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🇨🇭 Switzerland

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CHE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CH
UN M49 numeric756
IOC codeSUI
Official nameSwiss Confederation
Native name(s)fra: official: Confédération suisse; common: Suisse; gsw: official: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; common: Schweiz; ita: official: Confederazione Svizzera; common: Svizzera; roh: official: Confederaziun svizra; common: Svizra
Alt spellingsCH, Swiss Confederation, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionWestern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalBern
Area (km²)41,284
Lat / Lng47.0000, 8.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)AUT, FRA, ITA, LIE, DEU
Top-level domain.ch
Calling coderoot: +4; suffixes: 1

Demographics

Population (World Bank)9,092,436 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)84.407 (2024)
Languagesfra: French; gsw: Swiss German; ita: Italian; roh: Romansh
Demonymseng: f: Swiss; m: Swiss; fra: f: Suisse; m: Suisse
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,043,529,899,250.92 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)114,769.012 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.873 (2025)
CurrenciesCHF: name: Swiss franc; symbol: Fr.

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,692,641
19514,748,085
19524,811,612
19534,875,652
19544,938,748
19555,002,112
19565,065,620
19575,130,162
19585,196,441
19595,262,800
19605,327,780
19615,434,123
19625,573,696
19635,694,165
19645,789,149
19655,856,419
19665,917,962
19675,991,733
19686,067,657
19696,136,351
19706,180,922
19716,213,530
19726,261,081
19736,307,403
19746,341,377
19756,338,600
19766,302,555
19776,281,359
19786,282,038
19796,294,715
19806,319,846
19816,354,556
19826,391,804
19836,419,311
19846,442,422
19856,470,957
19866,504,750
19876,545,773
19886,594,143
19896,647,788
19906,713,173
19916,796,943
19926,875,051
19936,938,106
19946,993,587
19957,040,477
19967,071,883
19977,089,163
19987,110,291
19997,144,121
20007,184,007
20017,226,391
20027,278,752
20037,333,447
20047,384,194
20057,431,823
20067,478,509
20077,545,381
20087,641,728
20097,737,645
20107,825,753
20117,914,372
20127,998,926
20138,091,202
20148,190,235
20158,283,934
20168,374,901
20178,453,628
20188,516,344
20198,577,524
20208,640,582
20218,707,023
20228,792,182
20238,870,561

Full raw record (JSON)

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