34.5
1980	34.7	34.8
1981	34.6	35
1982	34.7	35.3
1983	34.9	35.6
1984	35	35.9
1985	35.2	36.1
1986	35.3	36.3
1987	35.4	36.5
1988	35.5	36.7
1989	35.6	36.8
1990	35.6	36.9
1991	35.6	36.9
1992	35.7	36.9
1993	35.8	37
1994	36.1	37.1
1995	36.4	37.3
1996	36.7	37.6
1997	37.1	37.9
1998	37.5	38.2
1999	37.8	38.4
2000	38.2	38.7
2001	38.6	39
2002	38.9	39.3
2003	39.2	39.6
2004	39.6	39.9
2005	39.9	40.3
2006	40.3	40.6
2007	40.7	40.9
2008	41.1	41.1
2009	41.4	41.3
2010	41.8	41.5
2011	42.1	41.6
2012	42.4	41.8
2013	42.6	42
2014	42.8	42.1
2015	42.9	42.2
2016	42.9	42.3
2017	43.1	42.4
2018	43.2	42.5
2019	43.4	42.6
2020	43.6	42.7
2021	43.7	42.8
2022	43.9	43
2023	44.1	43.4
2024	44.4	43.7
2025	44.7	43.9
2026	44.9	44.2
2027	45.2	44.5
2028	45.5	44.8
2029	45.8	45.1
2030	46.1	45.4
2031	46.4	45.7
2032	46.7	46
2033	46.9	46.3
2034	47.2	46.6
2035	47.5	46.9
2036	47.8	47.1
2037	48.1	47.4
2038	48.3	47.7
2039	48.6	48
2040	48.9	48.2
2041	49.1	48.4
2042	49.4	48.6
2043	49.6	48.7
2044	49.8	48.8
2045	49.9	48.9
2046	50.1	48.9
2047	50.2	48.9
2048	50.2	48.9
2049	50.2	48.8
2050	50.2	48.8

In 1960, the median age in Austria was 35.5 years compared to 32.6 years in Switzerland. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 44.4 years in Austria and to 43.7 years in Switzerland.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Austria is expected to increased to around 50.2 years by 2050 compared to 48.8 years in Switzerland. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Austria		Switzerland
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.34%	2.22%	2.48%	2.35%
5-9	2.53%	2.39%	2.61%	2.48%
10-14	2.45%	2.3%	2.58%	2.45%
15-19	2.46%	2.34%	2.52%	2.38%
20-24	2.63%	2.49%	2.62%	2.45%
25-29	3.12%	2.97%	3%	2.84%
30-34	3.52%	3.37%	3.48%	3.37%
35-39	3.49%	3.38%	3.62%	3.55%
40-44	3.43%	3.38%	3.59%	3.52%
45-49	3.17%	3.17%	3.39%	3.36%
50-54	3.48%	3.55%	3.52%	3.49%
55-59	3.92%	3.93%	3.77%	3.73%
60-64	3.63%	3.71%	3.42%	3.42%
65-69	2.82%	3.07%	2.69%	2.79%
70-74	2.13%	2.49%	2.16%	2.41%
75-79	1.69%	2.14%	1.89%	2.21%
80+	2.41%	3.85%	2.34%	3.52%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Austria has low demographic potential with 37.1% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 37.6% and similar potential in Switzerland.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Austria			Switzerland
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	52.1%	33.5%	18.6%	52.1%	36.6%	15.6%
1961	53.5%	34.4%	19%	52.2%	36.5%	15.6%
1962	54.5%	35%	19.5%	52.4%	36.7%	15.7%
1963	55.3%	35.5%	19.8%	52.4%	36.7%	15.7%
1964	56.4%	36.1%	20.3%	52.6%	36.8%	15.8%
1965	57.6%	36.8%	20.8%	53%	36.9%	16.1%
1966	58.7%	37.5%	21.2%	53.5%	37.1%	16.4%
1967	59.8%	38.1%	21.7%	53.7%	37%	16.7%
1968	60.9%	38.8%	22.1%	53.8%	36.9%	16.9%
1969	61.8%	39.3%	22.5%	53.8%	36.6%	17.1%
1970	62.4%	39.6%	22.8%	54.1%	36.6%	17.5%
1971	62.7%	39.6%	23.1%	54.6%	36.7%	17.9%
1972	62.6%	39.3%	23.3%	54.6%	36.3%	18.2%
1973	62.2%	38.8%	23.5%	54.3%	35.8%	18.5%
1974	61.9%	38.2%	23.7%	54.1%	35.2%	18.9%
1975	61.5%	37.5%	24%	53.9%	34.5%	19.3%
1976	60.7%	36.6%	24.2%	53.5%	33.7%	19.8%
1977	59.6%	35.4%	24.2%	53.1%	32.8%	20.3%
1978	58.5%	34.2%	24.3%	52.4%	31.8%	20.6%
1979	57.2%	33%	24.3%	51.6%	30.8%	20.8%
1980	55.8%	31.8%	24%	50.6%	29.7%	20.9%
1981	54%	30.8%	23.3%	49.5%	28.8%	20.8%
1982	52.1%	29.7%	22.4%	48.5%	27.9%	20.6%
1983	50.3%	28.7%	21.6%	47.6%	27.1%	20.5%
1984	48.8%	27.8%	21.1%	46.9%	26.4%	20.5%
1985	48.1%	27.1%	21%	46.4%	25.8%	20.6%
1986	47.8%	26.6%	21.2%	46.2%	25.4%	20.8%
1987	47.8%	26.3%	21.5%	46.1%	25.1%	21%
1988	47.9%	26.1%	21.8%	46.1%	24.9%	21.1%
1989	48%	26%	22%	46.2%	24.9%	21.3%
1990	48.1%	25.9%	22.1%	46.4%	25%	21.3%
1991	48.2%	26%	22.2%	46.6%	25.2%	21.4%
1992	48.4%	26.2%	22.2%	46.9%	25.5%	21.4%
1993	48.7%	26.4%	22.2%	47.3%	25.8%	21.5%
1994	48.9%	26.5%	22.4%	47.6%	26%	21.6%
1995	49.2%	26.6%	22.6%	47.9%	26.1%	21.8%
1996	49.2%	26.4%	22.8%	48.2%	26.2%	22%
1997	49%	26.2%	22.9%	48.4%	26.2%	22.2%
1998	48.8%	25.9%	22.9%	48.5%	26.1%	22.4%
1999	48.5%	25.6%	22.9%	48.6%	26%	22.6%
2000	48.1%	25.2%	22.9%	48.6%	25.8%	22.8%
2001	47.7%	24.8%	22.8%	48.3%	25.4%	22.9%
2002	47.2%	24.5%	22.8%	47.8%	24.8%	23%
2003	46.9%	24.1%	22.7%	47.5%	24.5%	23%
2004	47%	23.9%	23.1%	47.3%	24.1%	23.1%
2005	47.6%	23.6%	23.9%	47%	23.7%	23.3%
2006	48%	23.3%	24.7%	46.9%	23.3%	23.6%
2007	48.2%	23%	25.2%	46.8%	22.9%	23.8%
2008	48.2%	22.6%	25.6%	46.7%	22.6%	24.1%
2009	48.3%	22.3%	26%	46.8%	22.4%	24.4%
2010	48.1%	22%	26.2%	47%	22.3%	24.7%
2011	47.9%	21.7%	26.2%	47.3%	22.2%	25.1%
2012	48%	21.4%	26.6%	47.7%	22.1%	25.5%
2013	48.3%	21.3%	27%	48%	22.1%	25.9%
2014	48.6%	21.2%	27.3%	48.4%	22.1%	26.3%
2015	48.7%	21.3%	27.5%	48.7%	22.1%	26.6%
2016	49%	21.4%	27.6%	49.1%	22.2%	26.9%
2017	49.3%	21.5%	27.8%	49.5%	22.3%	27.2%
2018	49.7%	21.6%	28.1%	50.1%	22.5%	27.6%
2019	50.1%	21.6%	28.4%	50.6%	22.6%	28%
2020	50.5%	21.7%	28.9%	51.1%	22.7%	28.3%
2021	51.1%	21.7%	29.4%	51.5%	22.8%	28.7%
2022	51.8%	21.8%	30%	52.2%	22.9%	29.2%
2023	52.6%	21.8%	30.8%	53%	23%	30%
2024	53.5%	21.8%	31.6%	53.8%	23%	30.8%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Austria increased from 47% to 53.5% between 2004 and 2024.

In Switzerland, the ratio of dependent people increased from 47.3% to 53.8% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Austria	Switzerland
1960	65.7%	65.7%
1961	65.2%	65.7%
1962	64.7%	65.6%
1963	64.4%	65.6%
1964	63.9%	65.5%
1965	63.5%	65.4%
1966	63%	65.2%
1967	62.6%	65%
1968	62.2%	65%
1969	61.8%	65%
1970	61.6%	64.9%
1971	61.5%	64.7%
1972	61.5%	64.7%
1973	61.6%	64.8%
1974	61.8%	64.9%
1975	61.9%	65%
1976	62.2%	65.1%
1977	62.6%	65.3%
1978	63.1%	65.6%
1979	63.6%	66%
1980	64.2%	66.4%
1981	64.9%	66.9%
1982	65.7%	67.3%
1983	66.5%	67.7%
1984	67.2%	68.1%
1985	67.5%	68.3%
1986	67.7%	68.4%
1987	67.7%	68.5%
1988	67.6%	68.5%
1989	67.6%	68.4%
1990	67.5%	68.3%
1991	67.5%	68.2%
1992	67.4%	68.1%
1993	67.3%	67.9%
1994	67.1%	67.7%
1995	67%	67.6%
1996	67%	67.5%
1997	67.1%	67.4%
1998	67.2%	67.3%
1999	67.3%	67.3%
2000	67.5%	67.3%
2001	67.7%	67.4%
2002	67.9%	67.7%
2003	68.1%	67.8%
2004	68%	67.9%
2005	67.8%	68%
2006	67.6%	68.1%
2007	67.5%	68.1%
2008	67.5%	68.2%
2009	67.5%	68.1%
2010	67.5%	68%
2011	67.6%	67.9%
2012	67.6%	67.7%
2013	67.4%	67.6%
2014	67.3%	67.4%
2015	67.2%	67.3%
2016	67.1%	67.1%
2017	67%	66.9%
2018	66.8%	66.6%
2019	66.6%	66.4%
2020	66.4%	66.2%
2021	66.2%	66%
2022	65.9%	65.7%
2023	65.5%	65.4%
2024	65.2%	65%
2025	64.8%	64.7%
2026	64.3%	64.3%
2027	63.8%	63.9%
2028	63.3%	63.5%
2029	62.9%	63%
2030	62.4%	62.6%
2031	62%	62.2%
2032	61.6%	61.8%
2033	61.2%	61.4%
2034	60.8%	61.1%
2035	60.5%	60.8%
2036	60.2%	60.5%
2037	60%	60.2%
2038	59.7%	60%
2039	59.5%	59.8%
2040	59.3%	59.6%
2041	59.1%	59.4%
2042	59%	59.2%
2043	58.8%	58.9%
2044	58.6%	58.6%
2045	58.4%	58.3%
2046	58.1%	58%
2047	57.8%	57.6%
2048	57.5%	57.3%
2049	57.2%	57%
2050	56.9%	56.7%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 68% to 65.2% in Austria and from 67.9% to 65% in Switzerland.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Austria	Switzerland
1960	22%	24%
1961	22.4%	24%
1962	22.7%	24.1%
1963	22.8%	24.1%
1964	23.1%	24.1%
1965	23.4%	24.1%
1966	23.6%	24.2%
1967	23.9%	24.1%
1968	24.1%	24%
1969	24.3%	23.8%
1970	24.4%	23.8%
1971	24.3%	23.7%
1972	24.2%	23.5%
1973	23.9%	23.2%
1974	23.6%	22.8%
1975	23.2%	22.4%
1976	22.8%	22%
1977	22.2%	21.4%
1978	21.6%	20.9%
1979	21%	20.3%
1980	20.4%	19.7%
1981	20%	19.2%
1982	19.5%	18.8%
1983	19.1%	18.3%
1984	18.7%	18%
1985	18.3%	17.6%
1986	18%	17.4%
1987	17.8%	17.2%
1988	17.6%	17.1%
1989	17.6%	17%
1990	17.5%	17.1%
1991	17.6%	17.2%
1992	17.7%	17.3%
1993	17.8%	17.5%
1994	17.8%	17.6%
1995	17.8%	17.6%
1996	17.7%	17.7%
1997	17.6%	17.6%
1998	17.4%	17.6%
1999	17.2%	17.5%
2000	17%	17.4%
2001	16.8%	17.1%
2002	16.6%	16.8%
2003	16.4%	16.6%
2004	16.2%	16.4%
2005	16%	16.1%
2006	15.8%	15.9%
2007	15.5%	15.6%
2008	15.2%	15.4%
2009	15%	15.3%
2010	14.8%	15.2%
2011	14.6%	15.1%
2012	14.5%	15%
2013	14.4%	14.9%
2014	14.3%	14.9%
2015	14.3%	14.9%
2016	14.4%	14.9%
2017	14.4%	14.9%
2018	14.4%	15%
2019	14.4%	15%
2020	14.4%	15.1%
2021	14.4%	15.1%
2022	14.3%	15.1%
2023	14.3%	15%
2024	14.2%	15%
2025	14.1%	14.9%
2026	14.1%	14.8%
2027	14%	14.7%
2028	13.8%	14.6%
2029	13.7%	14.5%
2030	13.6%	14.3%
2031	13.4%	14.1%
2032	13.2%	14%
2033	13%	13.8%
2034	12.8%	13.6%
2035	12.6%	13.5%
2036	12.5%	13.3%
2037	12.3%	13.2%
2038	12.2%	13.1%
2039	12.1%	13%
2040	12.1%	12.9%
2041	12%	12.8%
2042	12%	12.8%
2043	12%	12.7%
2044	12%	12.8%
2045	12%	12.8%
2046	12%	12.8%
2047	12.1%	12.9%
2048	12.1%	12.9%
2049	12.2%	13%
2050	12.3%	13.1%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 14.2% in Austria and 15% in Switzerland. Birth rates in Austria compared to Switzerland .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Austria	Switzerland
1960	12.2%	10.2%
1961	12.4%	10.3%
1962	12.6%	10.3%
1963	12.8%	10.3%
1964	13%	10.4%
1965	13.2%	10.5%
1966	13.4%	10.7%
1967	13.6%	10.9%
1968	13.7%	11%
1969	13.9%	11.2%
1970	14.1%	11.4%
1971	14.2%	11.6%
1972	14.3%	11.8%
1973	14.5%	12%
1974	14.6%	12.3%
1975	14.9%	12.6%
1976	15%	12.9%
1977	15.2%	13.2%
1978	15.3%	13.5%
1979	15.4%	13.7%
1980	15.4%	13.9%
1981	15.1%	13.9%
1982	14.7%	13.9%
1983	14.4%	13.9%
1984	14.2%	14%
1985	14.2%	14.1%
1986	14.3%	14.2%
1987	14.5%	14.4%
1988	14.7%	14.5%
1989	14.9%	14.5%
1990	15%	14.6%
1991	15%	14.6%
1992	14.9%	14.6%
1993	14.9%	14.6%
1994	15%	14.7%
1995	15.2%	14.7%
1996	15.3%	14.8%
1997	15.3%	15%
1998	15.4%	15.1%
1999	15.4%	15.2%
2000	15.4%	15.3%
2001	15.5%	15.5%
2002	15.5%	15.5%
2003	15.5%	15.6%
2004	15.7%	15.7%
2005	16.2%	15.9%
2006	16.7%	16%
2007	17%	16.2%
2008	17.3%	16.4%
2009	17.5%	16.6%
2010	17.7%	16.8%
2011	17.7%	17.1%
2012	17.9%	17.3%
2013	18.2%	17.5%
2014	18.4%	17.7%
2015	18.5%	17.9%
2016	18.5%	18%
2017	18.6%	18.2%
2018	18.8%	18.4%
2019	18.9%	18.6%
2020	19.2%	18.8%
2021	19.5%	18.9%
2022	19.8%	19.2%
2023	20.2%	19.6%
2024	20.6%	20%
2025	21.1%	20.4%
2026	21.6%	20.9%
2027	22.2%	21.4%
2028	22.8%	21.9%
2029	23.4%	22.5%
2030	24.1%	23.1%
2031	24.7%	23.7%
2032	25.3%	24.2%
2033	25.8%	24.8%
2034	26.4%	25.3%
2035	26.9%	25.7%
2036	27.4%	26.2%
2037	27.7%	26.6%
2038	28.1%	26.9%
2039	28.4%	27.2%
2040	28.6%	27.5%
2041	28.9%	27.8%
2042	29%	28.1%
2043	29.2%	28.4%
2044	29.4%	28.6%
2045	29.6%	28.9%
2046	29.9%	29.2%
2047	30.1%	29.5%
2048	30.4%	29.7%
2049	30.6%	30%
2050	30.8%	30.2%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 20.6% in Austria and 20% in Switzerland. Life expectancy in Austria compared to Switzerland .