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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Switzerland	United States	Switzerland	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	5,327,827	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	5,434,294	183,691,481	2%	1.67%
1962	5,573,815	186,537,737	2.57%	1.55%
1963	5,694,247	189,241,798	2.16%	1.45%
1964	5,789,228	191,888,791	1.67%	1.4%
1965	5,856,472	194,302,963	1.16%	1.26%
1966	5,918,002	196,560,338	1.05%	1.16%
1967	5,991,785	198,712,056	1.25%	1.09%
1968	6,067,714	200,706,052	1.27%	1%
1969	6,136,387	202,676,946	1.13%	0.98%
1970	6,180,877	205,052,174	0.73%	1.17%
1971	6,213,399	207,660,677	0.53%	1.27%
1972	6,260,956	209,896,021	0.77%	1.08%
1973	6,307,347	211,908,788	0.74%	0.96%
1974	6,341,405	213,853,928	0.54%	0.92%
1975	6,338,632	215,973,199	-0.04%	0.99%
1976	6,302,504	218,035,164	-0.57%	0.95%
1977	6,281,174	220,239,425	-0.34%	1.01%
1978	6,281,738	222,584,545	0.009%	1.06%
1979	6,294,365	225,055,487	0.2%	1.11%
1980	6,319,408	226,542,250	0.4%	0.66%
1981	6,354,074	229,465,744	0.55%	1.29%
1982	6,391,309	231,664,432	0.59%	0.96%
1983	6,418,773	233,792,014	0.43%	0.92%
1984	6,441,865	235,824,908	0.36%	0.87%
1985	6,470,365	237,923,734	0.44%	0.89%
1986	6,504,124	240,132,831	0.52%	0.93%
1987	6,545,106	242,288,936	0.63%	0.9%
1988	6,593,386	244,499,004	0.74%	0.91%
1989	6,646,912	246,819,222	0.81%	0.95%
1990	6,715,519	250,131,894	1.03%	1.34%
1991	6,799,978	253,492,503	1.26%	1.34%
1992	6,875,364	256,894,189	1.11%	1.34%
1993	6,938,265	260,255,352	0.91%	1.31%
1994	6,993,795	263,435,673	0.8%	1.22%
1995	7,040,687	266,557,091	0.67%	1.18%
1996	7,071,850	269,667,391	0.44%	1.17%
1997	7,088,906	272,911,760	0.24%	1.2%
1998	7,110,001	276,115,288	0.3%	1.17%
1999	7,143,991	279,294,713	0.48%	1.15%
2000	7,184,250	282,162,411	0.56%	1.03%
2001	7,229,854	284,968,955	0.63%	0.99%
2002	7,284,753	287,625,193	0.76%	0.93%
2003	7,339,001	290,107,933	0.74%	0.86%
2004	7,389,625	292,805,298	0.69%	0.93%
2005	7,437,115	295,516,599	0.64%	0.93%
2006	7,483,934	298,379,912	0.63%	0.97%
2007	7,551,117	301,231,207	0.9%	0.96%
2008	7,647,675	304,093,966	1.28%	0.95%
2009	7,743,831	306,771,529	1.26%	0.88%
2010	7,824,909	309,327,143	1.05%	0.83%
2011	7,912,398	311,583,481	1.12%	0.73%
2012	7,996,861	313,877,662	1.07%	0.74%
2013	8,089,346	316,059,947	1.16%	0.7%
2014	8,188,649	318,386,329	1.23%	0.74%
2015	8,282,396	320,738,994	1.14%	0.74%
2016	8,373,338	323,071,755	1.1%	0.73%
2017	8,451,840	325,122,128	0.94%	0.63%
2018	8,514,329	326,838,199	0.74%	0.53%
2019	8,575,280	328,329,953	0.72%	0.46%
2020	8,638,167	331,526,933	0.73%	0.97%
2021	8,704,546	331,893,745	0.77%	0.11%
2022	8,777,088	333,271,411	0.83%	0.42%
2023	8,888,093	334,914,895	1.26%	0.49%
2024	9,034,102	340,110,988	1.64%	1.55%
2025	9,080,106	341,931,772	0.51%	0.54%
2026	9,120,994	343,664,369	0.45%	0.51%
2027	9,157,559	345,331,185	0.4%	0.49%
2028	9,190,572	346,981,137	0.36%	0.48%
2029	9,219,373	348,601,982	0.31%	0.47%
2030	9,245,030	350,176,974	0.28%	0.45%
2031	9,269,063	351,725,612	0.26%	0.44%
2032	9,289,991	353,249,060	0.23%	0.43%
2033	9,307,909	354,749,644	0.19%	0.42%
2034	9,324,938	356,234,239	0.18%	0.42%
2035	9,340,145	357,694,316	0.16%	0.41%
2036	9,352,822	359,119,002	0.14%	0.4%
2037	9,364,126	360,517,853	0.12%	0.39%
2038	9,373,988	361,895,407	0.11%	0.38%
2039	9,382,808	363,229,908	0.09%	0.37%
2040	9,392,748	364,512,364	0.11%	0.35%
2041	9,401,829	365,753,139	0.1%	0.34%
2042	9,410,286	366,969,419	0.09%	0.33%
2043	9,418,963	368,146,925	0.09%	0.32%
2044	9,426,166	369,258,123	0.08%	0.3%
2045	9,432,561	370,318,770	0.07%	0.29%
2046	9,438,518	371,328,255	0.06%	0.27%
2047	9,445,091	372,299,116	0.07%	0.26%
2048	9,452,109	373,230,539	0.07%	0.25%
2049	9,457,335	374,119,803	0.06%	0.24%
2050	9,459,997	374,986,259	0.03%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Switzerland increased by 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Switzerland gained 830,554 (a 10% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Switzerland was ranked 97th most populous country in 2005 and is 100th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Switzerland's population will grow by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people with a rank change from 100th to 102nd. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.