Population in Austria compared to Switzerland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Austria and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Austria	Switzerland	Austria	Switzerland
1960	7,047,539	5,327,827	-	-
1961	7,086,299	5,434,294	0.55%	2%
1962	7,129,864	5,573,815	0.61%	2.57%
1963	7,175,811	5,694,247	0.64%	2.16%
1964	7,223,801	5,789,228	0.67%	1.67%
1965	7,270,889	5,856,472	0.65%	1.16%
1966	7,322,066	5,918,002	0.7%	1.05%
1967	7,376,998	5,991,785	0.75%	1.25%
1968	7,415,403	6,067,714	0.52%	1.27%
1969	7,441,055	6,136,387	0.35%	1.13%
1970	7,467,086	6,180,877	0.35%	0.73%
1971	7,500,482	6,213,399	0.45%	0.53%
1972	7,544,201	6,260,956	0.58%	0.77%
1973	7,586,115	6,307,347	0.56%	0.74%
1974	7,599,038	6,341,405	0.17%	0.54%
1975	7,578,903	6,338,632	-0.26%	-0.04%
1976	7,565,525	6,302,504	-0.18%	-0.57%
1977	7,568,430	6,281,174	0.04%	-0.34%
1978	7,562,305	6,281,738	-0.08%	0.009%
1979	7,549,425	6,294,365	-0.17%	0.2%
1980	7,549,433	6,319,408	0%	0.4%
1981	7,568,710	6,354,074	0.26%	0.55%
1982	7,574,140	6,391,309	0.07%	0.59%
1983	7,561,910	6,418,773	-0.16%	0.43%
1984	7,561,434	6,441,865	-0.006%	0.36%
1985	7,564,985	6,470,365	0.05%	0.44%
1986	7,569,794	6,504,124	0.06%	0.52%
1987	7,574,586	6,545,106	0.06%	0.63%
1988	7,585,317	6,593,386	0.14%	0.74%
1989	7,619,567	6,646,912	0.45%	0.81%
1990	7,677,850	6,715,519	0.76%	1.03%
1991	7,754,891	6,799,978	1%	1.26%
1992	7,840,709	6,875,364	1.11%	1.11%
1993	7,905,633	6,938,265	0.83%	0.91%
1994	7,936,118	6,993,795	0.39%	0.8%
1995	7,948,278	7,040,687	0.15%	0.67%
1996	7,959,017	7,071,850	0.14%	0.44%
1997	7,968,041	7,088,906	0.11%	0.24%
1998	7,976,789	7,110,001	0.11%	0.3%
1999	7,992,324	7,143,991	0.19%	0.48%
2000	8,011,566	7,184,250	0.24%	0.56%
2001	8,042,293	7,229,854	0.38%	0.63%
2002	8,081,957	7,284,753	0.49%	0.76%
2003	8,121,423	7,339,001	0.49%	0.74%
2004	8,171,966	7,389,625	0.62%	0.69%
2005	8,227,829	7,437,115	0.68%	0.64%
2006	8,268,641	7,483,934	0.5%	0.63%
2007	8,295,487	7,551,117	0.32%	0.9%
2008	8,321,496	7,647,675	0.31%	1.28%
2009	8,343,323	7,743,831	0.26%	1.26%
2010	8,363,404	7,824,909	0.24%	1.05%
2011	8,391,643	7,912,398	0.34%	1.12%
2012	8,429,991	7,996,861	0.46%	1.07%
2013	8,479,823	8,089,346	0.59%	1.16%
2014	8,546,356	8,188,649	0.78%	1.23%
2015	8,642,699	8,282,396	1.13%	1.14%
2016	8,736,668	8,373,338	1.09%	1.1%
2017	8,797,566	8,451,840	0.7%	0.94%
2018	8,840,521	8,514,329	0.49%	0.74%
2019	8,879,920	8,575,280	0.45%	0.72%
2020	8,916,864	8,638,167	0.42%	0.73%
2021	8,955,797	8,704,546	0.44%	0.77%
2022	9,041,851	8,777,088	0.96%	0.83%
2023	9,131,761	8,888,093	0.99%	1.26%
2024	9,178,482	9,034,102	0.51%	1.64%
2025	9,171,198	9,080,106	-0.08%	0.51%
2026	9,164,846	9,120,994	-0.07%	0.45%
2027	9,159,036	9,157,559	-0.06%	0.4%
2028	9,153,783	9,190,572	-0.06%	0.36%
2029	9,147,235	9,219,373	-0.07%	0.31%
2030	9,137,754	9,245,030	-0.1%	0.28%
2031	9,126,423	9,269,063	-0.12%	0.26%
2032	9,113,762	9,289,991	-0.14%	0.23%
2033	9,100,660	9,307,909	-0.14%	0.19%
2034	9,086,498	9,324,938	-0.16%	0.18%
2035	9,071,197	9,340,145	-0.17%	0.16%
2036	9,056,140	9,352,822	-0.17%	0.14%
2037	9,039,487	9,364,126	-0.18%	0.12%
2038	9,023,097	9,373,988	-0.18%	0.11%
2039	9,007,376	9,382,808	-0.17%	0.09%
2040	8,990,550	9,392,748	-0.19%	0.11%
2041	8,973,934	9,401,829	-0.18%	0.1%
2042	8,956,944	9,410,286	-0.19%	0.09%
2043	8,939,342	9,418,963	-0.2%	0.09%
2044	8,920,544	9,426,166	-0.21%	0.08%
2045	8,900,652	9,432,561	-0.22%	0.07%
2046	8,879,996	9,438,518	-0.23%	0.06%
2047	8,857,554	9,445,091	-0.25%	0.07%
2048	8,833,340	9,452,109	-0.27%	0.07%
2049	8,807,087	9,457,335	-0.3%	0.06%
2050	8,779,494	9,459,997	-0.31%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.