Switzerland (Swiss Confederation), CH
Switzerland: Federal state in Western Europe
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Quick Facts about Swiss Confederation
Population : | 8,466,017 |
Country : | Switzerland |
Different from : | Switzerland County |
Twitter username : | MySwitzerland_e, Suisse |
Plate code : | CH |
Area : | 41285 km2 |
Official name : | Confédération suisse, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, la Confédération suisse, Confederaziun svizra, Confederazione svizzera, Confoederatio Helvetica |
Continent : | Europe |
Easternmost point : | Point(10.49234033 46.6151637) |
Northernmost point : | Point(8.57 47.8) |
Legislative body : | Federal Assembly of Switzerland |
Named for : | Schwyz |
Official language : | German, Italian, French, Romansh |
Capital : | Bern |
Establishment : | January 01, 1970 (731 years ago) |
Time Zone : | Europe/Zurich, Central European Time, UTC+02:00, UTC+01:00 |
Local time : | 06:51:52 (9th February 2023) |



Geography
Swiss Confederation is located at 47°0'1"N 8°0'51"E (47.0001583752864, 8.01426887512207). It has 6 neighbors: Austria, Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Italy and Union.
Switzerland map
The largest city of Swiss Confederation is Genève with a population of 201,818. Other cities include, Basel population 177,636, Bern population 133,883, Winterthur population 111,840 and Luzern population 81,691. See all Swiss Confederation cities & populated places.
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Swiss Confederation has 6 neighbours.
- Republic of Austria Independent country in Central Europe
- Federal Republic of Germany Independent country in Central Europe
- Republic of France Independent country with mainland in Western Europe and several overseas territories
- Principality of Liechtenstein Independent country in western-central Europe
- Italian Republic Independent country in southern Europe
- Union economic and political union of 27 states mostly located in Europe
- Canton of Zug
- Canton of Schaffhausen
- Schwyz
- Obwalden
- Canton of St. Gallen
- Canton of Jura
- Thurgau
- Basel-Stadt
- Uri
- Grisons
- Canton of Neuchâtel
- Nidwalden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Aargau
- Ticino
- Canton of Geneva
- Canton of Solothurn
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Canton of Lucerne
- Canton of Valais
- Canton of Zürich
- Basel-Landschaft
- Canton of Bern
- Canton of Vaud
- Glarus
- Canton of Fribourg
Demographics
Year | Population | % Change | Method |
1960 | 5,327,827 | - | census |
1961 | 5,434,294 | 1.96% | census |
1962 | 5,573,815 | 2.5% | census |
1963 | 5,694,247 | 2.11% | census |
1964 | 5,789,228 | 1.64% | census |
1965 | 5,856,472 | 1.15% | census |
1966 | 5,918,002 | 1.04% | census |
1967 | 5,991,785 | 1.23% | census |
1968 | 6,067,714 | 1.25% | census |
1969 | 6,136,387 | 1.12% | census |
1970 | 6,180,877 | 0.72% | census |
1971 | 6,213,399 | 0.52% | census |
1972 | 6,260,956 | 0.76% | census |
1973 | 6,307,347 | 0.74% | census |
1974 | 6,341,405 | 0.54% | census |
1975 | 6,338,632 | -0.04% | census |
1976 | 6,302,504 | -0.57% | census |
1977 | 6,281,174 | -0.34% | census |
1978 | 6,281,738 | 0.01% | census |
1979 | 6,294,365 | 0.2% | census |
1980 | 6,319,408 | 0.4% | census |
1981 | 6,354,074 | 0.55% | census |
1982 | 6,391,309 | 0.58% | census |
1983 | 6,418,773 | 0.43% | census |
1984 | 6,441,865 | 0.36% | census |
1985 | 6,470,365 | 0.44% | census |
1986 | 6,504,124 | 0.52% | census |
1987 | 6,545,106 | 0.63% | census |
1988 | 6,593,386 | 0.73% | census |
1989 | 6,646,912 | 0.81% | census |
1990 | 6,715,519 | 1.02% | census |
1991 | 6,799,978 | 1.24% | census |
1992 | 6,875,364 | 1.1% | census |
1993 | 6,938,265 | 0.91% | census |
1994 | 6,993,795 | 0.79% | census |
1995 | 7,040,687 | 0.67% | census |
1996 | 7,071,850 | 0.44% | census |
1997 | 7,088,906 | 0.24% | census |
1998 | 7,110,001 | 0.3% | census |
1999 | 7,143,991 | 0.48% | census |
2000 | 7,184,250 | 0.56% | census |
2001 | 7,229,854 | 0.63% | census |
2002 | 7,284,753 | 0.75% | census |
2003 | 7,339,001 | 0.74% | census |
2004 | 7,389,625 | 0.69% | census |
2005 | 7,437,115 | 0.64% | census |
2006 | 7,483,934 | 0.63% | census |
2007 | 7,551,117 | 0.89% | census |
2008 | 7,647,675 | 1.26% | census |
2009 | 7,743,831 | 1.24% | census |
2010 | 7,824,909 | 1.04% | census |
2011 | 7,912,398 | 1.11% | census |
2012 | 7,996,861 | 1.06% | census |
2013 | 8,087,875 | 1.13% | census |
2014 | 8,211,700 | 1.51% | census |
2015 | 8,282,396 | 0.85% | (Worldbank) |
2016 | 8,373,338 | 1.09% | (Worldbank) |
2017 | 8,466,017 | 1.09% | census |
2018 | 8,514,329 | 0.57% | (Worldbank) |
2019 | 8,574,832 | 0.71% | (Worldbank) |