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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Switzerland	Palestine	Switzerland
1960	-	5,327,827	-	-
1961	-	5,434,294	-	2%
1962	-	5,573,815	-	2.57%
1963	-	5,694,247	-	2.16%
1964	-	5,789,228	-	1.67%
1965	-	5,856,472	-	1.16%
1966	-	5,918,002	-	1.05%
1967	-	5,991,785	-	1.25%
1968	-	6,067,714	-	1.27%
1969	-	6,136,387	-	1.13%
1970	-	6,180,877	-	0.73%
1971	-	6,213,399	-	0.53%
1972	-	6,260,956	-	0.77%
1973	-	6,307,347	-	0.74%
1974	-	6,341,405	-	0.54%
1975	-	6,338,632	-	-0.04%
1976	-	6,302,504	-	-0.57%
1977	-	6,281,174	-	-0.34%
1978	-	6,281,738	-	0.009%
1979	-	6,294,365	-	0.2%
1980	-	6,319,408	-	0.4%
1981	-	6,354,074	-	0.55%
1982	-	6,391,309	-	0.59%
1983	-	6,418,773	-	0.43%
1984	-	6,441,865	-	0.36%
1985	-	6,470,365	-	0.44%
1986	-	6,504,124	-	0.52%
1987	-	6,545,106	-	0.63%
1988	-	6,593,386	-	0.74%
1989	-	6,646,912	-	0.81%
1990	1,978,248	6,715,519	-	1.03%
1991	2,068,845	6,799,978	4.58%	1.26%
1992	2,163,591	6,875,364	4.58%	1.11%
1993	2,262,676	6,938,265	4.58%	0.91%
1994	2,366,298	6,993,795	4.58%	0.8%
1995	2,474,666	7,040,687	4.58%	0.67%
1996	2,587,997	7,071,850	4.58%	0.44%
1997	2,706,518	7,088,906	4.58%	0.24%
1998	2,776,568	7,110,001	2.59%	0.3%
1999	2,848,431	7,143,991	2.59%	0.48%
2000	2,922,153	7,184,250	2.59%	0.56%
2001	2,997,784	7,229,854	2.59%	0.63%
2002	3,075,373	7,284,753	2.59%	0.76%
2003	3,154,969	7,339,001	2.59%	0.74%
2004	3,236,626	7,389,625	2.59%	0.69%
2005	3,320,396	7,437,115	2.59%	0.64%
2006	3,406,334	7,483,934	2.59%	0.63%
2007	3,494,496	7,551,117	2.59%	0.9%
2008	3,591,977	7,647,675	2.79%	1.28%
2009	3,689,099	7,743,831	2.7%	1.26%
2010	3,786,161	7,824,909	2.63%	1.05%
2011	3,882,986	7,912,398	2.56%	1.12%
2012	3,979,998	7,996,861	2.5%	1.07%
2013	4,076,708	8,089,346	2.43%	1.16%
2014	4,173,398	8,188,649	2.37%	1.23%
2015	4,270,092	8,282,396	2.32%	1.14%
2016	4,367,088	8,373,338	2.27%	1.1%
2017	4,454,805	8,451,840	2.01%	0.94%
2018	4,569,087	8,514,329	2.57%	0.74%
2019	4,685,306	8,575,280	2.54%	0.72%
2020	4,803,269	8,638,167	2.52%	0.73%
2021	4,922,749	8,704,546	2.49%	0.77%
2022	5,043,612	8,777,088	2.46%	0.83%
2023	5,165,775	8,888,093	2.42%	1.26%
2024	5,289,152	9,034,102	2.39%	1.64%
2025	5,379,801	9,080,106	1.71%	0.51%
2026	5,479,090	9,120,994	1.85%	0.45%
2027	5,582,345	9,157,559	1.88%	0.4%
2028	5,684,855	9,190,572	1.84%	0.36%
2029	5,787,948	9,219,373	1.81%	0.31%
2030	5,892,492	9,245,030	1.81%	0.28%
2031	5,998,645	9,269,063	1.8%	0.26%
2032	6,106,047	9,289,991	1.79%	0.23%
2033	6,215,922	9,307,909	1.8%	0.19%
2034	6,327,947	9,324,938	1.8%	0.18%
2035	6,441,493	9,340,145	1.79%	0.16%
2036	6,555,481	9,352,822	1.77%	0.14%
2037	6,669,212	9,364,126	1.73%	0.12%
2038	6,783,431	9,373,988	1.71%	0.11%
2039	6,899,866	9,382,808	1.72%	0.09%
2040	7,018,099	9,392,748	1.71%	0.11%
2041	7,135,825	9,401,829	1.68%	0.1%
2042	7,253,328	9,410,286	1.65%	0.09%
2043	7,369,647	9,418,963	1.6%	0.09%
2044	7,484,632	9,426,166	1.56%	0.08%
2045	7,598,729	9,432,561	1.52%	0.07%
2046	7,710,259	9,438,518	1.47%	0.06%
2047	7,818,786	9,445,091	1.41%	0.07%
2048	7,925,101	9,452,109	1.36%	0.07%
2049	8,029,929	9,457,335	1.32%	0.06%
2050	8,134,618	9,459,997	1.3%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palestine increased by 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palestine gained 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2005 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 49% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.