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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Switzerland was 9,005,582 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Switzerland's population is 9,092,598 people compared to 71,559,621 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 7.87 times bigger than Switzerland's.
  • Switzerland is ranked the 100th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 0.97% of the world: 0.11% for Switzerland vs 0.86% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, Switzerland has had an average growth rate of +0.98% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2006, the population of Switzerland has increased from 7.48M people to 9.09M (21.5% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66.6M to 71.6M (7.5% growth).
  • Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.43M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.

Switzerland vs Thailand: live population counter

Switzerland Thailand
Current population
9092598
71559621
Population rank 100/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.86%
One net population change
4.5 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
6.57 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
7.3 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
13.1 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change +40,099 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +320 -94
Annual growth/decline +116,760 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +1.31% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 82/197 169/197

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

Switzerland
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Switzerland Thailand Switzerland Thailand
1960 5,327,827 26,851,747 - -
1961 5,434,294 27,650,334 2% 2.97%
1962 5,573,815 28,481,040 2.57% 3%
1963 5,694,247 29,342,322 2.16% 3.02%
1964 5,789,228 30,232,141 1.67% 3.03%
1965 5,856,472 31,149,337 1.16% 3.03%
1966 5,918,002 32,086,071 1.05% 3.01%
1967 5,991,785 33,037,801 1.25% 2.97%
1968 6,067,714 34,002,560 1.27% 2.92%
1969 6,136,387 34,973,782 1.13% 2.86%
1970 6,180,877 35,954,408 0.73% 2.8%
1971 6,213,399 36,937,387 0.53% 2.73%
1972 6,260,956 37,933,929 0.77% 2.7%
1973 6,307,347 38,947,787 0.74% 2.67%
1974 6,341,405 39,952,891 0.54% 2.58%
1975 6,338,632 40,940,005 -0.04% 2.47%
1976 6,302,504 41,896,504 -0.57% 2.34%
1977 6,281,174 42,843,974 -0.34% 2.26%
1978 6,281,738 43,788,976 0.009% 2.21%
1979 6,294,365 44,718,434 0.2% 2.12%
1980 6,319,408 45,650,022 0.4% 2.08%
1981 6,354,074 46,575,855 0.55% 2.03%
1982 6,391,309 47,494,577 0.59% 1.97%
1983 6,418,773 48,423,309 0.43% 1.96%
1984 6,441,865 49,351,708 0.36% 1.92%
1985 6,470,365 50,270,753 0.44% 1.86%
1986 6,504,124 51,177,834 0.52% 1.8%
1987 6,545,106 52,074,105 0.63% 1.75%
1988 6,593,386 52,969,595 0.74% 1.72%
1989 6,646,912 53,848,956 0.81% 1.66%
1990 6,715,519 54,738,329 1.03% 1.65%
1991 6,799,978 55,637,434 1.26% 1.64%
1992 6,875,364 56,528,834 1.11% 1.6%
1993 6,938,265 57,408,198 0.91% 1.56%
1994 6,993,795 58,260,854 0.8% 1.49%
1995 7,040,687 59,098,232 0.67% 1.44%
1996 7,071,850 59,920,064 0.44% 1.39%
1997 7,088,906 60,724,584 0.24% 1.34%
1998 7,110,001 61,522,630 0.3% 1.31%
1999 7,143,991 62,299,043 0.48% 1.26%
2000 7,184,250 63,007,815 0.56% 1.14%
2001 7,229,854 63,651,141 0.63% 1.02%
2002 7,284,753 64,266,437 0.76% 0.97%
2003 7,339,001 64,868,166 0.74% 0.94%
2004 7,389,625 65,452,047 0.69% 0.9%
2005 7,437,115 66,017,420 0.64% 0.86%
2006 7,483,934 66,567,687 0.63% 0.83%
2007 7,551,117 67,102,394 0.9% 0.8%
2008 7,647,675 67,619,830 1.28% 0.77%
2009 7,743,831 68,121,080 1.26% 0.74%
2010 7,824,909 68,579,447 1.05% 0.67%
2011 7,912,398 69,007,208 1.12% 0.62%
2012 7,996,861 69,436,098 1.07% 0.62%
2013 8,089,346 69,845,114 1.16% 0.59%
2014 8,188,649 70,216,367 1.23% 0.53%
2015 8,282,396 70,540,795 1.14% 0.46%
2016 8,373,338 70,859,841 1.1% 0.45%
2017 8,451,840 71,160,187 0.94% 0.42%
2018 8,514,329 71,376,079 0.74% 0.3%
2019 8,575,280 71,522,271 0.72% 0.2%
2020 8,638,167 71,641,484 0.73% 0.17%
2021 8,704,546 71,727,332 0.77% 0.12%
2022 8,777,088 71,735,329 0.83% 0.01%
2023 8,888,822 71,702,435 1.27% -0.05%
2024 9,005,582 71,668,011 1.31% -0.05%
2025 9,051,441 71,619,867 0.51% -0.07%
2026 9,092,200 71,559,621 0.45% -0.08%
2027 9,128,649 71,488,156 0.4% -0.1%
2028 9,161,558 71,406,996 0.36% -0.11%
2029 9,190,268 71,316,195 0.31% -0.13%
2030 9,215,844 71,215,017 0.28% -0.14%
2031 9,239,801 71,104,025 0.26% -0.16%
2032 9,260,664 70,982,286 0.23% -0.17%
2033 9,278,524 70,847,947 0.19% -0.19%
2034 9,295,500 70,701,651 0.18% -0.21%
2035 9,310,659 70,540,884 0.16% -0.23%
2036 9,323,296 70,366,496 0.14% -0.25%
2037 9,334,565 70,180,031 0.12% -0.26%
2038 9,344,395 69,979,034 0.11% -0.29%
2039 9,353,187 69,763,928 0.09% -0.31%
2040 9,363,095 69,535,003 0.11% -0.33%
2041 9,372,148 69,288,477 0.1% -0.35%
2042 9,380,579 69,025,348 0.09% -0.38%
2043 9,389,228 68,748,075 0.09% -0.4%
2044 9,396,409 68,456,533 0.08% -0.42%
2045 9,402,783 68,150,148 0.07% -0.45%
2046 9,408,721 67,827,309 0.06% -0.47%
2047 9,415,274 67,489,358 0.07% -0.5%
2048 9,422,270 67,136,737 0.07% -0.52%
2049 9,427,479 66,767,316 0.06% -0.55%
2050 9,430,133 66,382,732 0.03% -0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Switzerland increased by 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Switzerland gained 719,260 (a 8.59% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Switzerland was ranked 96th most populous country in 2006 and is 100th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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