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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Switzerland	China	Switzerland
1960	667,070,000	5,327,827	-	-
1961	660,330,000	5,434,294	-1.01%	2%
1962	665,770,000	5,573,815	0.82%	2.57%
1963	682,335,000	5,694,247	2.49%	2.16%
1964	698,355,000	5,789,228	2.35%	1.67%
1965	715,185,000	5,856,472	2.41%	1.16%
1966	735,400,000	5,918,002	2.83%	1.05%
1967	754,550,000	5,991,785	2.6%	1.25%
1968	774,510,000	6,067,714	2.65%	1.27%
1969	796,025,000	6,136,387	2.78%	1.13%
1970	818,315,000	6,180,877	2.8%	0.73%
1971	841,105,000	6,213,399	2.78%	0.53%
1972	862,030,000	6,260,956	2.49%	0.77%
1973	881,940,000	6,307,347	2.31%	0.74%
1974	900,350,000	6,341,405	2.09%	0.54%
1975	916,395,000	6,338,632	1.78%	-0.04%
1976	930,685,000	6,302,504	1.56%	-0.57%
1977	943,455,000	6,281,174	1.37%	-0.34%
1978	956,165,000	6,281,738	1.35%	0.009%
1979	969,005,000	6,294,365	1.34%	0.2%
1980	981,235,000	6,319,408	1.26%	0.4%
1981	993,885,000	6,354,074	1.29%	0.55%
1982	1,008,630,000	6,391,309	1.48%	0.59%
1983	1,023,310,000	6,418,773	1.46%	0.43%
1984	1,036,825,000	6,441,865	1.32%	0.36%
1985	1,051,040,000	6,470,365	1.37%	0.44%
1986	1,066,790,000	6,504,124	1.5%	0.52%
1987	1,084,035,000	6,545,106	1.62%	0.63%
1988	1,101,630,000	6,593,386	1.62%	0.74%
1989	1,118,650,000	6,646,912	1.54%	0.81%
1990	1,135,185,000	6,715,519	1.48%	1.03%
1991	1,150,780,000	6,799,978	1.37%	1.26%
1992	1,164,970,000	6,875,364	1.23%	1.11%
1993	1,178,440,000	6,938,265	1.16%	0.91%
1994	1,191,835,000	6,993,795	1.14%	0.8%
1995	1,204,855,000	7,040,687	1.09%	0.67%
1996	1,217,550,000	7,071,850	1.05%	0.44%
1997	1,230,075,000	7,088,906	1.03%	0.24%
1998	1,241,935,000	7,110,001	0.96%	0.3%
1999	1,252,735,000	7,143,991	0.87%	0.48%
2000	1,262,645,000	7,184,250	0.79%	0.56%
2001	1,271,850,000	7,229,854	0.73%	0.63%
2002	1,280,400,000	7,284,753	0.67%	0.76%
2003	1,288,400,000	7,339,001	0.62%	0.74%
2004	1,296,075,000	7,389,625	0.6%	0.69%
2005	1,303,720,000	7,437,115	0.59%	0.64%
2006	1,311,020,000	7,483,934	0.56%	0.63%
2007	1,317,885,000	7,551,117	0.52%	0.9%
2008	1,324,655,000	7,647,675	0.51%	1.28%
2009	1,331,260,000	7,743,831	0.5%	1.26%
2010	1,337,705,000	7,824,909	0.48%	1.05%
2011	1,345,035,000	7,912,398	0.55%	1.12%
2012	1,354,190,000	7,996,861	0.68%	1.07%
2013	1,363,240,000	8,089,346	0.67%	1.16%
2014	1,371,860,000	8,188,649	0.63%	1.23%
2015	1,379,860,000	8,282,396	0.58%	1.14%
2016	1,387,790,000	8,373,338	0.57%	1.1%
2017	1,396,215,000	8,451,840	0.61%	0.94%
2018	1,402,760,000	8,514,329	0.47%	0.74%
2019	1,407,745,000	8,575,280	0.36%	0.72%
2020	1,411,100,000	8,638,167	0.24%	0.73%
2021	1,412,360,000	8,704,546	0.09%	0.77%
2022	1,412,175,000	8,777,088	-0.01%	0.83%
2023	1,410,710,000	8,888,093	-0.1%	1.26%
2024	1,408,975,000	9,034,102	-0.12%	1.64%
2025	1,405,773,318	9,080,106	-0.23%	0.51%
2026	1,402,614,510	9,120,994	-0.22%	0.45%
2027	1,399,403,406	9,157,559	-0.23%	0.4%
2028	1,395,886,569	9,190,572	-0.25%	0.36%
2029	1,392,060,666	9,219,373	-0.27%	0.31%
2030	1,387,961,846	9,245,030	-0.29%	0.28%
2031	1,383,588,794	9,269,063	-0.32%	0.26%
2032	1,378,934,346	9,289,991	-0.34%	0.23%
2033	1,374,007,012	9,307,909	-0.36%	0.19%
2034	1,368,825,481	9,324,938	-0.38%	0.18%
2035	1,363,415,793	9,340,145	-0.4%	0.16%
2036	1,357,772,486	9,352,822	-0.41%	0.14%
2037	1,351,902,859	9,364,126	-0.43%	0.12%
2038	1,345,840,038	9,373,988	-0.45%	0.11%
2039	1,339,558,174	9,382,808	-0.47%	0.09%
2040	1,333,028,062	9,392,748	-0.49%	0.11%
2041	1,326,251,398	9,401,829	-0.51%	0.1%
2042	1,319,222,019	9,410,286	-0.53%	0.09%
2043	1,311,956,934	9,418,963	-0.55%	0.09%
2044	1,304,437,340	9,426,166	-0.57%	0.08%
2045	1,296,592,737	9,432,561	-0.6%	0.07%
2046	1,288,357,014	9,438,518	-0.64%	0.06%
2047	1,279,723,262	9,445,091	-0.67%	0.07%
2048	1,270,661,954	9,452,109	-0.71%	0.07%
2049	1,261,120,581	9,457,335	-0.75%	0.06%
2050	1,251,102,086	9,459,997	-0.79%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd 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) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.