Indicator	Value
Total population	8,920,000–9,010,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 8,922,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 9,006,000 people
Median age	42.7 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	84–84.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 84.41 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 83.95 years
Ethnic groups	Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovan 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.); note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birthCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9% (2019 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.4%, other 1.5%, none 29.4%, unspecified 1.1% (2020 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	74.2% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.31 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	8 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	85.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Arpitan Balkan Romani Bavarian Central Alemannic Central Romani French German Italian Lepontic Lombard Romansh Sinte-Manus Romani Swiss-French Sign Language Swiss-German Sign Language Swiss-Italian Sign Language Vlax Romani Walser Western Yiddish Yeniche Glottolog [2026]