The latest officially reported population of Switzerland was 9,005,582 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Switzerland's population is 9,092,598 people compared to 12,415,813 in Tunisia.
Population statistics:
- Tunisia's population is 1.37 times bigger than Switzerland's.
- Switzerland is ranked the 100th most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.11% for Switzerland vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
- For the last 10 years, Switzerland has had an average growth rate of +0.98% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
- Since 2006, the population of Switzerland has increased from 7.48M people to 9.09M (21.5% growth), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.43M people compared to the peak of 13.1M people in 2051 for Tunisia.
Switzerland vs Tunisia: live population counter
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| Current population |
9092598
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| Population rank | 100/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +40,099 | -15,221 |
| Daily growth/decline | +320 | +210 |
| Annual growth/decline | +116,760 | +76,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.31% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 82/197 | 125/197 |
Switzerland and Tunisia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,327,827 | 4,267,288 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,434,294 | 4,316,278 | 2% | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 5,573,815 | 4,369,136 | 2.57% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 5,694,247 | 4,427,131 | 2.16% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 5,789,228 | 4,489,869 | 1.67% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 5,856,472 | 4,561,385 | 1.16% | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 5,918,002 | 4,652,287 | 1.05% | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 5,991,785 | 4,760,970 | 1.25% | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 6,067,714 | 4,879,899 | 1.27% | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 6,136,387 | 5,004,697 | 1.13% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 6,180,877 | 5,131,396 | 0.73% | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 6,213,399 | 5,261,658 | 0.53% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 6,260,956 | 5,396,557 | 0.77% | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 6,307,347 | 5,537,242 | 0.74% | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 6,341,405 | 5,684,674 | 0.54% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 6,338,632 | 5,839,262 | -0.04% | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 6,302,504 | 5,996,994 | -0.57% | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 6,281,174 | 6,155,931 | -0.34% | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 6,281,738 | 6,309,390 | 0.009% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 6,294,365 | 6,456,419 | 0.2% | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 6,319,408 | 6,606,195 | 0.4% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 6,354,074 | 6,758,284 | 0.55% | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,391,309 | 6,908,642 | 0.59% | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 6,418,773 | 7,053,800 | 0.43% | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 6,441,865 | 7,220,044 | 0.36% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 6,470,365 | 7,409,903 | 0.44% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 6,504,124 | 7,600,301 | 0.52% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 6,545,106 | 7,789,987 | 0.63% | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 6,593,386 | 7,974,440 | 0.74% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 6,646,912 | 8,151,660 | 0.81% | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 6,715,519 | 8,324,509 | 1.03% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 6,799,978 | 8,501,827 | 1.26% | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 6,875,364 | 8,682,512 | 1.11% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 6,938,265 | 8,857,910 | 0.91% | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 6,993,795 | 9,018,448 | 0.8% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 7,040,687 | 9,161,258 | 0.67% | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 7,071,850 | 9,294,432 | 0.44% | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 7,088,906 | 9,421,270 | 0.24% | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 7,110,001 | 9,541,667 | 0.3% | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 7,143,991 | 9,655,963 | 0.48% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 7,184,250 | 9,764,935 | 0.56% | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 7,229,854 | 9,869,677 | 0.63% | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 7,284,753 | 9,971,515 | 0.76% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 7,339,001 | 10,071,632 | 0.74% | 1% |
| 2004 | 7,389,625 | 10,166,163 | 0.69% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 7,437,115 | 10,255,472 | 0.64% | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 7,483,934 | 10,346,410 | 0.63% | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 7,551,117 | 10,441,702 | 0.9% | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 7,647,675 | 10,542,635 | 1.28% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 7,743,831 | 10,650,681 | 1.26% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 7,824,909 | 10,765,980 | 1.05% | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 7,912,398 | 10,886,035 | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 7,996,861 | 11,009,647 | 1.07% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 8,089,346 | 11,141,361 | 1.16% | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 8,188,649 | 11,274,288 | 1.23% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 8,282,396 | 11,402,264 | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 8,373,338 | 11,528,674 | 1.1% | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 8,451,840 | 11,650,498 | 0.94% | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 8,514,329 | 11,765,514 | 0.74% | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 8,575,280 | 11,875,081 | 0.72% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 8,638,167 | 11,974,057 | 0.73% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 8,704,546 | 12,048,622 | 0.77% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 8,777,088 | 12,119,334 | 0.83% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 8,888,822 | 12,200,431 | 1.27% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 9,005,582 | 12,277,109 | 1.31% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 9,051,441 | 12,348,580 | 0.51% | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 9,092,200 | 12,415,147 | 0.45% | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 9,128,649 | 12,476,105 | 0.4% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 9,161,558 | 12,531,994 | 0.36% | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 9,190,268 | 12,582,709 | 0.31% | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 9,215,844 | 12,628,154 | 0.28% | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 9,239,801 | 12,669,925 | 0.26% | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 9,260,664 | 12,709,155 | 0.23% | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 9,278,524 | 12,746,538 | 0.19% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 9,295,500 | 12,781,017 | 0.18% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 9,310,659 | 12,812,275 | 0.16% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 9,323,296 | 12,842,495 | 0.14% | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 9,334,565 | 12,872,063 | 0.12% | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 9,344,395 | 12,900,190 | 0.11% | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 9,353,187 | 12,927,314 | 0.09% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 9,363,095 | 12,953,871 | 0.11% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 9,372,148 | 12,979,696 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 9,380,579 | 13,005,242 | 0.09% | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 9,389,228 | 13,030,307 | 0.09% | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 9,396,409 | 13,054,103 | 0.08% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 9,402,783 | 13,076,097 | 0.07% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 9,408,721 | 13,095,748 | 0.06% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 9,415,274 | 13,113,228 | 0.07% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 9,422,270 | 13,127,662 | 0.07% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 9,427,479 | 13,138,151 | 0.06% | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 9,430,133 | 13,145,144 | 0.03% | 0.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Switzerland increased by 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Switzerland gained 719,260 (a 8.59% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).
Switzerland was ranked 96th most populous country in 2006 and is 100th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.
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 Tunisia
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| Life expectancy | 84.4 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 34.5 years |
| Median age | 43.7 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.33 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 590 ppl/mi² | 204.7 ppl/mi² |
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