Population in Switzerland compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Switzerland and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Switzerland	Vatican	Switzerland	Vatican
1960	5,327,827	-	-	-
1961	5,434,294	-	2%	-
1962	5,573,815	-	2.57%	-
1963	5,694,247	-	2.16%	-
1964	5,789,228	-	1.67%	-
1965	5,856,472	-	1.16%	-
1966	5,918,002	-	1.05%	-
1967	5,991,785	-	1.25%	-
1968	6,067,714	-	1.27%	-
1969	6,136,387	-	1.13%	-
1970	6,180,877	-	0.73%	-
1971	6,213,399	-	0.53%	-
1972	6,260,956	-	0.77%	-
1973	6,307,347	-	0.74%	-
1974	6,341,405	-	0.54%	-
1975	6,338,632	-	-0.04%	-
1976	6,302,504	-	-0.57%	-
1977	6,281,174	-	-0.34%	-
1978	6,281,738	-	0.009%	-
1979	6,294,365	-	0.2%	-
1980	6,319,408	-	0.4%	-
1981	6,354,074	-	0.55%	-
1982	6,391,309	-	0.59%	-
1983	6,418,773	-	0.43%	-
1984	6,441,865	-	0.36%	-
1985	6,470,365	-	0.44%	-
1986	6,504,124	-	0.52%	-
1987	6,545,106	-	0.63%	-
1988	6,593,386	-	0.74%	-
1989	6,646,912	-	0.81%	-
1990	6,715,519	-	1.03%	-
1991	6,799,978	-	1.26%	-
1992	6,875,364	-	1.11%	-
1993	6,938,265	-	0.91%	-
1994	6,993,795	-	0.8%	-
1995	7,040,687	-	0.67%	-
1996	7,071,850	-	0.44%	-
1997	7,088,906	-	0.24%	-
1998	7,110,001	-	0.3%	-
1999	7,143,991	-	0.48%	-
2000	7,184,250	880	0.56%	-
2001	7,229,854	890	0.63%	1.14%
2002	7,284,753	900	0.76%	1.12%
2003	7,339,001	911	0.74%	1.22%
2004	7,389,625	921	0.69%	1.1%
2005	7,437,115	921	0.64%	0%
2006	7,483,934	932	0.63%	1.19%
2007	7,551,117	821	0.9%	-11.9%
2008	7,647,675	824	1.28%	0.37%
2009	7,743,831	826	1.26%	0.24%
2010	7,824,909	829	1.05%	0.36%
2011	7,912,398	832	1.12%	0.36%
2012	7,996,861	836	1.07%	0.48%
2013	8,089,346	839	1.16%	0.36%
2014	8,188,649	842	1.23%	0.36%
2015	8,282,396	1,000	1.14%	18.8%
2016	8,373,338	-	1.1%	0%
2017	8,451,840	1,000	0.94%	0%
2018	8,514,329	-	0.74%	0%
2019	8,575,280	1,000	0.72%	0%
2020	8,638,167	987	0.73%	-1.29%
2021	8,704,546	970	0.77%	-1.68%
2022	8,777,088	944	0.83%	-2.66%
2023	8,888,093	922	1.26%	-2.34%
2024	9,034,102	933	1.64%	1.2%
2025	9,080,106	939	0.51%	0.59%
2026	9,120,994	952	0.45%	1.37%
2027	9,157,559	974	0.4%	2.32%
2028	9,190,572	985	0.36%	1.13%
2029	9,219,373	983	0.31%	-0.19%
2030	9,245,030	976	0.28%	-0.75%
2031	9,269,063	968	0.26%	-0.75%
2032	9,289,991	968	0.23%	0%
2033	9,307,909	988	0.19%	2.09%
2034	9,324,938	992	0.18%	0.37%
2035	9,340,145	1,000	0.16%	0.74%
2036	9,352,822	998	0.14%	-0.18%
2037	9,364,126	1,003	0.12%	0.55%
2038	9,373,988	1,022	0.11%	1.83%
2039	9,382,808	1,060	0.09%	3.78%
2040	9,392,748	1,095	0.11%	3.3%
2041	9,401,829	1,127	0.1%	2.86%
2042	9,410,286	1,149	0.09%	1.96%
2043	9,418,963	1,169	0.09%	1.76%
2044	9,426,166	1,186	0.08%	1.42%
2045	9,432,561	1,209	0.07%	2.02%
2046	9,438,518	1,224	0.06%	1.22%
2047	9,445,091	1,248	0.07%	1.95%
2048	9,452,109	1,272	0.07%	1.92%
2049	9,457,335	1,296	0.06%	1.88%
2050	9,459,997	1,325	0.03%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Switzerland increased by 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Switzerland gained 830,554 (a 10% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Switzerland was ranked 97th most populous country in 2005 and is 100th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.