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Switzerland: Rural population

14.27percent · 2025-41.5% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Switzerland from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202514.273
202414.538
202314.815
202215.079
202115.799
202017.658
201919.221
201820.708
201722.087
201623.327
201524.396
201425.26
201325.888
201226.248
201126.349
201026.391
200926.426
200826.452
200726.472
200626.488
200526.505
200426.524
200326.548
200226.58
200126.624
200026.698
199926.864
199827.144
199727.517
199627.964
199528.471
199429.02
199329.595
199230.18
199130.759
199031.338
198931.984
198832.725
198733.527
198634.363
198535.21
198436.041
198336.831
198237.555
198138.189
198038.711
197939.163
197839.565
197739.931
197640.275
197540.607
197440.943
197341.294
197241.673
197142.094
197042.571
196943.099
196843.675
196744.289
196644.933
196545.599
196446.279
196346.965
196247.648
196148.321
196048.982

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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