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Switzerland vs Togo

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Switzerland

9,092,436#98 · +0.96%/yr
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Flag of Togo

Togo

8,591,626#101 · +2.18%/yr

Switzerland has 6% more people than Togo: 9,092,436 vs 8,591,626, a gap of 500,810. Togo is growing faster (+2.18% vs +0.96% a year), adding about 187,090 people a year against +87,271. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Togo would overtake Switzerland in about 5 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2030) — a projection, not a forecast. Switzerland is the older society: 20.4% aged 65+ against 3.5% in Togo, while Togo has more children (40.4% under 15 vs 14.9%). Switzerland is 1.5× as densely populated (225.0 vs 151.2 people per km²). People in Switzerland live 21.5 years longer on average (84.4 vs 62.9). GDP per capita is 82.9× higher in Switzerland ($114,769 vs $1,384).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Switzerland) and 2025 (Togo); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Switzerland vs Togo — side by side

Flag of Switzerland SwitzerlandFlag of Togo Togo
Population9,092,43620258,591,6262025
Growth rate / yr+0.96%2025+2.18%2025
Births per 1,0008.7202432.12024
Deaths per 1,0008.020248.52024
Children per woman1.2920244.122024
Life expectancy84.4 yrs202462.9 yrs2024
Aged 0–1414.9%202540.4%2025
Aged 65+20.4%20253.5%2025
Density225.0 /km²2023151.2 /km²2023
Area41,291 km²202356,790 km²2023
Urban population85.7%202544.4%2025
Net migration / yr+37,2532025-15,0102025
GDP per capita$114,7692025$1,3842025
Country population rank (available records)#98#101
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.11%0.10%

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). Switzerland: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025; Togo: 5.1× 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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