Male population — all countries

Male population — Switzerland

Male population in Switzerland in 2025 — 4,518,296 people. Ranked 98 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 75%.

2025 4.52M people +1% vs 2024
World rank 98of 217
Period maximum 4.52M people2025
Period minimum 2.58M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Switzerland, 1960–20252.5M3M3.5M4M4.5M5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,581,188 people1962: 2,706,397 people1964: 2,817,732 people1966: 2,884,863 people1968: 2,962,212 people1970: 3,019,595 people1972: 3,058,016 people1974: 3,093,265 people1976: 3,069,779 people1978: 3,056,362 people1980: 3,073,998 people1982: 3,111,336 people1984: 3,137,708 people1986: 3,170,046 people1988: 3,215,295 people1990: 3,279,419 people1992: 3,357,974 people1994: 3,416,337 people1996: 3,453,366 people1998: 3,472,045 people2000: 3,510,334 people2002: 3,560,724 people2004: 3,616,152 people2006: 3,667,017 people2008: 3,758,140 people2010: 3,853,210 people2012: 3,945,368 people2014: 4,047,989 people2016: 4,147,468 people2018: 4,221,838 people2020: 4,285,901 people2022: 4,357,730 people2024: 4,473,753 people2025: 4,518,296 people
Change over the period: +1.94M (+75.05%) Average annual rate: 0.87 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Switzerland

Switzerland 4.52M people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Western Europe computed 98.84M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.52M +44,543 +1%
2024 4.47M +59,463 +1.35%
2023 4.41M +56,560 +1.3%
2022 4.36M +37,151 +0.86%
2021 4.32M +34,678 +0.81%
2020 4.29M +32,785 +0.77%
2019 4.25M +31,278 +0.74%
2018 4.22M +31,875 +0.76%
2017 4.19M +42,495 +1.02%
2016 4.15M +49,795 +1.22%
2015 4.1M +49,684 +1.23%
2014 4.05M +52,687 +1.32%
2013 4M +49,934 +1.27%
2012 3.95M +45,533 +1.17%
2011 3.9M +46,625 +1.21%
2010 3.85M +43,203 +1.13%
2009 3.81M +51,867 +1.38%
2008 3.76M +53,748 +1.45%
2007 3.7M +37,375 +1.02%
2006 3.67M +25,396 +0.7%
2005 3.64M +25,469 +0.7%
2004 3.62M +26,794 +0.75%
2003 3.59M +28,634 +0.8%
2002 3.56M +28,110 +0.8%
2001 3.53M +22,280 +0.63%
2000 3.51M +20,575 +0.59%
1999 3.49M +17,714 +0.51%
1998 3.47M +10,509 +0.3%
1997 3.46M +8,170 +0.24%
1996 3.45M +14,571 +0.42%
1995 3.44M +22,458 +0.66%
1994 3.42M +27,251 +0.8%
1993 3.39M +31,112 +0.93%
1992 3.36M +36,341 +1.09%
1991 3.32M +42,214 +1.29%
1990 3.28M +36,301 +1.12%
1989 3.24M +27,823 +0.87%
1988 3.22M +24,493 +0.77%
1987 3.19M +20,756 +0.65%
1986 3.17M +17,340 +0.55%
1985 3.15M +14,998 +0.48%
1984 3.14M +12,094 +0.39%
1983 3.13M +14,278 +0.46%
1982 3.11M +19,548 +0.63%
1981 3.09M +17,790 +0.58%
1980 3.07M +12,211 +0.4%
1979 3.06M +5,425 +0.18%
1978 3.06M −1,181 −0.04%
1977 3.06M −12,236 −0.4%
1976 3.07M −19,919 −0.64%
1975 3.09M −3,567 −0.12%
1974 3.09M +14,440 +0.47%
1973 3.08M +20,809 +0.68%
1972 3.06M +22,753 +0.75%
1971 3.04M +15,668 +0.52%
1970 3.02M +22,160 +0.74%
1969 3M +35,223 +1.19%
1968 2.96M +39,136 +1.34%
1967 2.92M +38,213 +1.32%
1966 2.88M +32,134 +1.13%
1965 2.85M +34,997 +1.24%
1964 2.82M +49,120 +1.77%
1963 2.77M +62,215 +2.3%
1962 2.71M +71,444 +2.71%
1961 2.63M +53,765 +2.08%
1960 2.58M

Western Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.