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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	Switzerland	Spain	Switzerland
1960	30,455,000	5,327,827	-	-
1961	30,739,250	5,434,294	0.93%	2%
1962	31,023,366	5,573,815	0.92%	2.57%
1963	31,296,651	5,694,247	0.88%	2.16%
1964	31,609,195	5,789,228	1%	1.67%
1965	31,954,292	5,856,472	1.09%	1.16%
1966	32,283,194	5,918,002	1.03%	1.05%
1967	32,682,947	5,991,785	1.24%	1.25%
1968	33,113,134	6,067,714	1.32%	1.27%
1969	33,441,054	6,136,387	0.99%	1.13%
1970	33,814,531	6,180,877	1.12%	0.73%
1971	34,224,490	6,213,399	1.21%	0.53%
1972	34,604,469	6,260,956	1.11%	0.77%
1973	34,988,947	6,307,347	1.11%	0.74%
1974	35,373,335	6,341,405	1.1%	0.54%
1975	35,757,900	6,338,632	1.09%	-0.04%
1976	36,137,812	6,302,504	1.06%	-0.57%
1977	36,511,638	6,281,174	1.03%	-0.34%
1978	36,864,898	6,281,738	0.97%	0.009%
1979	37,191,330	6,294,365	0.89%	0.2%
1980	37,491,165	6,319,408	0.81%	0.4%
1981	37,758,631	6,354,074	0.71%	0.55%
1982	37,986,012	6,391,309	0.6%	0.59%
1983	38,171,525	6,418,773	0.49%	0.43%
1984	38,330,364	6,441,865	0.42%	0.36%
1985	38,469,512	6,470,365	0.36%	0.44%
1986	38,584,624	6,504,124	0.3%	0.52%
1987	38,684,815	6,545,106	0.26%	0.63%
1988	38,766,939	6,593,386	0.21%	0.74%
1989	38,827,764	6,646,912	0.16%	0.81%
1990	38,867,322	6,715,519	0.1%	1.03%
1991	38,966,376	6,799,978	0.25%	1.26%
1992	39,157,685	6,875,364	0.49%	1.11%
1993	39,361,262	6,938,265	0.52%	0.91%
1994	39,549,108	6,993,795	0.48%	0.8%
1995	39,724,050	7,040,687	0.44%	0.67%
1996	39,889,852	7,071,850	0.42%	0.44%
1997	40,057,389	7,088,906	0.42%	0.24%
1998	40,223,509	7,110,001	0.41%	0.3%
1999	40,386,875	7,143,991	0.41%	0.48%
2000	40,567,864	7,184,250	0.45%	0.56%
2001	40,850,412	7,229,854	0.7%	0.63%
2002	41,431,558	7,284,753	1.42%	0.76%
2003	42,187,645	7,339,001	1.82%	0.74%
2004	42,921,895	7,389,625	1.74%	0.69%
2005	43,653,155	7,437,115	1.7%	0.64%
2006	44,397,319	7,483,934	1.7%	0.63%
2007	45,226,803	7,551,117	1.87%	0.9%
2008	45,954,106	7,647,675	1.61%	1.28%
2009	46,362,946	7,743,831	0.89%	1.26%
2010	46,576,897	7,824,909	0.46%	1.05%
2011	46,742,697	7,912,398	0.36%	1.12%
2012	46,773,055	7,996,861	0.06%	1.07%
2013	46,604,197	8,089,346	-0.36%	1.16%
2014	46,460,733	8,188,649	-0.31%	1.23%
2015	46,422,303	8,282,396	-0.08%	1.14%
2016	46,458,139	8,373,338	0.08%	1.1%
2017	46,571,232	8,451,840	0.24%	0.94%
2018	46,782,011	8,514,329	0.45%	0.74%
2019	47,118,501	8,575,280	0.72%	0.72%
2020	47,359,424	8,638,167	0.51%	0.73%
2021	47,443,821	8,704,546	0.18%	0.77%
2022	47,786,102	8,777,088	0.72%	0.83%
2023	48,347,910	8,888,093	1.18%	1.26%
2024	48,807,137	9,034,102	0.95%	1.64%
2025	48,786,181	9,080,106	-0.04%	0.51%
2026	48,746,279	9,120,994	-0.08%	0.45%
2027	48,696,847	9,157,559	-0.1%	0.4%
2028	48,642,132	9,190,572	-0.11%	0.36%
2029	48,578,166	9,219,373	-0.13%	0.31%
2030	48,501,513	9,245,030	-0.16%	0.28%
2031	48,412,854	9,269,063	-0.18%	0.26%
2032	48,321,195	9,289,991	-0.19%	0.23%
2033	48,230,054	9,307,909	-0.19%	0.19%
2034	48,136,421	9,324,938	-0.19%	0.18%
2035	48,036,650	9,340,145	-0.21%	0.16%
2036	47,929,957	9,352,822	-0.22%	0.14%
2037	47,819,257	9,364,126	-0.23%	0.12%
2038	47,706,580	9,373,988	-0.24%	0.11%
2039	47,588,878	9,382,808	-0.25%	0.09%
2040	47,463,597	9,392,748	-0.26%	0.11%
2041	47,332,618	9,401,829	-0.28%	0.1%
2042	47,194,588	9,410,286	-0.29%	0.09%
2043	47,052,293	9,418,963	-0.3%	0.09%
2044	46,902,636	9,426,166	-0.32%	0.08%
2045	46,738,565	9,432,561	-0.35%	0.07%
2046	46,564,383	9,438,518	-0.37%	0.06%
2047	46,381,681	9,445,091	-0.39%	0.07%
2048	46,190,642	9,452,109	-0.41%	0.07%
2049	45,985,428	9,457,335	-0.44%	0.06%
2050	45,769,362	9,459,997	-0.47%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.