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Key population figures, in thousand

2023
Total	8 962.3
Swiss nationals	6 545.0
Foreign nationals	2 417.3
Male	4 451.5
Female	4 510.7
Population growth (as a %)	1.7

The permanent resident population is the reference population for population statistics. As of 2010, the permanent resident population includes all Swiss nationals having their main place of residence in Switzerland and foreign nationals who have held a residence or permanent residence permit for a minimum of 12 months (permits B,C, L, F, S, N or FDFA permit-holding international civil servants, diplomats and their family members).
Source: FSO – STATPOP

Time series of cross-sectional data make it possible to observe population change over more than a century. Despite declines in 1918 due to the Spanish flu epidemic and between 1975 and 1977 due to the economic recession, the population in Switzerland has more than doubled since 1900, when it reached 3.3 million. This increase reached its peak in 1961 and 1962 with average annual growth rates of more than 2%. The growth rate has been below 1% since 2017. Between 2022 and 2023, it rose to 1.7%.

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