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Largest cities in Switzerland

Zürich, Switzerland has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 436,551 people (Switzerland official denominator source, 2024-12-31).

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Switzerland cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-07

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Zürich, Switzerland436,551 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
2Genève, Switzerland209,061 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
3Basel, Switzerland177,571 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
4Lausanne, Switzerland144,873 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
5Bern, Switzerland137,995 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
6Winterthur, Switzerland120,376 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
7Luzern, Switzerland86,234 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
8St. Gallen, Switzerland78,863 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
9Lugano, Switzerland63,629 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
10Biel/Bienne, Switzerland56,896 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
11Neuchâtel, Switzerland45,309 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
12Bellinzona, Switzerland45,305 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
13Thun, Switzerland44,125 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
14Köniz, Switzerland43,508 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
15Chur, Switzerland39,177 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
16Fribourg, Switzerland39,151 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
17Schaffhausen, Switzerland38,964 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
18Vernier, Switzerland37,837 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
19La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland37,600 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
20Lancy, Switzerland37,259 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
21Sion, Switzerland37,154 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
22Uster, Switzerland36,563 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
23Emmen, Switzerland32,619 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
24Dübendorf, Switzerland32,571 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
25Zug, Switzerland32,122 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
26Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland30,292 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
27Kriens, Switzerland30,008 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
28Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland28,779 people2026-07-14
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
29Dietikon, Switzerland28,295 people2026-07-12
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31
30Wetzikon, Switzerland27,371 people2026-10-07
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Zürich, Switzerland leads at 436,551 people.
  • Wetzikon, Switzerland sits at the other end with 27,371 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 39,177 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 409,180 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Switzerland show?

Zürich, Switzerland has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 436,551 people (Switzerland official denominator source, 2024-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2024 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
municipality
Observation period
2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-07
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Largest cities in Switzerland [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 51e1d4f9af4f247cd83b29ac56c572b6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-switzerland_9a13192db066,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Switzerland},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {51e1d4f9af4f247cd83b29ac56c572b6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Largest cities in Switzerland](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/switzerland-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 51e1d4f9af4f247cd83b29ac56c572b6; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Sources

  1. Switzerland official denominator sourcewww.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · Checked 2026-07-12
  2. Permanent and non-permanent resident population by institutional units — 2025Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS) · Checked 2026-10-07