The latest officially reported population of Slovakia was 5,422,069 in 2024 vs 9,005,582 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovakia's population is 5,367,504 people compared to 9,092,598 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Switzerland's population is 1.69 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Slovakia is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.17% of the world: 0.06% for Slovakia vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Slovakia has had an average growth rate of +0.01% per year vs +0.98% in Switzerland.
- Since 2006, the population of Slovakia has decreased from 5.37M people to 5.37M (0.1% decline), while Switzerland has grown from 7.48M to 9.09M (21.5% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.43M people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Slovakia vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
5367504
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9092598
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| Population rank | 124/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
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4.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.8 minutes
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | -21,027 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | -13 | +320 |
| Annual growth/decline | -4,671 | +116,760 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.09% | +1.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 82/197 |
Slovakia and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,068,095 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,191,667 | 5,434,294 | 3.04% | 2% |
| 1962 | 4,238,188 | 5,573,815 | 1.11% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 4,282,017 | 5,694,247 | 1.03% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 4,327,341 | 5,789,228 | 1.06% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 4,370,983 | 5,856,472 | 1.01% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 4,411,666 | 5,918,002 | 0.93% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 4,449,367 | 5,991,785 | 0.85% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 4,483,915 | 6,067,714 | 0.78% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 4,518,607 | 6,136,387 | 0.77% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 4,538,223 | 6,180,877 | 0.43% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 4,557,449 | 6,213,399 | 0.42% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 4,596,622 | 6,260,956 | 0.86% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 4,641,445 | 6,307,347 | 0.98% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 4,689,623 | 6,341,405 | 1.04% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 4,739,105 | 6,338,632 | 1.06% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 4,789,507 | 6,302,504 | 1.06% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 4,840,501 | 6,281,174 | 1.06% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 4,890,125 | 6,281,738 | 1.03% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 4,938,973 | 6,294,365 | 1% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 4,979,815 | 6,319,408 | 0.83% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,016,105 | 6,354,074 | 0.73% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 5,055,099 | 6,391,309 | 0.78% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 5,091,971 | 6,418,773 | 0.73% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 5,127,097 | 6,441,865 | 0.69% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 5,161,768 | 6,470,365 | 0.68% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 5,193,838 | 6,504,124 | 0.62% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 5,222,840 | 6,545,106 | 0.56% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 5,250,596 | 6,593,386 | 0.53% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 5,275,942 | 6,646,912 | 0.48% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 5,299,187 | 6,715,519 | 0.44% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 5,303,294 | 6,799,978 | 0.08% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 5,305,016 | 6,875,364 | 0.03% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 5,325,305 | 6,938,265 | 0.38% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 5,346,331 | 6,993,795 | 0.39% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 5,361,999 | 7,040,687 | 0.29% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 5,373,361 | 7,071,850 | 0.21% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 5,383,291 | 7,088,906 | 0.18% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 5,390,516 | 7,110,001 | 0.13% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 5,396,020 | 7,143,991 | 0.1% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 5,388,720 | 7,184,250 | -0.14% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 5,378,867 | 7,229,854 | -0.18% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 5,376,912 | 7,284,753 | -0.04% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 5,373,374 | 7,339,001 | -0.07% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 5,372,280 | 7,389,625 | -0.02% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 5,372,807 | 7,437,115 | 0.01% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 5,373,054 | 7,483,934 | 0.005% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 5,374,622 | 7,551,117 | 0.03% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,379,233 | 7,647,675 | 0.09% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 5,386,406 | 7,743,831 | 0.13% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 5,391,428 | 7,824,909 | 0.09% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 5,398,384 | 7,912,398 | 0.13% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 5,407,579 | 7,996,861 | 0.17% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 5,413,393 | 8,089,346 | 0.11% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 5,418,649 | 8,188,649 | 0.1% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 5,423,801 | 8,282,396 | 0.1% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 5,430,798 | 8,373,338 | 0.13% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 5,439,232 | 8,451,840 | 0.16% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 5,446,771 | 8,514,329 | 0.14% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 5,454,147 | 8,575,280 | 0.14% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 5,458,827 | 8,638,167 | 0.09% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 5,447,247 | 8,704,546 | -0.21% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 5,431,752 | 8,777,088 | -0.28% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 5,426,740 | 8,888,822 | -0.09% | 1.27% |
| 2024 | 5,422,069 | 9,005,582 | -0.09% | 1.31% |
| 2025 | 5,390,674 | 9,051,441 | -0.58% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 5,367,504 | 9,092,200 | -0.43% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 5,357,756 | 9,128,649 | -0.18% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 5,346,292 | 9,161,558 | -0.21% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 5,333,135 | 9,190,268 | -0.25% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 5,318,323 | 9,215,844 | -0.28% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 5,302,079 | 9,239,801 | -0.31% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 5,284,585 | 9,260,664 | -0.33% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 5,265,970 | 9,278,524 | -0.35% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 5,246,341 | 9,295,500 | -0.37% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 5,225,725 | 9,310,659 | -0.39% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 5,204,191 | 9,323,296 | -0.41% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 5,181,996 | 9,334,565 | -0.43% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 5,159,193 | 9,344,395 | -0.44% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 5,135,906 | 9,353,187 | -0.45% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 5,112,164 | 9,363,095 | -0.46% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 5,088,002 | 9,372,148 | -0.47% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 5,063,600 | 9,380,579 | -0.48% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 5,038,933 | 9,389,228 | -0.49% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 5,014,014 | 9,396,409 | -0.49% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 4,988,989 | 9,402,783 | -0.5% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 4,963,847 | 9,408,721 | -0.5% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 4,938,476 | 9,415,274 | -0.51% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 4,912,885 | 9,422,270 | -0.52% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 4,886,923 | 9,427,479 | -0.53% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 4,860,572 | 9,430,133 | -0.54% | 0.03% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Slovakia increased by 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Slovakia lost -63,294 (a 1.17% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).
Slovakia was ranked 110th most populous country in 2006 and is 124th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Slovakia's population will shrink by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people with a rank change from 124th to 129th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bratislava | 479K |
| Kosice | 224K |
| Petrzalka | 112K |
| Presov | 81.7K |
| Zilina | 80.3K |
| Nitra | 75.9K |
| Banska Bystrica | 73.5K |
| Trnava | 63.2K |
| Trencin | 54.1K |
| Martin | 50.3K |
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| City | Population |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Slovakia and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 78.8 years | 84.4 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 292.1 ppl/mi² | 590 ppl/mi² |
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