Population in Switzerland compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Switzerland and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Switzerland	United Kingdom	Switzerland	United Kingdom
1960	5,327,827	52,400,000	-	-
1961	5,434,294	52,800,000	2%	0.76%
1962	5,573,815	53,250,000	2.57%	0.85%
1963	5,694,247	53,650,000	2.16%	0.75%
1964	5,789,228	54,000,000	1.67%	0.65%
1965	5,856,472	54,348,050	1.16%	0.64%
1966	5,918,002	54,648,500	1.05%	0.55%
1967	5,991,785	54,943,600	1.25%	0.54%
1968	6,067,714	55,211,700	1.27%	0.49%
1969	6,136,387	55,441,750	1.13%	0.42%
1970	6,180,877	55,663,250	0.73%	0.4%
1971	6,213,399	55,896,223	0.53%	0.42%
1972	6,260,956	56,086,065	0.77%	0.34%
1973	6,307,347	56,194,527	0.74%	0.19%
1974	6,341,405	56,229,974	0.54%	0.06%
1975	6,338,632	56,225,800	-0.04%	-0.007%
1976	6,302,504	56,211,968	-0.57%	-0.02%
1977	6,281,174	56,193,492	-0.34%	-0.03%
1978	6,281,738	56,196,504	0.009%	0.005%
1979	6,294,365	56,246,951	0.2%	0.09%
1980	6,319,408	56,314,216	0.4%	0.12%
1981	6,354,074	56,333,829	0.55%	0.03%
1982	6,391,309	56,313,641	0.59%	-0.04%
1983	6,418,773	56,332,848	0.43%	0.03%
1984	6,441,865	56,422,072	0.36%	0.16%
1985	6,470,365	56,550,268	0.44%	0.23%
1986	6,504,124	56,681,396	0.52%	0.23%
1987	6,545,106	56,802,050	0.63%	0.21%
1988	6,593,386	56,928,327	0.74%	0.22%
1989	6,646,912	57,076,711	0.81%	0.26%
1990	6,715,519	57,247,586	1.03%	0.3%
1991	6,799,978	57,424,897	1.26%	0.31%
1992	6,875,364	57,580,402	1.11%	0.27%
1993	6,938,265	57,718,614	0.91%	0.24%
1994	6,993,795	57,865,745	0.8%	0.25%
1995	7,040,687	58,019,030	0.67%	0.26%
1996	7,071,850	58,166,950	0.44%	0.25%
1997	7,088,906	58,316,954	0.24%	0.26%
1998	7,110,001	58,487,141	0.3%	0.29%
1999	7,143,991	58,682,466	0.48%	0.33%
2000	7,184,250	58,892,514	0.56%	0.36%
2001	7,229,854	59,119,673	0.63%	0.39%
2002	7,284,753	59,370,479	0.76%	0.42%
2003	7,339,001	59,647,577	0.74%	0.47%
2004	7,389,625	59,987,905	0.69%	0.57%
2005	7,437,115	60,401,206	0.64%	0.69%
2006	7,483,934	60,846,820	0.63%	0.74%
2007	7,551,117	61,322,463	0.9%	0.78%
2008	7,647,675	61,806,995	1.28%	0.79%
2009	7,743,831	62,276,270	1.26%	0.76%
2010	7,824,909	62,766,365	1.05%	0.79%
2011	7,912,398	63,258,810	1.12%	0.78%
2012	7,996,861	63,711,000	1.07%	0.71%
2013	8,089,346	64,139,000	1.16%	0.67%
2014	8,188,649	64,620,000	1.23%	0.75%
2015	8,282,396	65,088,000	1.14%	0.72%
2016	8,373,338	65,607,000	1.1%	0.8%
2017	8,451,840	65,966,000	0.94%	0.55%
2018	8,514,329	66,289,000	0.74%	0.49%
2019	8,575,280	66,631,000	0.72%	0.52%
2020	8,638,167	66,744,000	0.73%	0.17%
2021	8,704,546	66,984,000	0.77%	0.36%
2022	8,777,088	67,604,000	0.83%	0.93%
2023	8,888,822	68,492,000	1.27%	1.31%
2024	9,005,582	69,226,000	1.31%	1.07%
2025	9,051,441	69,639,673	0.51%	0.6%
2026	9,092,200	70,020,350	0.45%	0.55%
2027	9,128,649	70,382,853	0.4%	0.52%
2028	9,161,558	70,732,699	0.36%	0.5%
2029	9,190,268	71,061,482	0.31%	0.46%
2030	9,215,844	71,377,535	0.28%	0.44%
2031	9,239,801	71,678,351	0.26%	0.42%
2032	9,260,664	71,959,934	0.23%	0.39%
2033	9,278,524	72,234,509	0.19%	0.38%
2034	9,295,500	72,497,650	0.18%	0.36%
2035	9,310,659	72,749,096	0.16%	0.35%
2036	9,323,296	72,990,847	0.14%	0.33%
2037	9,334,565	73,218,850	0.12%	0.31%
2038	9,344,395	73,441,349	0.11%	0.3%
2039	9,353,187	73,658,392	0.09%	0.3%
2040	9,363,095	73,868,334	0.11%	0.29%
2041	9,372,148	74,074,316	0.1%	0.28%
2042	9,380,579	74,275,779	0.09%	0.27%
2043	9,389,228	74,475,035	0.09%	0.27%
2044	9,396,409	74,667,284	0.08%	0.26%
2045	9,402,783	74,848,605	0.07%	0.24%
2046	9,408,721	75,020,949	0.06%	0.23%
2047	9,415,274	75,184,478	0.07%	0.22%
2048	9,422,270	75,337,543	0.07%	0.2%
2049	9,427,479	75,476,141	0.06%	0.18%
2050	9,430,133	75,600,588	0.03%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Switzerland increased by 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Switzerland gained 719,260 (a 8.59% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Switzerland was ranked 96th most populous country in 2006 and is 100th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.