Austria vs Switzerland
Austria has about the same population as Switzerland: 9,208,163 vs 9,092,436, a gap of 115,727. Switzerland is growing faster (+0.96% vs +0.33% a year), adding about 87,271 people a year against +30,231. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Switzerland would overtake Austria in about 2 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2027) — a projection, not a forecast. Switzerland is 2.0× as densely populated (225.0 vs 110.7 people per km²). People in Switzerland live 2.4 years longer on average (84.4 vs 82.0). GDP per capita is 1.8× higher in Switzerland ($114,769 vs $62,930).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Austria) and 2025 (Switzerland); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Austria vs Switzerland — side by side
 Austria |  Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 9,208,1632025 | 9,092,4362025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.33%2025 | +0.96%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.42024 | 8.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.62024 | 8.02024 |
| Children per woman | 1.312024 | 1.292024 |
| Life expectancy | 82.0 yrs2024 | 84.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.1%2025 | 14.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 21.1%2025 | 20.4%2025 |
| Density | 110.7 /km²2023 | 225.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 83,879 km²2023 | 41,291 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 69.7%2025 | 85.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +11,2542025 | +37,2532025 |
| GDP per capita | $62,9302025 | $114,7692025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #97 | #98 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.11% | 0.11% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Austria: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025; Switzerland: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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