Germany vs Switzerland statistics compared

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 63rd vs. 131st).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

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Germany and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Germany	Switzerland
1960	$84,619,845,881	$10,412,232,621
1961	$96,558,204,043	$11,713,348,834
1962	$105,895,435,234	$12,989,649,694
1963	$112,232,503,744	$14,283,872,299
1964	$123,330,404,665	$15,833,133,858
1965	$134,774,688,191	$16,780,226,225
1966	$143,304,275,684	$18,019,402,374
1967	$145,100,667,773	$19,397,044,714
1968	$156,527,292,653	$20,712,102,794
1969	$177,733,486,326	$22,442,043,274
1970	$216,629,229,947	$24,998,066,773
1971	$250,900,942,397	$30,040,171,751
1972	$300,899,944,795	$36,844,318,854
1973	$399,833,571,167	$49,550,006,320
1974	$446,934,971,657	$57,103,011,446
1975	$492,434,094,920	$65,466,081,819
1976	$521,658,712,133	$68,476,524,644
1977	$602,698,323,086	$73,135,771,167
1978	$743,182,891,918	$102,280,472,036
1979	$884,574,218,333	$114,970,094,425
1980	$953,772,499,462	$122,557,843,886
1981	$803,404,797,058	$112,244,805,519
1982	$779,421,633,755	$115,043,365,512
1983	$773,507,930,295	$114,634,358,535
1984	$727,767,760,979	$109,455,312,168
1985	$735,218,723,093	$110,980,314,192
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$159,089,921,063
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$199,236,370,038
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$215,540,625,299
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$208,105,846,934
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$265,763,573,999
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$268,901,693,863
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$279,921,425,828
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$272,237,527,071
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$301,375,055,202
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$352,835,806,342
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$340,103,959,547
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$294,788,198,856
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$303,459,014,347
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$297,873,643,323
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$279,216,033,870
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$286,582,672,434
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$309,301,422,430
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$362,075,086,508
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$403,912,891,033
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$418,284,865,885
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$441,634,672,197
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$490,740,715,595
2008	$3,808,786,022,313	$567,267,767,519
2009	$3,479,800,820,863	$554,212,916,092
2010	$3,468,154,343,000	$598,851,027,948
2011	$3,824,828,563,521	$715,888,126,682
2012	$3,597,896,500,945	$686,420,221,558
2013	$3,808,086,291,482	$706,234,937,371
2014	$3,965,800,686,310	$726,537,809,430
2015	$3,423,568,450,957	$694,118,186,380
2016	$3,537,784,107,981	$687,895,460,903
2017	$3,763,092,263,753	$695,200,834,102
2018	$4,052,008,447,224	$725,568,717,468
2019	$3,957,208,055,216	$721,369,112,727
2020	$3,940,142,541,354	$741,999,406,006
2021	$4,348,297,440,388	$815,309,330,987
2022	$4,163,596,357,879	$828,508,926,958
2023	$4,525,703,903,628	$894,424,821,645
2024	$4,659,929,336,891	$936,564,198,049

Germany and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	Switzerland
1960	$1,162	$1,954
1961	$1,316	$2,155
1962	$1,431	$2,330
1963	$1,502	$2,508
1964	$1,637	$2,735
1965	$1,774	$2,865
1966	$1,871	$3,045
1967	$1,886	$3,237
1968	$2,025	$3,413
1969	$2,281	$3,657
1970	$2,771	$4,044
1971	$3,204	$4,835
1972	$3,824	$5,885
1973	$5,065	$7,856
1974	$5,660	$9,005
1975	$6,259	$10,328
1976	$6,659	$10,865
1977	$7,711	$11,644
1978	$9,517	$16,282
1979	$11,322	$18,266
1980	$12,183	$19,394
1981	$10,246	$17,665
1982	$9,950	$18,000
1983	$9,900	$17,859
1984	$9,347	$16,991
1985	$9,464	$17,152
1986	$13,511	$24,460
1987	$16,739	$30,441
1988	$17,997	$32,690
1989	$17,829	$31,309
1990	$22,386	$39,575
1991	$23,443	$39,544
1992	$26,560	$40,714
1993	$25,617	$39,237
1994	$27,202	$43,092
1995	$31,747	$50,114
1996	$30,600	$48,093
1997	$27,047	$41,584
1998	$27,396	$42,681
1999	$26,965	$41,696
2000	$23,926	$38,865
2001	$23,878	$39,639
2002	$25,487	$42,459
2003	$30,711	$49,336
2004	$34,567	$54,659
2005	$35,084	$56,243
2006	$36,980	$59,011
2007	$42,351	$64,989
2008	$46,386	$74,175
2009	$42,487	$71,568
2010	$42,410	$76,531
2011	$47,647	$90,477
2012	$44,736	$85,836
2013	$47,220	$87,304
2014	$48,971	$88,725
2015	$41,911	$83,806
2016	$42,961	$82,153
2017	$45,527	$82,254
2018	$48,875	$85,217
2019	$47,624	$84,122
2020	$47,380	$85,898
2021	$52,266	$93,665
2022	$49,686	$94,395
2023	$53,940	$100,632
2024	$55,800	$103,670

Germany vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Germany	Switzerland
1950	66.8	68.9
1951	67.1	68.7
1952	67.5	69.6
1953	67.8	69.5
1954	68.1	70
1955	68.3	70.1
1956	68.6	70.2
1957	68.5	70.5
1958	69.2	71.3
1959	69.3	71.5
1960	69.3	71.4
1961	69.8	71.7
1962	70	71.3
1963	70.1	71.3
1964	70.6	72.2
1965	70.6	72.3
1966	70.7	72.4
1967	71	72.7
1968	70.6	72.7
1969	70.5	72.7
1970	70.7	73.1
1971	70.9	73.2
1972	71.1	73.8
1973	71.4	74.1
1974	71.7	74.4
1975	71.5	74.8
1976	72	74.9
1977	72.6	75.4
1978	72.6	75.3
1979	72.9	75.6
1980	73.1	75.6
1981	73.3	75.8
1982	73.6	76.2
1983	73.9	76.2
1984	74.4	76.8
1985	74.5	76.9
1986	74.7	77
1987	75.1	77.3
1988	75.3	77.4
1989	75.5	77.6
1990	75.3	77.4
1991	75.6	77.6
1992	76	77.9
1993	76.1	78.2
1994	76.4	78.5
1995	76.6	78.6
1996	76.8	79
1997	77.2	79.2
1998	77.6	79.5
1999	77.8	79.7
2000	78.1	79.8
2001	78.4	80.3
2002	78.5	80.4
2003	78.5	80.5
2004	79.1	81.1
2005	79.3	81.2
2006	79.6	81.5
2007	79.7	81.7
2008	79.8	82
2009	79.9	82
2010	80.1	82.3
2011	80.4	82.6
2012	80.5	82.6
2013	80.5	82.7
2014	80.9	83.1
2015	80.6	82.8
2016	80.8	83.4
2017	80.9	83.4
2018	80.9	83.6
2019	81.2	83.8
2020	81	83.1
2021	81.1	83.6
2022	80.6	83.2
2023	81.4	84
2024	81.5	84.1
2025	81.7	84.2

Germany and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Germany	Switzerland
1960	72,814,900	5,327,827
1961	73,377,632	5,434,294
1962	74,025,784	5,573,815
1963	74,714,353	5,694,247
1964	75,318,337	5,789,228
1965	75,963,695	5,856,472
1966	76,600,311	5,918,002
1967	76,951,336	5,991,785
1968	77,294,314	6,067,714
1969	77,909,682	6,136,387
1970	78,169,289	6,180,877
1971	78,312,842	6,213,399
1972	78,688,452	6,260,956
1973	78,936,666	6,307,347
1974	78,967,433	6,341,405
1975	78,673,554	6,338,632
1976	78,336,950	6,302,504
1977	78,159,814	6,281,174
1978	78,091,820	6,281,738
1979	78,126,350	6,294,365
1980	78,288,576	6,319,408
1981	78,407,907	6,354,074
1982	78,333,366	6,391,309
1983	78,128,282	6,418,773
1984	77,858,685	6,441,865
1985	77,684,873	6,470,365
1986	77,720,436	6,504,124
1987	77,839,920	6,545,106
1988	78,144,619	6,593,386
1989	78,751,283	6,646,912
1990	79,433,029	6,715,519
1991	80,013,896	6,799,978
1992	80,624,598	6,875,364
1993	81,156,363	6,938,265
1994	81,438,348	6,993,795
1995	81,678,051	7,040,687
1996	81,914,831	7,071,850
1997	82,034,771	7,088,906
1998	82,047,195	7,110,001
1999	82,100,243	7,143,991
2000	82,211,508	7,184,250
2001	82,349,925	7,229,854
2002	82,488,495	7,284,753
2003	82,534,176	7,339,001
2004	82,516,260	7,389,625
2005	82,469,422	7,437,115
2006	82,376,451	7,483,934
2007	82,266,372	7,551,117
2008	82,110,097	7,647,675
2009	81,902,307	7,743,831
2010	81,776,930	7,824,909
2011	80,274,983	7,912,398
2012	80,425,823	7,996,861
2013	80,645,605	8,089,346
2014	80,982,500	8,188,649
2015	81,686,611	8,282,396
2016	82,348,669	8,373,338
2017	82,657,002	8,451,840
2018	82,905,782	8,514,329
2019	83,092,962	8,575,280
2020	83,160,871	8,638,167
2021	83,196,078	8,704,546
2022	83,797,985	8,777,088
2023	83,901,923	8,888,093
2024	83,510,950	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Germany and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	Switzerland
1960	2.37	2.44
1961	2.45	2.52
1962	2.44	2.58
1963	2.51	2.65
1964	2.54	2.66
1965	2.5	2.59
1966	2.53	2.5
1967	2.48	2.39
1968	2.38	2.29
1969	2.21	2.19
1970	2.03	2.1
1971	1.92	2.04
1972	1.71	1.91
1973	1.54	1.81
1974	1.51	1.73
1975	1.45	1.61
1976	1.45	1.55
1977	1.4	1.53
1978	1.38	1.51
1979	1.38	1.52
1980	1.44	1.55
1981	1.43	1.55
1982	1.41	1.56
1983	1.33	1.52
1984	1.29	1.53
1985	1.37	1.52
1986	1.43	1.53
1987	1.43	1.52
1988	1.46	1.57
1989	1.42	1.56
1990	1.45	1.58
1991	1.33	1.58
1992	1.29	1.58
1993	1.28	1.51
1994	1.24	1.49
1995	1.25	1.48
1996	1.3	1.5
1997	1.35	1.48
1998	1.36	1.47
1999	1.36	1.48
2000	1.38	1.5
2001	1.35	1.38
2002	1.34	1.39
2003	1.34	1.39
2004	1.36	1.42
2005	1.34	1.42
2006	1.33	1.44
2007	1.37	1.46
2008	1.38	1.48
2009	1.36	1.5
2010	1.39	1.52
2011	1.39	1.52
2012	1.41	1.52
2013	1.42	1.52
2014	1.47	1.54
2015	1.5	1.54
2016	1.6	1.54
2017	1.57	1.52
2018	1.57	1.52
2019	1.54	1.48
2020	1.53	1.46
2021	1.58	1.52
2022	1.46	1.39
2023	1.39	1.33

Germany and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Germany

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Germany	Switzerland
1960	34.7	32.6
1961	34.7	32.4
1962	34.7	32
1963	34.6	31.7
1964	34.5	31.5
1965	34.4	31.6
1966	34.4	31.6
1967	34.3	31.6
1968	34.2	31.7
1969	34.1	31.7
1970	34.3	32
1971	34.4	32.2
1972	34.6	32.3
1973	34.7	32.5
1974	35	32.7
1975	35.5	33.1
1976	35.8	33.5
1977	36.1	33.8
1978	36.3	34.2
1979	36.4	34.5
1980	36.5	34.8
1981	36.5	35
1982	36.6	35.3
1983	36.7	35.6
1984	37	35.9
1985	37.1	36.1
1986	37.2	36.3
1987	37.4	36.5
1988	37.6	36.7
1989	37.6	36.8
1990	37.6	36.9
1991	37.7	36.9
1992	37.8	36.9
1993	37.9	37
1994	38.1	37.1
1995	38.4	37.3
1996	38.6	37.6
1997	38.9	37.9
1998	39.3	38.2
1999	39.7	38.4
2000	40	38.7
2001	40.4	39
2002	40.8	39.3
2003	41.2	39.6
2004	41.6	39.9
2005	42	40.3
2006	42.5	40.6
2007	43.1	40.9
2008	43.5	41.1
2009	43.9	41.3
2010	44.2	41.5
2011	44.6	41.6
2012	45.1	41.8
2013	45.5	42
2014	45.7	42.1
2015	45.7	42.2
2016	45.7	42.3
2017	45.8	42.4
2018	45.8	42.5
2019	45.8	42.6
2020	45.8	42.7
2021	45.9	42.8
2022	46	43
2023	46.2	43.4
2024	46.3	43.7

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