In A Referendum, Switzerland Decided Not To Limit Its Population

As of 2025, the country had a population of 9.1 million.

Swiss voters rejected a proposal to limit the country’s permanent population to 10 million people in a referendum. According to Bloomberg, 55% of voters opposed the measure.

The idea of “No to a Switzerland with 10 Million People / Sustainability Initiative” (Volksinitiative “Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! / Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative”) was put forward by the country’s largest right-wing conservative party, the Swiss People’s Party (SVP).

The proposal stipulated that the population should not exceed 10 million people by 2050, and if this were to happen, Switzerland would have to terminate its agreement on the free movement of persons with the EU (in effect since 2002). It grants citizens of Switzerland and EU member states the mutual right to live and work in each other’s territories, subject to established rules. At the same time, Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) and maintains relations with Brussels on a bilateral basis.

By the end of last year, Switzerland’s population stood at 9.1 million. However, as of 2024, only about 89,000 Swiss migrants had refugee or asylum-seeker status.

Last year’s forecast by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) indicated that the country is expected to see further population growth—to approximately 10.5 million people by 2055 “largely due to migration,” while the birth rate remains below the level required for population replacement, and natural population growth is close to zero.

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