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The population of the Swiss agglomerations according to census results and latest estimates.

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NameStatusCantonsPopulation
Census
1980-12-02
Population
Census
1990-12-04
Population
Census
2000-12-05
Population
Estimate
2010-12-31
Population
Estimate
2020-12-31
Population
Estimate
2024-12-31
AarauAgglomerationAargau / Solothurn59,00063,41364,50671,92381,81986,446
Altdorf (UR)AgglomerationUri28,91929,80030,59431,30732,54533,853
Altstätten (Rheintal)AgglomerationSt. Gallen40,19344,25148,99253,82459,52763,339
Amriswil - RomanshornAgglomerationThurgau18,06520,63921,75923,33227,01928,516
Arbon - RorschachAgglomerationThurgau / St. Gallen45,43747,89348,85051,92756,19059,594
Baden - BruggAgglomerationAargau89,03294,17696,455104,363114,155119,995
BaselAgglomerationBasel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft / Aargau / Solothurn479,340495,767501,790521,229555,526572,445
BellinzonaAgglomerationTicino / Graubünden38,05740,71243,88949,04153,58355,978
BernAgglomerationBern / Fribourg371,056386,719386,962391,821423,531433,984
Biel/BienneAgglomerationBern95,77196,53093,82499,447108,042112,042
Brig - VispAgglomerationValais36,39239,08741,76044,70948,44651,422
Buchs (SG)AgglomerationSt. Gallen18,99521,70223,81625,75628,98830,661
BulleAgglomerationFribourg15,18018,41321,79027,77835,18938,459
Chiasso - MendrisioAgglomerationTicino42,01244,13946,17849,15450,42050,920
ChurAgglomerationGraubünden47,56550,73552,80155,83460,67963,256
DelémontAgglomerationJura25,18926,18926,91728,26330,72931,466
FrauenfeldAgglomerationThurgau18,88320,57721,95423,29825,97427,093
FribourgAgglomerationFribourg71,05280,25787,84497,561110,731116,564
Genève [Geneva]AgglomerationGenève / Vaud393,926438,500485,651544,772606,748635,560
GlarusAgglomerationGlarus26,16927,45027,57128,78831,37132,688
GrenchenAgglomerationSolothurn / Bern24,96824,93425,11825,37027,84629,374
InterlakenAgglomerationBern18,49320,55421,79423,08024,20925,113
KreuzlingenAgglomerationThurgau17,09818,39518,80221,65324,78726,095
La Chaux-de-Fonds - Le LocleAgglomerationNeuchâtel / Bern52,62851,61651,15551,16050,41851,128
LachenAgglomerationSchwyz15,76019,26522,48026,99330,88132,287
LausanneAgglomerationVaud / Fribourg299,749333,093348,387379,164433,676455,629
LenzburgAgglomerationAargau16,76417,55017,84420,02025,90227,227
LocarnoAgglomerationTicino44,40645,88349,83553,34755,56656,348
LuganoAgglomerationTicino104,521115,035128,457141,236150,105154,452
Luzern [Lucerne]AgglomerationLuzern / Nidwalden178,001192,259202,442215,800235,224247,393
MartignyAgglomerationValais13,88216,60717,90620,57223,52025,559
MontheyAgglomerationValais17,65122,46224,51429,56734,14736,267
NeuchâtelAgglomerationNeuchâtel75,10478,18380,40983,04186,21188,202
Olten - ZofingenAgglomerationSolothurn / Aargau / Luzern80,81984,05686,16293,105103,924109,067
Rapperswil-Jona - RütiAgglomerationSt. Gallen / Zürich34,24038,80441,25444,85047,62249,791
SchaffhausenAgglomerationSchaffhausen / Zürich61,31062,64963,13566,34372,23476,638
SierreAgglomerationValais18,75220,98021,73524,36126,57228,052
SionAgglomerationValais53,24561,02066,23977,10188,76994,448
SolothurnAgglomerationSolothurn66,41969,98672,46675,53181,12984,179
Stein (AG)AgglomerationAargau3,4683,7344,5275,4146,2596,654
St. GallenAgglomerationSt. Gallen / Appenzell Ausserrhoden / Thurgau146,040153,838156,535160,546167,968173,347
ThunAgglomerationBern65,21169,47473,18078,03280,61982,091
Vevey - MontreuxAgglomerationVaud63,17970,42971,84679,71786,92590,414
Wil (SG)AgglomerationSt. Gallen / Thurgau52,09059,01663,49869,08276,01379,846
WinterthurAgglomerationZürich105,890109,477116,108130,398146,221153,603
Wohlen (AG)AgglomerationAargau15,91417,36318,63220,40724,54926,053
Yverdon-les-BainsAgglomerationVaud26,80130,73633,60237,98742,10342,772
ZugAgglomerationZug / Zürich / Aargau / Luzern78,10388,310103,613117,495134,184139,410
Zürich [Zurich]AgglomerationZürich / Aargau / Schwyz / Schaffhausen1,011,8431,069,7581,133,4151,249,3521,414,3451,473,142

Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

Explanation: Boundaries of agglomerations (core and belt) according to the 2012 definition without parts outside of Switzerland. The population figures for 2024 are preliminary.