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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Switzerland was 9,005,582 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Switzerland's population is 9,092,598 people compared to 342,645 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Switzerland's population is 26.5 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Switzerland is ranked the 100th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.11% for Switzerland vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Switzerland has had an average growth rate of +0.98% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2006, the population of Switzerland has increased from 7.48M people to 9.09M (21.5% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 216K to 343K (58.7% growth).
  • Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.43M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Switzerland vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Switzerland Vanuatu
Current population
9092598
342645
Population rank 100/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.004%
One net population change
4.5 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
6.57 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
7.3 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
13.1 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +40,099 -43
Daily growth/decline +320 +20
Annual growth/decline +116,760 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +1.31% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 82/197 38/197

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

Switzerland
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Switzerland Vanuatu Switzerland Vanuatu
1960 5,327,827 64,431 - -
1961 5,434,294 66,264 2% 2.84%
1962 5,573,815 68,174 2.57% 2.88%
1963 5,694,247 70,159 2.16% 2.91%
1964 5,789,228 72,219 1.67% 2.94%
1965 5,856,472 74,358 1.16% 2.96%
1966 5,918,002 76,590 1.05% 3%
1967 5,991,785 78,921 1.25% 3.04%
1968 6,067,714 81,314 1.27% 3.03%
1969 6,136,387 83,755 1.13% 3%
1970 6,180,877 86,266 0.73% 3%
1971 6,213,399 88,862 0.53% 3.01%
1972 6,260,956 91,562 0.77% 3.04%
1973 6,307,347 94,362 0.74% 3.06%
1974 6,341,405 97,260 0.54% 3.07%
1975 6,338,632 100,269 -0.04% 3.09%
1976 6,302,504 103,388 -0.57% 3.11%
1977 6,281,174 106,618 -0.34% 3.12%
1978 6,281,738 109,963 0.009% 3.14%
1979 6,294,365 113,040 0.2% 2.8%
1980 6,319,408 115,660 0.4% 2.32%
1981 6,354,074 118,249 0.55% 2.24%
1982 6,391,309 121,035 0.59% 2.36%
1983 6,418,773 123,998 0.43% 2.45%
1984 6,441,865 127,109 0.36% 2.51%
1985 6,470,365 130,356 0.44% 2.55%
1986 6,504,124 133,720 0.52% 2.58%
1987 6,545,106 137,187 0.63% 2.59%
1988 6,593,386 140,756 0.74% 2.6%
1989 6,646,912 144,393 0.81% 2.58%
1990 6,715,519 148,063 1.03% 2.54%
1991 6,799,978 151,793 1.26% 2.52%
1992 6,875,364 155,608 1.11% 2.51%
1993 6,938,265 159,463 0.91% 2.48%
1994 6,993,795 163,314 0.8% 2.41%
1995 7,040,687 167,137 0.67% 2.34%
1996 7,071,850 170,911 0.44% 2.26%
1997 7,088,906 174,626 0.24% 2.17%
1998 7,110,001 178,313 0.3% 2.11%
1999 7,143,991 182,048 0.48% 2.09%
2000 7,184,250 186,281 0.56% 2.33%
2001 7,229,854 191,031 0.63% 2.55%
2002 7,284,753 195,863 0.76% 2.53%
2003 7,339,001 200,746 0.74% 2.49%
2004 7,389,625 205,711 0.69% 2.47%
2005 7,437,115 210,760 0.64% 2.45%
2006 7,483,934 215,923 0.63% 2.45%
2007 7,551,117 221,276 0.9% 2.48%
2008 7,647,675 226,896 1.28% 2.54%
2009 7,743,831 232,731 1.26% 2.57%
2010 7,824,909 238,248 1.05% 2.37%
2011 7,912,398 243,474 1.12% 2.19%
2012 7,996,861 248,883 1.07% 2.22%
2013 8,089,346 254,482 1.16% 2.25%
2014 8,188,649 260,240 1.23% 2.26%
2015 8,282,396 266,101 1.14% 2.25%
2016 8,373,338 272,087 1.1% 2.25%
2017 8,451,840 278,507 0.94% 2.36%
2018 8,514,329 285,259 0.74% 2.42%
2019 8,575,280 291,985 0.72% 2.36%
2020 8,638,167 298,858 0.73% 2.35%
2021 8,704,546 305,868 0.77% 2.35%
2022 8,777,088 313,046 0.83% 2.35%
2023 8,888,822 320,409 1.27% 2.35%
2024 9,005,582 327,777 1.31% 2.3%
2025 9,051,441 335,169 0.51% 2.26%
2026 9,092,200 342,565 0.45% 2.21%
2027 9,128,649 349,970 0.4% 2.16%
2028 9,161,558 357,397 0.36% 2.12%
2029 9,190,268 364,883 0.31% 2.09%
2030 9,215,844 372,429 0.28% 2.07%
2031 9,239,801 380,015 0.26% 2.04%
2032 9,260,664 387,657 0.23% 2.01%
2033 9,278,524 395,366 0.19% 1.99%
2034 9,295,500 403,188 0.18% 1.98%
2035 9,310,659 411,061 0.16% 1.95%
2036 9,323,296 419,006 0.14% 1.93%
2037 9,334,565 427,031 0.12% 1.92%
2038 9,344,395 435,150 0.11% 1.9%
2039 9,353,187 443,311 0.09% 1.88%
2040 9,363,095 451,509 0.11% 1.85%
2041 9,372,148 459,733 0.1% 1.82%
2042 9,380,579 468,003 0.09% 1.8%
2043 9,389,228 476,308 0.09% 1.77%
2044 9,396,409 484,636 0.08% 1.75%
2045 9,402,783 492,989 0.07% 1.72%
2046 9,408,721 501,316 0.06% 1.69%
2047 9,415,274 509,621 0.07% 1.66%
2048 9,422,270 517,889 0.07% 1.62%
2049 9,427,479 526,138 0.06% 1.59%
2050 9,430,133 534,374 0.03% 1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Switzerland increased by 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Switzerland gained 719,260 (a 8.59% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Switzerland was ranked 96th most populous country in 2006 and is 100th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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