Switzerland vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Switzerland has a population of 9.03M (ranked 101/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Switzerland's land area is 15,255 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 131st vs. 78th).

By GDP, Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Switzerland and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Switzerland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	$10,412,232,621	$73,233,967,692
1961	$11,713,348,834	$77,741,965,703
1962	$12,989,649,694	$81,247,564,157
1963	$14,283,872,299	$86,561,961,812
1964	$15,833,133,858	$94,407,558,351
1965	$16,780,226,225	$101,824,755,079
1966	$18,019,402,374	$108,572,752,102
1967	$19,397,044,714	$113,116,888,211
1968	$20,712,102,794	$107,759,910,068
1969	$22,442,043,274	$116,464,702,803
1970	$24,998,066,773	$130,671,946,244
1971	$30,040,171,751	$148,113,896,325
1972	$36,844,318,854	$169,965,034,965
1973	$49,550,006,320	$192,537,971,583
1974	$57,103,011,446	$206,131,369,799
1975	$65,466,081,819	$241,756,637,168
1976	$68,476,524,644	$232,614,555,256
1977	$73,135,771,167	$263,066,457,352
1978	$102,280,472,036	$335,883,029,722
1979	$114,970,094,425	$438,994,070,309
1980	$122,557,843,886	$564,947,710,899
1981	$112,244,805,519	$540,765,675,241
1982	$115,043,365,512	$515,048,916,841
1983	$114,634,358,535	$489,618,008,186
1984	$109,455,312,168	$461,487,097,632
1985	$110,980,314,192	$489,285,164,271
1986	$159,089,921,063	$601,452,653,181
1987	$199,236,370,038	$745,162,608,269
1988	$215,540,625,299	$910,122,732,124
1989	$208,105,846,934	$926,884,816,754
1990	$265,763,573,999	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$268,901,693,863	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$279,921,425,828	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$272,237,527,071	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$301,375,055,202	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$352,835,806,342	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$340,103,959,547	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$294,788,198,856	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$303,459,014,347	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$297,873,643,323	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$279,216,033,870	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$286,582,672,434	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$309,301,422,430	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$362,075,086,508	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$403,912,891,033	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$418,284,865,885	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$441,634,672,197	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$490,740,715,595	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$567,267,767,519	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$554,212,916,092	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$598,851,027,948	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$715,888,126,682	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$686,420,221,558	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$706,234,937,371	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$726,537,809,430	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$694,118,186,380	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$687,895,460,903	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$695,200,834,102	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$725,568,717,468	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$721,369,112,727	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$741,999,406,006	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$815,309,330,987	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$828,508,926,958	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$894,424,821,645	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$936,564,198,049	$3,643,834,188,783

Switzerland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	$1,954	$1,398
1961	$2,155	$1,472
1962	$2,330	$1,526
1963	$2,508	$1,613
1964	$2,735	$1,748
1965	$2,865	$1,874
1966	$3,045	$1,987
1967	$3,237	$2,059
1968	$3,413	$1,952
1969	$3,657	$2,101
1970	$4,044	$2,348
1971	$4,835	$2,650
1972	$5,885	$3,030
1973	$7,856	$3,426
1974	$9,005	$3,666
1975	$10,328	$4,300
1976	$10,865	$4,138
1977	$11,644	$4,681
1978	$16,282	$5,977
1979	$18,266	$7,805
1980	$19,394	$10,032
1981	$17,665	$9,599
1982	$18,000	$9,146
1983	$17,859	$8,692
1984	$16,991	$8,179
1985	$17,152	$8,652
1986	$24,460	$10,611
1987	$30,441	$13,119
1988	$32,690	$15,987
1989	$31,309	$16,239
1990	$39,575	$19,095
1991	$39,544	$19,901
1992	$40,714	$20,487
1993	$39,237	$18,389
1994	$43,092	$19,709
1995	$50,114	$23,169
1996	$48,093	$24,406
1997	$41,584	$26,766
1998	$42,681	$28,275
1999	$41,696	$28,762
2000	$38,865	$28,281
2001	$39,639	$27,907
2002	$42,459	$30,078
2003	$49,336	$34,443
2004	$54,659	$40,367
2005	$56,243	$42,105
2006	$59,011	$44,512
2007	$64,989	$50,398
2008	$74,175	$47,396
2009	$71,568	$38,744
2010	$76,531	$39,599
2011	$90,477	$42,110
2012	$85,836	$42,490
2013	$87,304	$43,419
2014	$88,725	$47,427
2015	$83,806	$44,984
2016	$82,153	$40,988
2017	$82,254	$40,629
2018	$85,217	$43,315
2019	$84,122	$42,794
2020	$85,898	$40,405
2021	$93,665	$46,926
2022	$94,395	$46,063
2023	$100,632	$49,201
2024	$103,670	$52,637

Switzerland vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1950	68.9	68.6
1951	68.7	68.2
1952	69.6	69.5
1953	69.5	69.8
1954	70	70.2
1955	70.1	70.1
1956	70.2	70.4
1957	70.5	70.5
1958	71.3	70.7
1959	71.5	70.8
1960	71.4	71
1961	71.7	70.8
1962	71.3	70.9
1963	71.3	70.8
1964	72.2	71.5
1965	72.3	71.5
1966	72.4	71.4
1967	72.7	72.1
1968	72.7	71.7
1969	72.7	71.7
1970	73.1	71.9
1971	73.2	72.2
1972	73.8	72
1973	74.1	72.2
1974	74.4	72.4
1975	74.8	72.7
1976	74.9	72.6
1977	75.4	73.1
1978	75.3	73
1979	75.6	73.2
1980	75.6	73.6
1981	75.8	73.9
1982	76.2	74
1983	76.2	74.3
1984	76.8	74.7
1985	76.9	74.5
1986	77	74.8
1987	77.3	75.1
1988	77.4	75.3
1989	77.6	75.4
1990	77.4	75.7
1991	77.6	75.9
1992	77.9	76.3
1993	78.2	76.2
1994	78.5	76.7
1995	78.6	76.6
1996	79	76.9
1997	79.2	77.1
1998	79.5	77.3
1999	79.7	77.4
2000	79.8	77.8
2001	80.3	78.1
2002	80.4	78.2
2003	80.5	78.3
2004	81.1	78.9
2005	81.2	79.1
2006	81.5	79.3
2007	81.7	79.5
2008	82	79.7
2009	82	80.2
2010	82.3	80.4
2011	82.6	80.8
2012	82.6	80.9
2013	82.7	80.9
2014	83.1	81.2
2015	82.8	80.9
2016	83.4	81.1
2017	83.4	81.2
2018	83.6	81.1
2019	83.8	81.4
2020	83.1	80.4
2021	83.6	80.7
2022	83.2	81.1
2023	84	81.3
2024	84.1	81.4
2025	84.2	81.6

Switzerland and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	5,327,827	52,400,000
1961	5,434,294	52,800,000
1962	5,573,815	53,250,000
1963	5,694,247	53,650,000
1964	5,789,228	54,000,000
1965	5,856,472	54,348,050
1966	5,918,002	54,648,500
1967	5,991,785	54,943,600
1968	6,067,714	55,211,700
1969	6,136,387	55,441,750
1970	6,180,877	55,663,250
1971	6,213,399	55,896,223
1972	6,260,956	56,086,065
1973	6,307,347	56,194,527
1974	6,341,405	56,229,974
1975	6,338,632	56,225,800
1976	6,302,504	56,211,968
1977	6,281,174	56,193,492
1978	6,281,738	56,196,504
1979	6,294,365	56,246,951
1980	6,319,408	56,314,216
1981	6,354,074	56,333,829
1982	6,391,309	56,313,641
1983	6,418,773	56,332,848
1984	6,441,865	56,422,072
1985	6,470,365	56,550,268
1986	6,504,124	56,681,396
1987	6,545,106	56,802,050
1988	6,593,386	56,928,327
1989	6,646,912	57,076,711
1990	6,715,519	57,247,586
1991	6,799,978	57,424,897
1992	6,875,364	57,580,402
1993	6,938,265	57,718,614
1994	6,993,795	57,865,745
1995	7,040,687	58,019,030
1996	7,071,850	58,166,950
1997	7,088,906	58,316,954
1998	7,110,001	58,487,141
1999	7,143,991	58,682,466
2000	7,184,250	58,892,514
2001	7,229,854	59,119,673
2002	7,284,753	59,370,479
2003	7,339,001	59,647,577
2004	7,389,625	59,987,905
2005	7,437,115	60,401,206
2006	7,483,934	60,846,820
2007	7,551,117	61,322,463
2008	7,647,675	61,806,995
2009	7,743,831	62,276,270
2010	7,824,909	62,766,365
2011	7,912,398	63,258,810
2012	7,996,861	63,711,000
2013	8,089,346	64,139,000
2014	8,188,649	64,620,000
2015	8,282,396	65,088,000
2016	8,373,338	65,607,000
2017	8,451,840	65,966,000
2018	8,514,329	66,289,000
2019	8,575,280	66,631,000
2020	8,638,167	66,744,000
2021	8,704,546	66,984,000
2022	8,777,088	67,604,000
2023	8,888,093	68,492,000
2024	9,034,102	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Switzerland and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	2.44	2.69
1961	2.52	2.78
1962	2.58	2.86
1963	2.65	2.88
1964	2.66	2.93
1965	2.59	2.86
1966	2.5	2.78
1967	2.39	2.68
1968	2.29	2.6
1969	2.19	2.51
1970	2.1	2.44
1971	2.04	2.41
1972	1.91	2.2
1973	1.81	2.04
1974	1.73	1.92
1975	1.61	1.81
1976	1.55	1.74
1977	1.53	1.69
1978	1.51	1.75
1979	1.52	1.86
1980	1.55	1.9
1981	1.55	1.82
1982	1.56	1.78
1983	1.52	1.77
1984	1.53	1.77
1985	1.52	1.79
1986	1.53	1.78
1987	1.52	1.81
1988	1.57	1.82
1989	1.56	1.79
1990	1.58	1.83
1991	1.58	1.82
1992	1.58	1.79
1993	1.51	1.76
1994	1.49	1.74
1995	1.48	1.71
1996	1.5	1.73
1997	1.48	1.72
1998	1.47	1.71
1999	1.48	1.68
2000	1.5	1.64
2001	1.38	1.63
2002	1.39	1.63
2003	1.39	1.7
2004	1.42	1.75
2005	1.42	1.76
2006	1.44	1.82
2007	1.46	1.86
2008	1.48	1.91
2009	1.5	1.89
2010	1.52	1.92
2011	1.52	1.91
2012	1.52	1.92
2013	1.52	1.83
2014	1.54	1.81
2015	1.54	1.8
2016	1.54	1.79
2017	1.52	1.74
2018	1.52	1.68
2019	1.48	1.63
2020	1.46	1.57
2021	1.52	1.58
2022	1.39	1.56
2023	1.33	1.56

Switzerland and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	32.6	35.5
1961	32.4	35.4
1962	32	35.3
1963	31.7	35.3
1964	31.5	35.2
1965	31.6	35.1
1966	31.6	34.9
1967	31.6	34.8
1968	31.7	34.6
1969	31.7	34.4
1970	32	34.2
1971	32.2	34.1
1972	32.3	34
1973	32.5	34
1974	32.7	34
1975	33.1	34
1976	33.5	34
1977	33.8	34.1
1978	34.2	34.2
1979	34.5	34.3
1980	34.8	34.4
1981	35	34.5
1982	35.3	34.8
1983	35.6	35
1984	35.9	35.2
1985	36.1	35.3
1986	36.3	35.4
1987	36.5	35.4
1988	36.7	35.7
1989	36.8	35.9
1990	36.9	36
1991	36.9	36.1
1992	36.9	36.2
1993	37	36.3
1994	37.1	36.5
1995	37.3	36.6
1996	37.6	36.8
1997	37.9	37
1998	38.2	37.2
1999	38.4	37.4
2000	38.7	37.7
2001	39	37.9
2002	39.3	38.1
2003	39.6	38.2
2004	39.9	38.4
2005	40.3	38.5
2006	40.6	38.6
2007	40.9	38.8
2008	41.1	38.9
2009	41.3	39
2010	41.5	39.2
2011	41.6	39.3
2012	41.8	39.5
2013	42	39.6
2014	42.1	39.7
2015	42.2	39.8
2016	42.3	39.8
2017	42.4	39.9
2018	42.5	40
2019	42.6	40.1
2020	42.7	40.2
2021	42.8	40.3
2022	43	40.5
2023	43.4	40.8
2024	43.7	41

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