Switzerland: Cantons & Major Cities - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Cantons

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1980-12-02	C 1990-12-04	C 2000-12-05	E 2009-01-01
<	Aargau [Argovia]	AG	Cant	Aarau	1,404	453,442	507,508	547,493	591,632
<	Appenzell Ausserrhoden [Outer Rhodes]	AR	HCant	Herisau	243	47,611	52,229	53,504	53,054
<	Appenzell Innerrhoden [Inner Rhodes]	AI	HCant	Appenzell	173	12,844	13,870	14,618	15,549
<	Basel-Landschaft [Basel-Country]	BL	HCant	Liestal	518	233,447	248,484	259,374	271,214
<	Basel-Stadt [Basel-City]	BS	HCant	Basel	37	203,915	199,411	188,079	186,672
<	Bern	BE	Cant	Bern	5,941	898,397	943,196	957,197	969,299
<	Fribourg	FR	Cant	Fribourg	1,671	185,246	213,571	241,706	268,537
<	Genève [Geneva] {Geneve}	GE	Cant	Genève	282	349,040	379,190	413,673	446,106
<	Glarus	GL	Cant	Glarus	685	36,718	38,508	38,183	38,370
<	Graubünden [Grisons] {Graubunden}	GR	Cant	Chur	7,105	164,641	173,890	187,058	190,459
<	Jura	JU	Cant	Delémont	836	64,986	66,163	68,224	69,822
<	Luzern	LU	Cant	Luzern	1,493	296,159	326,268	350,504	368,742
<	Neuchâtel {Neuchatel}	NE	Cant	Neuchâtel	803	158,368	163,985	167,949	170,924
<	Nidwalden [Nidwald]	NW	HCant	Stans	276	28,617	33,044	37,235	40,737
<	Obwalden [Obwald]	OW	HCant	Sarnen	490	25,865	29,025	32,427	34,429
<	Schaffhausen	SH	Cant	Schaffhausen	298	69,413	72,160	73,392	75,303
<	Schwyz	SZ	Cant	Schwyz	908	97,354	111,964	128,704	143,719
<	Solothurn	SO	Cant	Solothurn	791	218,102	231,746	244,341	251,830
<	St. Gallen	SG	Cant	St. Gallen	2,026	391,995	427,501	452,837	471,152
<	Thurgau [Thurgovia]	TG	Cant	Frauenfeld	991	183,795	209,362	228,875	241,811
<	Ticino	TI	Cant	Bellinzona	2,812	265,899	282,181	306,846	332,736
<	Uri	UR	Cant	Altdorf	1,077	33,883	34,208	34,777	35,162
<	Valais	VS	Cant	Sion	5,225	218,707	249,817	272,399	303,241
<	Vaud	VD	Cant	Lausanne	3,212	528,747	601,816	640,657	688,245
<	Zug	ZG	Cant	Zug	239	75,930	85,546	100,052	110,384
<	Zürich [Zurich] {Zurich}	ZH	Cant	Zürich	1,729	1,122,839	1,179,044	1,247,906	1,332,727
	Switzerland	CHE		Bern	41,285	6,365,960	6,873,687	7,288,010	7,701,856

(1980) UN Demographic Yearbook 1983.
(1990) (2000) (2009) Swiss Federal Statistical Office (web).

	Name	Adm.	C E 2009-01-01
1	Zürich	ZH	365,132
2	Genève	GE	183,287
3	Basel	BS	164,937
4	Bern	BE	122,925
5	Lausanne	VD	122,284
6	Winterthur	ZH	98,238
7	St. Gallen	SG	72,040
8	Luzern	LU	59,241
9	Lugano	TI	54,437
10	Biel	BE	50,013

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1980-12-02	C C 1990-12-04	C C 2000-12-05	C E 2009-01-01
<	Aarau	AG	15,899	16,481	15,470	15,753
<	Adliswil	ZH	16,418	15,776	15,822	16,052
<	Aesch	BL	7,954	9,560	9,735	10,043
<	Affoltern am Albis	ZH	8,064	9,461	10,314	10,630
<	Allschwil	BL	17,952	18,802	18,131	19,013
<	Altdorf	UR	8,230	8,282	8,541	8,623
<	Altstätten {Altstatten}	SG	9,260	10,249	10,381	10,777
<	Amriswil	TG	9,013	10,426	11,357	11,788
<	Appenzell	AI	4,781	5,194	5,447	5,787
<	Arbon	TG	12,333	12,415	12,906	13,427
<	Arth (-Goldau)	SZ	7,795	8,425	9,593	10,480
<	Baar	ZG	15,196	16,147	19,407	21,524
<	Baden	AG	13,870	15,718	16,270	17,446
<	Basel	BS	182,143	178,428	166,558	164,937
<	Bassersdorf	ZH	5,335	6,823	7,515	10,755
<	Bellinzona	TI	16,743	16,849	16,463	17,286
<	Bern	BE	145,254	136,338	128,634	122,925
<	Biel (Bienne)	BE	53,793	51,893	48,655	50,013
<	Binningen	BL	14,195	13,996	13,977	14,490
<	Birsfelden	BL	12,543	11,290	10,429	10,294
<	Brig-Glis	VS	9,608	10,602	11,590	12,162
<	Buchs	SG	9,066	9,801	10,399	10,954
<	Bülach {Bulach}	ZH	12,292	13,472	13,999	16,774
<	Bulle	FR	7,595	9,062	14,073	17,494
<	Burgdorf	BE	15,379	15,373	14,714	15,238
<	Carouge	GE	13,100	15,036	17,590	19,721
<	Cham	ZG	9,275	10,861	13,159	14,259
<	Chêne-Bougeries {Chene-Bougeries}	GE	9,068	9,076	9,759	10,291
<	Chur	GR	32,037	32,868	32,989	32,957
<	Davos	GR	10,468	10,957	11,417	10,762
<	Delémont {Delemont}	JU	11,682	11,548	11,353	11,454
<	Dietikon	ZH	21,765	21,152	21,353	22,954
<	Dübendorf {Dubendorf}	ZH	20,683	21,106	22,216	23,852
<	Ebikon	LU	8,679	11,068	11,322	11,750
<	Ecublens	VD	7,615	9,743	10,227	10,747
<	Einsiedeln	SZ	9,629	10,869	12,622	14,022
<	Emmen	LU	22,392	25,407	26,885	27,579
<	Frauenfeld	TG	18,883	20,577	21,954	22,665
<	Freienbach	SZ	9,912	11,186	13,055	15,681
<	Fribourg	FR	37,400	36,355	35,547	34,084
<	Genève [Geneva] {Geneve}	GE	156,505	171,042	177,964	183,287
<	Gland	VD	4,906	7,109	9,663	11,324
<	Glarus	GL	5,969	5,728	5,556	5,892
<	Gossau	SG	14,584	15,562	16,805	17,314
<	Grenchen	SO	16,800	16,241	15,938	15,921
<	Herisau	AR	14,160	15,624	15,882	15,450
<	Horgen	ZH	16,577	16,463	17,432	18,431
<	Horw	LU	11,629	11,782	12,648	12,986
<	Illnau-Effretikon	ZH	14,788	14,566	14,491	15,338
<	Ittigen	BE	9,435	11,381	10,991	10,737
<	Kloten	ZH	15,845	16,148	17,190	17,504
<	Köniz {Koniz}	BE	33,441	37,309	37,782	37,974
<	Kreuzlingen	TG	16,101	17,239	17,118	18,526
<	Kriens	LU	21,097	23,079	24,742	25,893
<	Küsnacht {Kusnacht}	ZH	12,766	12,384	12,484	13,283
<	Küssnacht am Rigi {Kussnacht am Rigi}	SZ	8,091	9,461	10,704	11,987
<	La Chaux-de-Fonds	NE	37,234	36,894	37,016	37,240
<	Lancy	GE	23,527	22,960	25,688	27,933
<	Langenthal	BE	13,408	14,350	14,078	14,777
<	La Tour-de-Peilz	VD	9,411	10,197	10,230	10,681
<	Lausanne	VD	127,349	128,112	124,914	122,284
<	Le Grand-Saconnex	GE	6,333	6,445	8,114	10,565
<	Le Locle	NE	12,039	11,313	10,529	10,204
<	Liestal	BL	12,158	12,853	12,930	13,289
<	Littau	LU	14,996	15,432	15,929	16,915
<	Locarno	TI	14,103	13,796	14,561	15,123
<	Lugano	TI	40,795	44,480	51,016	54,437
<	Luzern	LU	63,278	61,034	59,496	59,241
<	Lyss	BE	8,723	9,941	10,659	11,423
<	Männedorf {Mannedorf}	ZH	7,833	7,486	8,348	10,015
<	Martigny	VS	11,309	13,481	14,361	15,635
<	Meilen	ZH	10,430	10,749	11,480	12,194
<	Meyrin	GE	18,808	19,519	19,548	20,329
<	Monthey	VS	11,285	13,790	13,933	16,302
<	Montreux	VD	19,685	22,917	22,454	24,520
<	Morges	VD	13,057	13,891	14,154	14,615
<	Münchenstein {Munchenstein}	BL	11,002	11,650	11,702	11,736
<	Münsingen {Munsingen}	BE	9,340	10,101	10,937	11,023
<	Muri (bei Bern)	BE	12,285	12,680	12,571	12,752
<	Muttenz	BL	16,911	17,181	16,654	17,119
<	Neuchâtel {Neuchatel}	NE	34,428	33,579	32,914	32,592
<	Neuhausen (am Rheinfall)	SH	10,662	10,619	9,959	10,098
<	Nyon	VD	12,842	14,747	16,182	18,269
<	Oberwil	BL	7,646	8,626	9,363	10,323
<	Oftringen	AG	9,006	9,883	10,305	11,665
<	Olten	SO	18,991	17,805	16,757	16,874
<	Onex	GE	16,956	15,736	16,419	17,108
<	Opfikon	ZH	11,444	11,872	12,062	14,675
<	Ostermundigen	BE	17,034	16,704	15,452	15,031
<	Pfäffikon {Pfaffikon}	ZH	8,306	9,182	9,592	10,291
<	Pratteln	BL	15,751	15,486	14,904	15,088
<	Prilly	VD	11,931	11,284	10,955	11,058
<	Pully	VD	14,988	15,612	16,034	16,836
<	Rapperswil-Jona	SG	19,982	22,727	24,368	26,034
<	Regensdorf	ZH	12,300	11,284	15,098	16,040
<	Reinach	BL	17,813	17,905	18,323	18,714
<	Renens	VD	16,977	18,109	18,406	18,982
<	Rheinfelden	AG	9,456	9,761	10,673	11,206
<	Richterswil	ZH	8,672	9,882	10,354	11,920
<	Riehen	BS	20,611	19,914	20,370	20,549
<	Rüti {Ruti}	ZH	9,331	10,513	10,804	11,678
<	Sarnen	OW	7,372	8,398	9,145	9,822
<	Schaffhausen	SH	34,250	34,225	33,628	34,076
<	Schlieren	ZH	12,891	13,814	13,356	14,234
<	Schwyz	SZ	12,100	12,872	13,802	14,183
<	Sierre	VS	13,050	14,143	14,317	15,574
<	Sion	VS	22,877	25,336	27,171	29,304
<	Solothurn	SO	15,778	15,748	15,489	15,623
<	Spiez	BE	9,800	11,182	12,027	12,453
<	Spreitenbach	AG	7,198	8,315	9,127	10,465
<	St. Gallen	SG	75,847	75,237	72,626	72,040
<	Stäfa {Stafa}	ZH	10,558	10,539	11,567	13,616
<	Stans	NW	5,681	6,217	6,983	7,789
<	Steffisburg	BE	12,539	13,522	14,349	15,379
<	Thalwil	ZH	15,412	15,647	15,805	16,631
<	Thônex {Thonex}	GE	9,241	10,180	12,141	13,340
<	Thun	BE	36,891	38,211	40,377	42,129
<	Uster	ZH	23,702	25,182	28,571	31,406
<	Uzwil	SG	9,614	10,980	11,977	12,410
<	Vernier	GE	27,962	28,482	29,559	31,756
<	Versoix	GE	7,483	8,604	10,309	12,636
<	Vevey	VD	16,139	15,968	16,202	17,676
<	Villars-sur-Glâne {Villars-sur-Glane}	FR	5,788	7,997	9,339	10,733
<	Volketswil	ZH	10,033	12,241	14,070	16,348
<	Wädenswil {Wadenswil}	ZH	18,485	19,440	19,464	19,913
<	Wallisellen	ZH	10,887	11,216	11,939	12,817
<	Weinfelden	TG	8,793	9,037	9,456	10,006
<	Wettingen	AG	18,377	17,706	17,870	19,430
<	Wetzikon	ZH	15,859	16,696	18,129	21,276
<	Wil	SG	16,245	16,450	16,392	17,678
<	Winterthur	ZH	86,758	86,959	90,483	98,238
<	Wohlen	AG	11,704	12,498	13,329	14,120
<	Worb	BE	11,080	11,604	10,895	11,359
<	Yverdon-les-Bains	VD	20,802	22,758	24,376	25,815
<	Zofingen	AG	9,148	9,444	9,432	10,580
<	Zollikon	ZH	12,134	11,406	11,662	12,154
<	Zug	ZG	21,609	21,705	22,973	25,778
<	Zürich [Zurich] {Zurich}	ZH	369,522	365,043	363,273	365,132

(1980) Swiss Federal Statistical Office: Statistisches Jahrbuch der Schweiz 1985.
(1990) (2000) (2009) Swiss Federal Statistical Office (web).

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