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Cantons

The population of the cantons of Switzerland according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1980-12-02	Population Census (C) 1990-12-04	Population Census (C) 2000-12-05	Population Estimate (E) 2010-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2020-12-31	Population Estimate (Ep) 2023-12-31
Aargau [Argovia]	AG	Aarau	1,404	453,442	507,508	547,493	611,466	694,072	726,833	140400	→
Appenzell Ausserrhoden [Appenzell Outer Rhodes]	AR	Herisau	243	47,611	52,229	53,504	53,017	55,309	56,487	24300	→
Appenzell Innerrhoden [Appenzell Inner Rhodes]	AI	Appenzell	173	12,844	13,870	14,618	15,688	16,293	16,585	17300	→
Basel-Landschaft [Basel-Country]	BL	Liestal	518	233,447	248,484	259,374	274,404	290,969	298,784	51800	→
Basel-Stadt [Basel-City]	BS	Basel	37	203,915	199,411	188,079	184,950	196,735	199,982	3700	→
Bern	BE	Bern	5,940	898,343	943,070	957,144	979,754	1,043,081	1,063,215	594000	→
Fribourg	FR	Fribourg	1,672	185,300	213,627	241,759	278,541	325,547	341,490	167200	→
Genève [Geneva]	GE	Genève	282	349,040	379,190	413,673	457,715	506,343	524,281	28200	→
Glarus	GL	Glarus	685	36,718	38,508	38,183	38,608	40,851	42,053	68500	→
Graubünden [Grisons]	GR	Chur	7,105	164,641	173,890	187,058	192,621	200,096	204,882	710500	→
Jura	JU	Delémont	836	64,986	66,233	68,224	70,032	73,709	74,540	83600	→
Luzern	LU	Luzern	1,493	296,159	326,268	350,504	377,610	416,347	432,685	149300	→
Neuchâtel	NE	Neuchâtel	803	158,368	163,985	167,949	172,085	175,894	178,276	80300	→
Nidwalden [Nidwald]	NW	Stans	276	28,617	33,044	37,235	41,024	43,520	45,012	27600	→
Obwalden [Obwald]	OW	Sarnen	490	25,865	29,025	32,427	35,585	38,108	39,271	49000	→
Schaffhausen	SH	Schaffhausen	298	69,413	72,160	73,392	76,356	83,107	87,097	29800	→
Schwyz	SZ	Schwyz	908	97,354	111,964	128,704	146,730	162,157	167,387	90800	→
Solothurn	SO	Solothurn	791	218,102	231,746	244,341	255,284	277,462	286,751	79100	→
St. Gallen	SG	St. Gallen	2,026	391,995	427,501	452,837	478,907	514,504	535,047	202600	→
Thurgau [Thurgovia]	TG	Frauenfeld	991	183,795	209,362	228,875	248,444	282,909	295,182	99100	→
Ticino	TI	Bellinzona	2,812	265,899	282,181	306,846	333,753	350,986	357,714	281200	→
Uri	UR	Altdorf	1,077	33,883	34,208	34,777	35,422	36,819	37,930	107700	→
Valais	VS	Sion	5,225	218,707	249,817	272,399	312,684	348,503	365,765	522500	→
Vaud	VD	Lausanne	3,212	528,747	601,816	640,657	713,281	814,762	845,759	321200	→
Zug	ZG	Zug	239	75,930	85,546	100,052	113,105	128,794	132,545	23900	→
Zürich [Zurich]	ZH	Zürich	1,729	1,122,839	1,179,044	1,247,906	1,373,068	1,553,423	1,605,264	172900	→
Switzerland	CHE	Bern	41,285	6,365,960	6,873,687	7,288,010	7,870,134	8,670,300	8,960,817		→

Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (Ep) 2023-12-31
1	Zürich	ZH	433,890
2	Genève	GE	206,569
3	Basel	BS	176,281
4	Lausanne	VD	144,122
5	Bern	BE	136,925
6	Winterthur	ZH	119,309
7	Luzern	LU	85,527
8	St. Gallen	SG	78,193
9	Lugano	TI	63,497
10	Biel	BE	55,894

Contents: Cities

The population of all Swiss cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1980-12-02	Population Census (C) 1990-12-04	Population Census (C) 2000-12-05	Population Estimate (E) 2010-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2020-12-31	Population Estimate (Ep) 2023-12-31	Area
Aarau	AG	17,971	18,872	18,122	19,497	21,726	22,286	1233	→
Adliswil	ZH	16,418	15,776	15,822	16,502	19,049	19,705	777	→
Aesch	BL	7,954	9,560	9,735	10,219	10,314	10,744	739	→
Affoltern am Albis	ZH	8,064	9,461	10,314	11,091	12,289	12,857	1060	→
Aigle	VD	6,233	7,825	7,955	9,255	10,462	11,409	1641	→
Allschwil	BL	17,952	18,802	18,131	19,314	21,374	22,104	893	→
Altdorf	UR	8,230	8,282	8,541	8,861	9,565	10,199	1021	→
Altstätten	SG	9,260	10,249	10,381	10,819	11,938	12,453	3911	→
Amriswil	TG	9,013	10,426	11,357	12,243	14,211	14,640	1910	→
Appenzell	AI	4,781	5,194	5,447	5,712	5,793	6,009	1688	→
Arbon	TG	12,333	12,415	12,906	13,633	14,950	15,849	409	→
Arth	SZ	7,795	8,425	9,593	10,699	12,184	12,472	4860	→
Baar	ZG	15,196	16,147	19,407	21,787	24,686	24,969	2484	→
Baden	AG	13,870	15,718	16,270	17,929	19,621	20,431	1317	→
Basel	BS	182,143	178,428	166,558	163,216	173,863	176,281	2385	→
Bassersdorf	ZH	5,335	6,823	7,515	11,077	11,924	12,184	902	→
Bellinzona	TI	32,106	33,546	36,089	40,271	43,360	44,744	16491	→
Belp	BE	7,966	8,476	9,566	10,636	11,603	11,675	2329	→
Bern	BE	145,254	136,338	128,634	124,381	134,794	136,925	5160	→
Bernex	GE	8,055	8,646	9,076	9,636	10,258	10,862	1295	→
Biel (Bienne)	BE	53,793	51,893	48,655	51,203	55,206	55,894	2122	→
Binningen	BL	14,195	13,996	13,977	14,721	15,771	15,661	446	→
Birsfelden	BL	12,543	11,290	10,429	10,352	10,396	10,333	252	→
Blonay - Saint-Légier	VD	5,896	7,817	8,763	10,730	11,732	12,342	3126	→
Brig-Glis	VS	9,608	10,602	11,590	12,467	13,221	13,975	3812	→
Brugg	AG	10,769	11,545	11,400	11,604	12,738	13,287	826	→
Buchs	SG	9,066	9,801	10,399	11,242	13,053	13,926	1590	→
Bülach	ZH	12,292	13,472	13,999	17,511	21,998	24,184	1911	→
Bulle	FR	10,001	11,986	14,452	18,947	24,412	26,747	2384	→
Burgdorf	BE	15,379	15,373	14,714	15,374	16,583	17,109	1558	→
Bussigny	VD	4,909	6,806	7,498	8,065	9,603	10,623	482	→
Carouge	GE	13,100	15,036	17,590	19,756	22,536	22,308	269	→
Cham	ZG	9,275	10,861	13,159	14,808	17,042	17,866	1911	→
Chêne-Bougeries	GE	9,068	9,076	9,759	10,400	12,621	13,869	417	→
Chur	GR	33,166	34,058	34,303	35,256	37,424	38,948	5424	→
Crans-Montana	VS	6,203	8,122	8,749	10,530	10,218	10,488	5966	→
Davos	GR	10,693	11,259	11,718	11,166	10,832	10,800	25440	→
Delémont	JU	11,682	11,548	11,353	11,639	12,618	12,736	2197	→
Dietikon	ZH	21,765	21,152	21,353	23,624	28,057	28,195	934	→
Dübendorf	ZH	20,683	21,106	22,216	24,831	29,907	31,497	1363	→
Ebikon	LU	8,679	11,068	11,322	12,116	14,066	14,661	930	→
Ecublens	VD	7,615	9,743	10,227	11,102	13,157	13,320	570	→
Einsiedeln	SZ	9,629	10,869	12,622	14,385	16,247	16,462	9906	→
Embrach	ZH	5,893	7,194	7,744	8,860	9,610	10,307	1269	→
Emmen	LU	22,392	25,407	26,885	28,031	31,039	32,371	2037	→
Eschenbach	SG	5,765	6,867	7,847	8,526	9,614	10,169	5486	→
Estavayer	FR	5,408	5,800	6,717	8,150	9,988	10,296	4036	→
Flawil	SG	8,575	8,938	9,320	9,971	10,510	10,631	1148	→
Frauenfeld	TG	18,883	20,577	21,954	23,298	25,974	26,742	2478	→
Freienbach	SZ	9,912	11,186	13,055	15,647	16,520	16,941	2069	→
Fribourg	FR	37,400	36,355	35,547	34,897	38,039	38,651	928	→
Genève [Geneva]	GE	156,505	171,042	177,964	187,470	203,856	206,569	1606	→
Gland	VD	4,906	7,109	9,663	11,633	13,258	14,016	830	→
Glarus	GL	11,781	12,139	11,799	12,170	12,539	12,757	10370	→
Glarus Nord	GL	14,388	15,311	15,772	16,618	18,832	19,636	14688	→
Glarus Süd	GL	10,549	11,058	10,612	9,820	9,480	9,660	43011	→
Gossau	SG	14,584	15,562	16,805	17,763	17,990	18,452	2751	→
Gossau	ZH	6,205	7,157	8,685	9,561	10,282	10,568	1827	→
Grenchen	SO	16,800	16,241	15,938	15,928	17,577	18,288	2603	→
Herisau	AR	14,160	15,624	15,882	15,236	15,649	15,891	2520	→
Hinwil	ZH	7,554	8,379	9,157	10,379	11,354	11,828	2230	→
Hochdorf	LU	6,034	7,055	7,761	8,698	9,872	10,032	962	→
Horgen	ZH	17,932	18,224	19,332	21,055	23,090	23,704	3083	→
Horw	LU	11,629	11,782	12,648	13,444	14,211	15,470	2043	→
Illnau-Effretikon	ZH	15,091	14,856	14,887	16,021	17,352	17,674	3292	→
Ittigen	BE	9,435	11,381	10,991	10,946	11,430	11,626	421	→
Kloten	ZH	15,845	16,148	17,190	18,030	20,429	21,271	1969	→
Köniz	BE	33,441	37,309	37,782	38,823	42,388	42,942	5101	→
Kreuzlingen	TG	16,101	17,239	17,118	19,544	22,390	23,238	1150	→
Kriens	LU	21,097	23,079	24,742	26,324	28,245	29,628	2730	→
Küsnacht	ZH	12,766	12,384	12,484	13,501	14,811	15,158	1237	→
Küssnacht	SZ	8,091	9,461	10,704	12,224	13,531	14,042	1237	→
La Chaux-de-Fonds	NE	37,234	36,894	37,016	37,504	36,915	37,230	5586	→
Lancy	GE	23,527	22,960	25,688	28,631	33,989	36,225	477	→
Langenthal	BE	13,997	14,925	14,643	15,345	15,959	16,075	2116	→
La Tour-de-Peilz	VD	9,411	10,197	10,230	10,786	12,068	12,594	325	→
Lausanne	VD	127,349	128,112	124,914	127,821	140,202	144,122	4139	→
Le Grand-Saconnex	GE	6,333	6,445	8,114	11,435	12,378	12,805	438	→
Le Locle	NE	13,150	12,431	11,693	11,138	10,878	10,874	3467	→
Lenzburg	AG	7,585	7,530	7,568	8,296	11,024	11,181	1133	→
Liestal	BL	12,158	12,853	12,930	13,600	14,769	15,833	1818	→
Locarno	TI	14,103	13,796	14,561	15,153	15,728	16,392	2579	→
Lugano	TI	48,784	50,423	55,751	60,238	62,315	63,497	7599	→
Lutry	VD	5,884	7,239	8,270	9,305	10,459	10,790	845	→
Luzern	LU	78,274	76,466	75,425	77,491	82,620	85,527	2906	→
Lyss	BE	10,110	11,742	12,550	13,726	15,763	16,403	1483	→
Männedorf	ZH	7,833	7,486	8,348	10,442	11,397	11,665	477	→
Martigny	VS	12,247	14,480	15,442	17,558	20,276	21,754	3258	→
Maur	ZH	6,222	6,979	8,677	9,532	10,780	10,916	1478	→
Meilen	ZH	10,430	10,749	11,480	12,571	14,539	14,748	1194	→
Mendrisio	TI	12,252	12,467	13,176	14,213	14,902	15,069	3201	→
Meyrin	GE	18,808	19,519	19,548	21,508	26,129	26,867	998	→
Möhlin	AG	6,360	7,125	8,297	10,023	11,088	11,346	1879	→
Monthey	VS	11,285	13,790	13,933	16,408	17,820	18,879	2271	→
Montreux	VD	19,685	22,917	22,454	24,579	26,090	26,829	3475	→
Morges	VD	13,057	13,891	14,154	14,744	16,101	17,713	368	→
Münchenbuchsee	BE	8,540	9,049	9,776	9,993	10,432	10,424	1168	→
Münchenstein	BL	11,002	11,650	11,702	11,780	12,063	12,300	722	→
Münsingen	BE	9,997	10,874	11,755	11,758	12,966	13,111	1575	→
Muri bei Bern	BE	12,285	12,680	12,571	12,625	13,182	13,526	763	→
Muttenz	BL	16,911	17,181	16,654	17,276	17,938	18,231	1666	→
Naters	VS	7,461	8,043	8,306	9,046	10,290	10,603	14704	→
Neuchâtel	NE	43,187	42,470	42,615	43,806	44,531	44,891	3015	→
Neuhausen am Rheinfall	SH	10,662	10,619	9,959	10,185	10,467	11,209	800	→
Nyon	VD	12,842	14,747	16,182	18,728	21,718	23,016	690	→
Oberwil	BL	7,646	8,626	9,363	10,442	11,104	11,496	788	→
Oftringen	AG	9,006	9,883	10,305	12,319	14,455	15,079	1290	→
Olten	SO	18,991	17,805	16,757	16,987	18,496	18,713	1149	→
Onex	GE	16,956	15,736	16,419	17,642	18,933	18,885	282	→
Opfikon	ZH	11,444	11,872	12,062	15,573	20,954	21,552	559	→
Ostermundigen	BE	17,034	16,704	15,452	15,438	17,758	18,184	630	→
Payerne	VD	6,713	7,393	7,294	8,728	10,069	10,542	2419	→
Pfäffikon	ZH	8,306	9,182	9,592	10,627	12,174	12,509	1954	→
Plan-les-Ouates	GE	3,647	4,915	6,804	9,984	10,601	12,220	586	→
Pratteln	BL	15,751	15,486	14,904	15,326	16,606	16,563	1083	→
Prilly	VD	11,931	11,284	10,955	11,430	12,360	12,412	221	→
Pully	VD	14,988	15,612	16,034	17,121	18,694	19,284	595	→
Rapperswil-Jona	SG	19,982	22,727	24,368	26,212	27,483	28,635	2225	→
Regensdorf	ZH	12,300	11,284	15,098	16,547	18,568	19,675	1462	→
Reinach	BL	17,813	17,905	18,323	18,656	19,159	20,256	700	→
Renens	VD	16,977	18,109	18,406	19,609	20,834	21,405	295	→
Rheinfelden	AG	9,456	9,761	10,673	11,961	13,551	13,855	1612	→
Richterswil	ZH	8,672	9,882	10,354	12,351	13,670	14,203	883	→
Riehen	BS	20,611	19,914	20,370	20,602	21,705	22,406	1087	→
Risch	ZG	3,988	5,414	7,241	9,085	11,212	11,449	1486	→
Romanshorn	TG	7,893	8,899	9,076	9,777	11,327	11,728	875	→
Rorschach	SG	9,878	9,535	8,647	8,883	9,646	9,953	177	→
Rüti	ZH	9,331	10,513	10,804	11,966	12,494	12,856	1006	→
Sarnen	OW	7,372	8,398	9,145	9,971	10,514	10,742	7310	→
Schaffhausen	SH	34,693	34,699	34,141	34,943	36,952	38,658	3100	→
Schlieren	ZH	12,891	13,814	13,356	16,157	19,881	20,579	660	→
Schwyz	SZ	12,100	12,872	13,802	14,423	15,435	16,180	5318	→
Sierre	VS	13,050	14,143	14,317	15,527	16,819	17,660	1928	→
Sion	VS	23,775	26,340	28,324	31,673	34,978	36,612	3485	→
Solothurn	SO	15,778	15,748	15,489	16,066	16,802	16,851	625	→
Spiez	BE	9,800	11,182	12,027	12,475	12,926	13,188	1679	→
Spreitenbach	AG	7,198	8,315	9,127	10,816	12,126	12,511	860	→
St. Gallen	SG	75,847	75,237	72,626	72,959	76,213	78,193	3943	→
Stäfa	ZH	10,558	10,539	11,567	13,942	14,791	15,065	859	→
Stans	NW	5,681	6,217	6,983	7,961	8,171	8,377	1108	→
Steffisburg	BE	12,737	13,760	14,611	15,697	15,991	16,457	1486	→
Steinhausen	ZG	6,082	7,207	8,801	9,091	10,198	10,337	505	→
Suhr	AG	7,366	8,059	8,451	9,614	10,724	11,340	1061	→
Sursee	LU	7,645	8,143	8,059	8,941	10,361	10,809	586	→
Thalwil	ZH	15,412	15,647	15,805	17,213	18,278	18,557	550	→
Therwil	BL	7,311	7,608	8,434	9,588	9,979	10,067	763	→
Thônex	GE	9,241	10,180	12,141	13,564	14,573	16,686	382	→
Thun	BE	36,891	38,211	40,377	42,623	43,476	43,902	2169	→
Urdorf	ZH	8,589	8,339	9,417	8,994	10,019	10,423	758	→
Uster	ZH	23,702	25,182	28,571	32,265	35,337	36,350	2844	→
Uzwil	SG	9,614	10,980	11,977	12,655	13,284	14,278	1450	→
Val de Bagnes	VS	5,676	6,313	7,845	9,357	10,329	10,814	30013	→
Val-de-Ruz	NE	11,084	12,504	14,128	15,422	17,143	17,498	12426	→
Val-de-Travers	NE	10,169	10,749	10,910	10,812	10,579	10,646	12491	→
Vernier	GE	27,962	28,482	29,559	32,844	34,898	37,448	776	→
Versoix	GE	7,483	8,604	10,309	12,947	13,281	13,843	1055	→
Vevey	VD	16,139	15,968	16,202	18,394	19,752	20,140	238	→
Veyrier	GE	5,942	7,039	8,892	10,003	11,861	11,916	650	→
Villars-sur-Glâne	FR	5,788	7,997	9,339	11,397	12,219	12,442	550	→
Volketswil	ZH	10,033	12,241	14,070	17,460	18,865	19,720	1395	→
Wädenswil	ZH	20,453	21,860	22,124	23,246	24,832	25,747	3564	→
Wald	ZH	7,447	8,218	8,421	8,973	10,200	10,559	2526	→
Wallisellen	ZH	10,887	11,216	11,939	13,654	17,218	17,623	642	→
Weinfelden	TG	9,007	9,299	9,456	10,383	11,629	12,232	1550	→
Wettingen	AG	18,377	17,706	17,870	19,981	21,099	21,476	1058	→
Wetzikon	ZH	15,859	16,696	18,129	22,118	25,056	26,456	1674	→
Widnau	SG	5,859	6,174	7,470	8,771	9,932	10,337	423	→
Wil	SG	19,600	20,490	20,689	22,584	24,132	24,975	2080	→
Winterthur	ZH	86,758	86,959	90,483	101,308	114,220	119,309	6793	→
Wittenbach	SG	7,463	7,910	8,486	9,280	9,747	10,026	1221	→
Wohlen	AG	11,704	12,498	13,329	14,443	16,881	17,481	1248	→
Worb	BE	11,080	11,604	10,895	11,364	11,621	11,523	2108	→
Yverdon-les-Bains	VD	20,927	22,890	24,515	27,678	29,955	30,198	1352	→
Zofingen	AG	9,148	9,444	9,432	10,803	12,104	12,795	11100	→
Zollikofen	BE	8,717	9,242	9,437	9,831	10,640	11,470	539	→
Zollikon	ZH	12,134	11,406	11,662	12,040	13,311	13,569	785	→
Zug	ZG	21,609	21,705	22,973	26,327	30,934	31,992	3381	→
Zürich [Zurich]	ZH	369,522	365,043	363,273	372,857	421,878	433,890	8797	→

Swiss Federal Statistical Office.