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Switzerland — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Switzerland, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.96%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -51.5% since 1961
Population growth for Switzerland was 0.96% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.54% in 1962. The lowest was -0.57% in 1976 (about -1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.12% per year.
Switzerland ranks 103 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 47%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Switzerland sits above it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 62% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 16%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.96%
First (1961)
1.98%
Change
-51.5%
Highest
2.54%
in 1962
Lowest
-0.57%
in 1976
Average
0.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.12%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.96% |
| 2024 | 1.31% |
| 2023 | 1.26% |
| 2022 | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 0.77% |
| 2020 | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 0.71% |
| 2018 | 0.74% |
| 2017 | 0.93% |
| 2016 | 1.09% |
| 2015 | 1.14% |
| 2014 | 1.22% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.