Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Switzerland

Population aged 15–64 in Switzerland in 2025 — 5,881,391 people. Ranked 99 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 67.9%.

2025 5.88M people +0.43% vs 2024
World rank 99of 217
Period maximum 5.88M people2025
Period minimum 3.5M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Switzerland, 1960–20253M4M5M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,502,580 people1962: 3,657,541 people1964: 3,794,669 people1966: 3,856,448 people1968: 3,945,406 people1970: 4,010,077 people1972: 4,051,031 people1974: 4,115,551 people1976: 4,104,647 people1978: 4,122,053 people1980: 4,196,675 people1982: 4,303,627 people1984: 4,384,968 people1986: 4,448,774 people1988: 4,514,400 people1990: 4,588,480 people1992: 4,681,335 people1994: 4,737,721 people1996: 4,773,251 people1998: 4,788,310 people2000: 4,834,520 people2002: 4,928,794 people2004: 5,018,239 people2006: 5,094,920 people2008: 5,212,618 people2010: 5,322,134 people2012: 5,415,898 people2014: 5,519,725 people2016: 5,617,272 people2018: 5,672,674 people2020: 5,718,170 people2022: 5,767,505 people2024: 5,856,342 people2025: 5,881,391 people
Change over the period: +2.38M (+67.92%) Average annual rate: 0.8 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Switzerland 5.88M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Western Europe computed 126M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.88M +25,049 +0.43%
2024 5.86M +45,041 +0.78%
2023 5.81M +43,796 +0.76%
2022 5.77M +23,117 +0.4%
2021 5.74M +26,218 +0.46%
2020 5.72M +25,332 +0.44%
2019 5.69M +20,164 +0.36%
2018 5.67M +20,843 +0.37%
2017 5.65M +34,559 +0.62%
2016 5.62M +47,174 +0.85%
2015 5.57M +50,373 +0.91%
2014 5.52M +53,818 +0.98%
2013 5.47M +50,009 +0.92%
2012 5.42M +45,045 +0.84%
2011 5.37M +48,719 +0.92%
2010 5.32M +47,192 +0.89%
2009 5.27M +62,324 +1.2%
2008 5.21M +68,271 +1.33%
2007 5.14M +49,427 +0.97%
2006 5.09M +37,123 +0.73%
2005 5.06M +39,558 +0.79%
2004 5.02M +42,821 +0.86%
2003 4.98M +46,624 +0.95%
2002 4.93M +52,704 +1.08%
2001 4.88M +41,570 +0.86%
2000 4.83M +26,001 +0.54%
1999 4.81M +20,209 +0.42%
1998 4.79M +10,217 +0.21%
1997 4.78M +4,842 +0.1%
1996 4.77M +12,674 +0.27%
1995 4.76M +22,856 +0.48%
1994 4.74M +26,952 +0.57%
1993 4.71M +29,434 +0.63%
1992 4.68M +41,736 +0.9%
1991 4.64M +51,119 +1.11%
1990 4.59M +40,720 +0.9%
1989 4.55M +33,360 +0.74%
1988 4.51M +33,218 +0.74%
1987 4.48M +32,408 +0.73%
1986 4.45M +30,425 +0.69%
1985 4.42M +33,381 +0.76%
1984 4.38M +36,923 +0.85%
1983 4.35M +44,418 +1.03%
1982 4.3M +54,195 +1.28%
1981 4.25M +52,757 +1.26%
1980 4.2M +43,424 +1.05%
1979 4.15M +31,198 +0.76%
1978 4.12M +18,089 +0.44%
1977 4.1M −683 −0.02%
1976 4.1M −15,045 −0.37%
1975 4.12M +4,141 +0.1%
1974 4.12M +28,408 +0.7%
1973 4.09M +36,112 +0.89%
1972 4.05M +31,875 +0.79%
1971 4.02M +9,079 +0.23%
1970 4.01M +19,645 +0.49%
1969 3.99M +45,026 +1.14%
1968 3.95M +47,798 +1.23%
1967 3.9M +41,160 +1.07%
1966 3.86M +28,492 +0.74%
1965 3.83M +33,287 +0.88%
1964 3.79M +58,407 +1.56%
1963 3.74M +78,721 +2.15%
1962 3.66M +86,137 +2.41%
1961 3.57M +68,824 +1.96%
1960 3.5M

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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