The latest officially reported population of Slovenia was 2,126,324 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovenia's population is 2,124,696 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Switzerland's population is 4.29 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Slovenia is ranked the 147th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.03% for Slovenia vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Slovenia has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
- Since 2005, the population of Slovenia has increased from 2M people to 2.12M (6.21% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.46M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Slovenia vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
2124696
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9112950
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| Population rank | 147/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.49 hours
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3.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
31 minutes
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
24.3 minutes
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.64 hours
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,319 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | +400 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,863 | +146,009 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | +1.64% |
| Population growth rate rank | 151/197 | 70/197 |
Slovenia and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,584,720 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,594,131 | 5,434,294 | 0.59% | 2% |
| 1962 | 1,603,649 | 5,573,815 | 0.6% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 1,616,971 | 5,694,247 | 0.83% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 1,632,114 | 5,789,228 | 0.94% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 1,649,160 | 5,856,472 | 1.04% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 1,669,905 | 5,918,002 | 1.26% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 1,689,528 | 5,991,785 | 1.18% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 1,704,546 | 6,067,714 | 0.89% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 1,713,874 | 6,136,387 | 0.55% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 1,724,891 | 6,180,877 | 0.64% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 1,738,335 | 6,213,399 | 0.78% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 1,752,233 | 6,260,956 | 0.8% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 1,766,697 | 6,307,347 | 0.83% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 1,776,132 | 6,341,405 | 0.53% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 1,793,581 | 6,338,632 | 0.98% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 1,820,249 | 6,302,504 | 1.49% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 1,842,377 | 6,281,174 | 1.22% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 1,862,548 | 6,281,738 | 1.09% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 1,882,599 | 6,294,365 | 1.08% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 1,901,315 | 6,319,408 | 0.99% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,906,531 | 6,354,074 | 0.27% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 1,910,334 | 6,391,309 | 0.2% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 1,922,321 | 6,418,773 | 0.63% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 1,932,154 | 6,441,865 | 0.51% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 1,941,641 | 6,470,365 | 0.49% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 1,965,964 | 6,504,124 | 1.25% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 1,989,776 | 6,545,106 | 1.21% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 1,995,196 | 6,593,386 | 0.27% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 1,996,351 | 6,646,912 | 0.06% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 1,998,161 | 6,715,519 | 0.09% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 1,999,429 | 6,799,978 | 0.06% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 1,996,498 | 6,875,364 | -0.15% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 1,991,746 | 6,938,265 | -0.24% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 1,989,443 | 6,993,795 | -0.12% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,989,872 | 7,040,687 | 0.02% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 1,988,628 | 7,071,850 | -0.06% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 1,985,956 | 7,088,906 | -0.13% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 1,981,629 | 7,110,001 | -0.22% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,983,045 | 7,143,991 | 0.07% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 1,988,925 | 7,184,250 | 0.3% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 1,992,060 | 7,229,854 | 0.16% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 1,994,530 | 7,284,753 | 0.12% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 1,995,733 | 7,339,001 | 0.06% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 1,997,012 | 7,389,625 | 0.06% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 2,000,474 | 7,437,115 | 0.17% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 2,006,868 | 7,483,934 | 0.32% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 2,018,122 | 7,551,117 | 0.56% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,021,316 | 7,647,675 | 0.16% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 2,039,669 | 7,743,831 | 0.91% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 2,048,583 | 7,824,909 | 0.44% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 2,052,843 | 7,912,398 | 0.21% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 2,057,159 | 7,996,861 | 0.21% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 2,059,953 | 8,089,346 | 0.14% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 2,061,980 | 8,188,649 | 0.1% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 2,063,531 | 8,282,396 | 0.08% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 2,065,042 | 8,373,338 | 0.07% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,066,388 | 8,451,840 | 0.07% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 2,073,894 | 8,514,329 | 0.36% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 2,088,385 | 8,575,280 | 0.7% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 2,102,419 | 8,638,167 | 0.67% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 2,108,079 | 8,704,546 | 0.27% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 2,112,076 | 8,777,088 | 0.19% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 2,120,461 | 8,888,093 | 0.4% | 1.26% |
| 2024 | 2,126,324 | 9,034,102 | 0.28% | 1.64% |
| 2025 | 2,124,696 | 9,080,106 | -0.08% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 2,122,189 | 9,120,994 | -0.12% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 2,119,145 | 9,157,559 | -0.14% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 2,115,423 | 9,190,572 | -0.18% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 2,111,105 | 9,219,373 | -0.2% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 2,106,524 | 9,245,030 | -0.22% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 2,101,619 | 9,269,063 | -0.23% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 2,096,578 | 9,289,991 | -0.24% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 2,091,480 | 9,307,909 | -0.24% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 2,086,418 | 9,324,938 | -0.24% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 2,081,306 | 9,340,145 | -0.25% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 2,075,930 | 9,352,822 | -0.26% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 2,070,284 | 9,364,126 | -0.27% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 2,064,791 | 9,373,988 | -0.27% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 2,059,470 | 9,382,808 | -0.26% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 2,054,131 | 9,392,748 | -0.26% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 2,048,670 | 9,401,829 | -0.27% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 2,042,743 | 9,410,286 | -0.29% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 2,036,503 | 9,418,963 | -0.31% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 2,030,103 | 9,426,166 | -0.31% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 2,023,552 | 9,432,561 | -0.32% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 2,016,934 | 9,438,518 | -0.33% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 2,010,203 | 9,445,091 | -0.33% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 2,003,376 | 9,452,109 | -0.34% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 1,996,286 | 9,457,335 | -0.35% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 1,988,691 | 9,459,997 | -0.38% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovenia increased by 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovenia gained 61,165 (a 2.96% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).
Slovenia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2005 and is 147th 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) Slovenia's population will shrink by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people with a rank change from 147th to 148th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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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 Slovenia and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 273.5 ppl/mi² | 592 ppl/mi² |
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