The latest officially reported population of Switzerland was 9,005,582 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Switzerland's population is 9,092,598 people compared to 23,205,944 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 2.55 times bigger than Switzerland's.
- Switzerland is ranked the 100th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.11% for Switzerland vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Switzerland has had an average growth rate of +0.98% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2006, the population of Switzerland has increased from 7.48M people to 9.09M (21.5% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.8M to 23.2M (1.68% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.43M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Switzerland vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
9092598
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23205944
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| Population rank | 100/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
4.5 minutes
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.57 minutes
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +40,099 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +320 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +116,760 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.31% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 82/197 | 151/197 |
Switzerland and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,327,827 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,434,294 | 11,030,385 | 2% | - |
| 1962 | 5,573,815 | 11,392,513 | 2.57% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 5,694,247 | 11,762,101 | 2.16% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 5,789,228 | 12,137,143 | 1.67% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 5,856,472 | 12,511,863 | 1.16% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 5,918,002 | 12,874,153 | 1.05% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 5,991,785 | 13,210,344 | 1.25% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 6,067,714 | 13,548,537 | 1.27% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 6,136,387 | 14,068,984 | 1.13% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 6,180,877 | 14,582,944 | 0.73% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 6,213,399 | 14,913,564 | 0.53% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 6,260,956 | 15,220,495 | 0.77% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 6,307,347 | 15,505,121 | 0.74% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 6,341,405 | 15,784,817 | 0.54% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 6,338,632 | 16,075,128 | -0.04% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 6,302,504 | 16,401,413 | -0.57% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 6,281,174 | 16,730,895 | -0.34% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 6,281,738 | 17,042,272 | 0.009% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 6,294,365 | 17,372,779 | 0.2% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 6,319,408 | 17,704,538 | 0.4% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 6,354,074 | 18,029,982 | 0.55% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 6,391,309 | 18,354,855 | 0.59% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 6,418,773 | 18,653,146 | 0.43% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 6,441,865 | 18,929,866 | 0.36% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 6,470,365 | 19,191,510 | 0.44% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 6,504,124 | 19,411,454 | 0.52% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 6,545,106 | 19,617,046 | 0.63% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 6,593,386 | 19,839,704 | 0.74% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 6,646,912 | 20,055,492 | 0.81% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 6,715,519 | 20,278,946 | 1.03% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 6,799,978 | 20,503,568 | 1.26% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 6,875,364 | 20,704,227 | 1.11% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 6,938,265 | 20,899,019 | 0.91% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 6,993,795 | 21,086,645 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 7,040,687 | 21,267,653 | 0.67% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 7,071,850 | 21,441,432 | 0.44% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 7,088,906 | 21,634,124 | 0.24% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 7,110,001 | 21,835,703 | 0.3% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 7,143,991 | 22,010,489 | 0.48% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 7,184,250 | 22,184,530 | 0.56% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 7,229,854 | 22,341,120 | 0.63% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 7,284,753 | 22,463,172 | 0.76% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 7,339,001 | 22,562,663 | 0.74% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 7,389,625 | 22,646,836 | 0.69% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 7,437,115 | 22,729,753 | 0.64% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 7,483,934 | 22,823,455 | 0.63% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 7,551,117 | 22,917,444 | 0.9% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 7,647,675 | 22,997,696 | 1.28% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 7,743,831 | 23,078,402 | 1.26% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 7,824,909 | 23,140,948 | 1.05% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 7,912,398 | 23,193,518 | 1.12% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 7,996,861 | 23,270,367 | 1.07% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 8,089,346 | 23,344,670 | 1.16% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 8,188,649 | 23,403,635 | 1.23% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 8,282,396 | 23,462,914 | 1.14% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 8,373,338 | 23,515,945 | 1.1% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 8,451,840 | 23,555,522 | 0.94% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 8,514,329 | 23,580,080 | 0.74% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,575,280 | 23,596,027 | 0.72% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 8,638,167 | 23,582,179 | 0.73% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 8,704,546 | 23,468,275 | 0.77% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 8,777,088 | 23,319,977 | 0.83% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 8,888,822 | 23,342,541 | 1.27% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,005,582 | 23,410,331 | 1.31% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 9,051,441 | 23,308,308 | 0.51% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 9,092,200 | 23,205,944 | 0.45% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 9,128,649 | 23,102,120 | 0.4% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 9,161,558 | 22,996,693 | 0.36% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 9,190,268 | 22,890,335 | 0.31% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 9,215,844 | 22,781,040 | 0.28% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 9,239,801 | 22,667,327 | 0.26% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 9,260,664 | 22,549,689 | 0.23% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 9,278,524 | 22,428,721 | 0.19% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 9,295,500 | 22,302,402 | 0.18% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 9,310,659 | 22,170,689 | 0.16% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 9,323,296 | 22,034,775 | 0.14% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 9,334,565 | 21,893,029 | 0.12% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 9,344,395 | 21,746,001 | 0.11% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 9,353,187 | 21,594,236 | 0.09% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 9,363,095 | 21,436,947 | 0.11% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 9,372,148 | 21,274,187 | 0.1% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 9,380,579 | 21,105,682 | 0.09% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 9,389,228 | 20,932,105 | 0.09% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 9,396,409 | 20,754,623 | 0.08% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 9,402,783 | 20,571,741 | 0.07% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 9,408,721 | 20,384,903 | 0.06% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 9,415,274 | 20,194,425 | 0.07% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 9,422,270 | 19,999,753 | 0.07% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 9,427,479 | 19,801,293 | 0.06% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 9,430,133 | 19,598,997 | 0.03% | -1.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Switzerland increased by 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Switzerland gained 719,260 (a 8.59% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).
Switzerland was ranked 96th most populous country in 2006 and is 100th in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Switzerland's population will grow by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people with a rank change from 100th to 102nd. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
Biggest cities by population
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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 Switzerland and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 84.4 years | 81.1 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 43.7 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.33 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 590 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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