Population growth 2016: provisional figures - Switzerland’s population continued to grow in 2016

Neuchâtel, 06.04.2017 - (FSO) – Switzerland’s population increased by 1.1% in 2016 to 8,417,700 inhabitants. All cantons recorded an increase in their population. The population continues to age but the number of centenarians has fallen. These are some of the provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office's Population and Household Statistics.

This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)


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Fabienne Rausa, FSO, Demography and Migration Section, tel.: +41 58 463 63 50,
Information Centre of the Demography and Migration Section, e-mail: info.dem@bfs.admin.ch



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Federal Statistical Office
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