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

The cantons of Switzerland as well as all cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants.

Cantons
Principal Cities
Cities

Cantons

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1980-12-02	C 1990-12-04	C 2000-12-05	R 2010-12-31	E 2011-12-31
i	Aargau [Argovia]	AG	Cant	Aarau	1,404	453,442	507,508	547,493	611,466	618,298
i	Appenzell Ausserrhoden [Outer Rhodes]	AR	HCant	Herisau	243	47,611	52,229	53,504	53,017	53,313
i	Appenzell Innerrhoden [Inner Rhodes]	AI	HCant	Appenzell	173	12,844	13,870	14,618	15,688	15,743
i	Basel-Landschaft [Basel-Country]	BL	HCant	Liestal	518	233,447	248,484	259,374	274,404	275,360
i	Basel-Stadt [Basel-City]	BS	HCant	Basel	37	203,915	199,411	188,079	184,950	186,255
i	Bern	BE	Cant	Bern	5,941	898,397	943,196	957,197	979,802	985,046
i	Fribourg	FR	Cant	Fribourg	1,671	185,246	213,571	241,706	278,493	284,668
i	Genève [Geneva] {Geneve}	GE	Cant	Genève	282	349,040	379,190	413,673	457,715	460,534
i	Glarus	GL	Cant	Glarus	685	36,718	38,508	38,183	38,608	39,217
i	Graubünden [Grisons] {Graubunden}	GR	Cant	Chur	7,105	164,641	173,890	187,058	192,621	193,388
i	Jura	JU	Cant	Delémont	836	64,986	66,163	68,224	70,032	70,542
i	Luzern	LU	Cant	Luzern	1,493	296,159	326,268	350,504	377,610	381,966
i	Neuchâtel {Neuchatel}	NE	Cant	Neuchâtel	803	158,368	163,985	167,949	172,085	173,183
i	Nidwalden [Nidwald]	NW	HCant	Stans	276	28,617	33,044	37,235	41,024	41,311
i	Obwalden [Obwald]	OW	HCant	Sarnen	490	25,865	29,025	32,427	35,585	35,885
i	Schaffhausen	SH	Cant	Schaffhausen	298	69,413	72,160	73,392	76,356	77,139
i	Schwyz	SZ	Cant	Schwyz	908	97,354	111,964	128,704	146,730	147,904
i	Solothurn	SO	Cant	Solothurn	791	218,102	231,746	244,341	255,284	256,990
i	St. Gallen	SG	Cant	St. Gallen	2,026	391,995	427,501	452,837	478,907	483,156
i	Thurgau [Thurgovia]	TG	Cant	Frauenfeld	991	183,795	209,362	228,875	248,444	251,973
i	Ticino	TI	Cant	Bellinzona	2,812	265,899	282,181	306,846	333,753	336,943
i	Uri	UR	Cant	Altdorf	1,077	33,883	34,208	34,777	35,422	35,382
i	Valais	VS	Cant	Sion	5,225	218,707	249,817	272,399	312,684	317,022
i	Vaud	VD	Cant	Lausanne	3,212	528,747	601,816	640,657	713,281	725,944
i	Zug	ZG	Cant	Zug	239	75,930	85,546	100,052	113,105	115,104
i	Zürich [Zurich] {Zurich}	ZH	Cant	Zürich	1,729	1,122,839	1,179,044	1,247,906	1,373,068	1,392,396
	Switzerland	CHE		Bern	41,285	6,365,960	6,873,687	7,288,010	7,870,134	7,954,662

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (web).
The definition of resident population is slightly different for the register-based census 2010 in comparison to previous censuses.

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	C E 2011-12-31
1	Zürich	ZH	376,990
2	Genève	GE	188,234
3	Basel	BS	164,516
4	Lausanne	VD	129,383
5	Bern	BE	125,681
6	Winterthur	ZH	103,075
7	Luzern	LU	78,093
8	St. Gallen	SG	73,505
9	Lugano	TI	55,151
10	Biel	BE	51,635

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1980-12-02	C C 1990-12-04	C C 2000-12-05	C R 2010-12-31	C E 2011-12-31
i	Aarau	AG	18,082	18,872	18,122	19,497	19,840
i	Adliswil	ZH	16,418	15,776	15,822	16,502	17,518
i	Aesch	BL	7,954	9,560	9,735	10,219	10,246
i	Affoltern am Albis	ZH	8,064	9,461	10,314	11,091	11,160
i	Allschwil	BL	17,952	18,802	18,131	19,314	19,716
i	Altdorf	UR	8,230	8,282	8,541	8,861	8,903
i	Altstätten {Altstatten}	SG	9,260	10,249	10,381	10,819	10,985
i	Amriswil	TG	9,013	10,426	11,357	12,243	12,422
i	Appenzell	AI	4,781	5,194	5,447	5,712	5,734
i	Arbon	TG	12,333	12,415	12,906	13,633	13,768
i	Arth (-Goldau)	SZ	7,795	8,425	9,593	10,699	10,921
i	Baar	ZG	15,196	16,147	19,407	21,787	22,125
i	Baden	AG	13,870	15,718	16,270	17,929	18,189
i	Basel	BS	182,143	178,428	166,558	163,216	164,516
i	Bassersdorf	ZH	5,335	6,823	7,515	11,077	11,170
i	Bellinzona	TI	16,743	16,849	16,463	17,373	17,544
i	Belp	BE	7,578	8,104	9,193	10,221	10,551
i	Bern	BE	145,254	136,338	128,634	124,381	125,681
i	Biel (Bienne)	BE	53,793	51,893	48,655	51,203	51,635
i	Binningen	BL	14,195	13,996	13,977	14,721	14,782
i	Birsfelden	BL	12,543	11,290	10,429	10,352	10,300
i	Brig-Glis	VS	9,608	10,602	11,590	12,467	12,511
i	Brugg	AG	9,797	10,331	10,142	10,386	10,540
i	Buchs	SG	9,066	9,801	10,399	11,242	11,418
i	Bülach {Bulach}	ZH	12,292	13,472	13,999	17,511	17,503
i	Bulle	FR	...	...	14,073	18,947	19,592
i	Burgdorf	BE	15,379	15,373	14,714	15,374	15,584
i	Carouge	GE	13,100	15,036	17,590	19,756	20,004
i	Cham	ZG	9,275	10,861	13,159	14,808	14,976
i	Chêne-Bougeries {Chene-Bougeries}	GE	9,068	9,076	9,759	10,400	10,337
i	Chur	GR	32,037	32,868	32,989	33,756	33,984
i	Davos	GR	10,468	10,957	11,417	11,166	11,131
i	Delémont {Delemont}	JU	11,682	11,548	11,353	11,639	11,676
i	Dietikon	ZH	21,765	21,152	21,353	23,624	24,183
i	Dübendorf {Dubendorf}	ZH	20,683	21,106	22,216	24,831	25,074
i	Ebikon	LU	8,679	11,068	11,322	12,116	12,461
i	Ecublens	VD	7,615	9,743	10,227	11,102	11,280
i	Einsiedeln	SZ	9,629	10,869	12,622	14,385	14,438
i	Emmen	LU	22,392	25,407	26,885	28,031	28,481
i	Flawil	SG	8,575	8,938	9,320	9,971	10,045
i	Frauenfeld	TG	18,883	20,577	21,954	23,298	23,691
i	Freienbach	SZ	9,912	11,186	13,055	15,647	15,730
i	Fribourg	FR	37,400	36,355	35,547	34,897	35,680
i	Genève [Geneva] {Geneve}	GE	156,505	171,042	177,964	187,470	188,234
i	Gland	VD	4,906	7,109	9,663	11,633	11,748
i	Glarus	GL	11,781	12,139	11,799	12,170	12,291
i	Glarus Nord	GL	14,388	15,311	15,772	16,618	16,988
i	Glarus Süd {Glarus Sud}	GL	10,549	11,058	10,612	9,820	9,938
i	Gossau	SG	14,584	15,562	16,805	17,763	17,983
i	Grenchen	SO	16,800	16,241	15,938	15,928	15,992
i	Herisau	AR	14,160	15,624	15,882	15,236	15,174
i	Hinwil	ZH	7,554	8,379	9,157	10,379	10,559
i	Horgen	ZH	16,577	16,463	17,432	18,942	19,095
i	Horw	LU	11,629	11,782	12,648	13,444	13,607
i	Illnau-Effretikon	ZH	14,788	14,566	14,491	15,602	15,965
i	Ittigen	BE	9,435	11,381	10,991	10,946	10,961
i	Kloten	ZH	15,845	16,148	17,190	18,030	18,210
i	Köniz {Koniz}	BE	33,441	37,309	37,782	38,823	38,936
i	Kreuzlingen	TG	16,101	17,239	17,118	19,544	19,927
i	Kriens	LU	21,097	23,079	24,742	26,324	26,474
i	Küsnacht {Kusnacht}	ZH	12,766	12,384	12,484	13,501	13,524
i	Küssnacht (am Rigi) {Kussnacht}	SZ	8,091	9,461	10,704	12,224	12,238
i	La Chaux-de-Fonds	NE	37,234	36,894	37,016	37,504	37,843
i	Lancy	GE	23,527	22,960	25,688	28,631	28,723
i	Langenthal	BE	13,408	14,350	14,245	14,938	15,091
i	La Tour-de-Peilz	VD	9,411	10,197	10,230	10,786	10,807
i	Lausanne	VD	127,349	128,112	124,914	127,821	129,383
i	Le Grand-Saconnex	GE	6,333	6,445	8,114	11,435	11,759
i	Le Locle	NE	12,039	11,313	10,529	10,049	10,077
i	Liestal	BL	12,158	12,853	12,930	13,600	13,609
i	Locarno	TI	14,103	13,796	14,561	15,153	15,303
i	Lugano	TI	...	...	51,016	54,667	55,151
i	Luzern	LU	78,283	76,466	75,425	77,491	78,093
i	Lyss	BE	10,110	11,742	12,550	13,726	13,929
i	Männedorf {Mannedorf}	ZH	7,833	7,486	8,348	10,442	10,441
i	Martigny	VS	11,309	13,481	14,361	16,143	16,345
i	Meilen	ZH	10,430	10,749	11,480	12,571	12,705
i	Mendrisio	TI	...	...	10,487	11,582	11,673
i	Meyrin	GE	18,808	19,519	19,548	21,508	21,729
i	Möhlin {Mohlin}	AG	6,360	7,125	8,297	10,023	10,191
i	Monthey	VS	11,285	13,790	13,933	16,408	16,628
i	Montreux	VD	19,685	22,917	22,454	24,579	25,199
i	Morges	VD	13,057	13,891	14,154	14,744	14,896
i	Münchenstein {Munchenstein}	BL	11,002	11,650	11,702	11,780	11,739
i	Münsingen {Munsingen}	BE	9,340	10,101	10,937	10,845	10,842
i	Muri bei Bern	BE	12,285	12,680	12,571	12,625	12,686
i	Muttenz	BL	16,911	17,181	16,654	17,276	17,309
i	Neuchâtel {Neuchatel}	NE	34,428	33,579	32,914	33,054	33,412
i	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	SH	10,662	10,619	9,959	10,185	10,283
i	Nyon	VD	12,842	14,747	16,182	18,728	19,101
i	Oberwil	BL	7,646	8,626	9,363	10,442	10,545
i	Oftringen	AG	9,006	9,883	10,305	12,319	12,572
i	Olten	SO	18,991	17,805	16,757	16,987	17,076
i	Onex	GE	16,956	15,736	16,419	17,642	17,637
i	Opfikon	ZH	11,444	11,872	12,062	15,573	15,995
i	Ostermundigen	BE	17,034	16,704	15,452	15,438	15,702
i	Pfäffikon {Pfaffikon}	ZH	8,306	9,182	9,592	10,627	10,824
i	Plan-les-Ouates	GE	3,647	4,915	6,804	9,984	10,196
i	Pratteln	BL	15,751	15,486	14,904	15,326	15,190
i	Prilly	VD	11,931	11,284	10,955	11,430	11,626
i	Pully	VD	14,988	15,612	16,034	17,121	17,336
i	Rapperswil-Jona	SG	19,982	22,727	24,368	26,212	26,273
i	Regensdorf	ZH	12,300	11,284	15,098	16,547	16,849
i	Reinach	BL	17,813	17,905	18,323	18,656	18,643
i	Renens	VD	16,977	18,109	18,406	19,609	20,176
i	Rheinfelden	AG	9,456	9,761	10,673	11,961	12,034
i	Richterswil	ZH	8,672	9,882	10,354	12,351	12,583
i	Riehen	BS	20,611	19,914	20,370	20,602	20,599
i	Romanshorn	TG	7,893	8,899	9,076	9,777	10,129
i	Rüti {Ruti}	ZH	9,331	10,513	10,804	11,966	11,819
i	Sarnen	OW	7,372	8,398	9,145	9,971	9,969
i	Schaffhausen	SH	34,250	34,225	33,628	34,943	35,121
i	Schlieren	ZH	12,891	13,814	13,356	16,157	16,739
i	Schwyz	SZ	12,100	12,872	13,802	14,423	14,331
i	Sierre	VS	13,050	14,143	14,317	15,527	15,752
i	Sion	VS	22,877	25,336	27,171	30,363	30,717
i	Solothurn	SO	15,778	15,748	15,489	16,066	16,301
i	Spiez	BE	9,800	11,182	12,027	12,475	12,417
i	Spreitenbach	AG	7,198	8,315	9,127	10,816	10,782
i	St. Gallen	SG	75,847	75,237	72,626	72,959	73,505
i	Stäfa {Stafa}	ZH	10,558	10,539	11,567	13,942	13,886
i	Stans	NW	5,681	6,217	6,983	7,961	8,064
i	Steffisburg	BE	12,539	13,522	14,349	15,431	15,401
i	Thalwil	ZH	15,412	15,647	15,805	17,213	17,286
i	Thônex {Thonex}	GE	9,241	10,180	12,141	13,564	13,478
i	Thun	BE	36,891	38,211	40,377	42,623	42,764
i	Uster	ZH	23,702	25,182	28,571	32,265	32,577
i	Uzwil	SG	9,614	10,980	11,977	12,655	12,722
i	Val-de-Travers	NE	...	...	10,910	10,812	10,857
i	Vernier	GE	27,962	28,482	29,559	32,844	33,237
i	Versoix	GE	7,483	8,604	10,309	12,947	12,942
i	Vevey	VD	16,139	15,968	16,202	18,394	18,364
i	Veyrier	GE	5,942	7,039	8,892	10,003	10,289
i	Villars-sur-Glâne {Villars-sur-Glane}	FR	5,788	7,997	9,339	11,397	11,762
i	Volketswil	ZH	10,033	12,241	14,070	17,460	17,604
i	Wädenswil {Wadenswil}	ZH	18,485	19,440	19,464	20,433	20,870
i	Wallisellen	ZH	10,887	11,216	11,939	13,654	14,075
i	Weinfelden	TG	8,793	9,037	9,456	10,383	10,490
i	Wettingen	AG	18,377	17,706	17,870	19,981	19,986
i	Wetzikon	ZH	15,859	16,696	18,129	22,118	22,669
i	Wil	SG	16,245	16,450	16,392	18,000	18,169
i	Winterthur	ZH	86,758	86,959	90,483	101,308	103,075
i	Wohlen	AG	11,704	12,498	13,329	14,443	14,547
i	Worb	BE	11,080	11,604	10,895	11,364	11,266
i	Yverdon-les-Bains	VD	20,927	22,890	24,515	27,678	27,961
i	Zofingen	AG	9,148	9,444	9,432	10,803	10,897
i	Zollikofen	BE	8,717	9,242	9,437	9,831	9,796
i	Zollikon	ZH	12,134	11,406	11,662	12,040	12,103
i	Zug	ZG	21,609	21,705	22,973	26,327	26,901
i	Zürich [Zurich] {Zurich}	ZH	369,522	365,043	363,273	372,857	376,990

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (web).
The definition of resident population is slightly different for the register-based census 2010 in comparison to previous censuses.

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