The population of Switzerland is one of the easiest to predict and any anomalies are small ones. As such, numbers here are likely to reach 8.6 million by 2020, but we will have to wait for the next official census for this to be confirmed.
Switzerland Population Growth
The overall population of Switzerland has enjoyed steady and relatively consistent growth throughout the country’s history. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries it is claimed that the growth levels did not vary from figures of 0.7 to 0.8% but over the decades, that led to a doubling of the population as a whole.
There have been some anomalies in those figures such as a 1.1% rise in numbers in 2007 and the reasons for these are put firmly at the door of increased immigration.
That growth level continues to this day at a point where the Switzerland population of 2014 stands at around the eight million figure.
Switzerland Population Projections
The population change in Switzerland has been declining since 1995 and that is expected to continue. It is predicted that the rate of growth will reach a temporary high in 2020 at 0.835 before slowly decreasing towards stagnation. The annual growth rate is expected to get as low as 0.28% by 2050. During this same period, projections say that the population of Switzerland will be 8.670.535 in 2020, 9,203,908 by 2030, 9,586,938 by 2040, and 9,879,901 by 2050. The population change in Switzerland has been declining since 1995 and that is expected to continue. It is predicted that the rate of growth will reach a temporary high in 2020 at 0.835 before slowly decreasing towards stagnation. The annual growth rate is expected to get as low as 0.28% by 2050. During this same time projections say that the population of Switzerland will be 8.670.535 in 2020, 9,203,908 by 2030, 9,586,938 by 2040, and 9,879,901 by 2050.