Switzerland
population: National quarterly estimate (31 Mar 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 32 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography32 metros
Switzerland metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 32 tracked metros
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🗂️ Cantons
26 entries listed under Switzerland. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- French, German, Italian, Romansh
- Currency
- Swiss franc (CHF)
- Government
- Directorial system
- Legislature
- Federal Assembly of Switzerland
- Constitution
- 1999, 21 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Swiss
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +41
- Internet TLD
- .ch, .swiss
- ISO 3166
- CH
- Established
- 1848
- Highest point
- Dufourspitze (4,634 m (15,203 ft))
- National anthem
- Swiss Psalm
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📰 In the news2 stories
Comparitech · 29 Aug 2026
Where Netflix offers the best value for moneyNetflix price against catalog size in 128 countries: Pakistan offers the best value and Switzerland the worst.
Financial Times · 22 Jun 2026
JD Vance arrives in Switzerland for crunch US–Iran talksThe talks are increasingly swallowed by the Israel-Hezbollah fight in Lebanon and renewed threats over Hormuz.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations3 full memberships
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🏛️ Leadership History194 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Federal Council (rotating presidency)
Swiss Federal Council✦ Current
2026–PresentPresident of the Swiss Confederation
Guy Parmelin
2026–2026President of the Swiss Confederation
Karin Keller-Sutter
2025–2025President of the Swiss Confederation
Viola Amherd
2024–2024President of the Swiss Confederation
Alain Berset
2023–2023President of the Swiss Confederation
Ignazio Cassis
2022–2022President of the Swiss Confederation
Guy Parmelin
2021–2021President of the Swiss Confederation
Simonetta Sommaruga
2020–2020President of the Swiss Confederation
Ueli Maurer
2019–2019President of the Swiss Confederation
Alain Berset
2018–2018President of the Swiss Confederation
Doris Leuthard
2017–2017President of the Swiss Confederation
Johann Schneider-Ammann
2016–2016President of the Swiss Confederation
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Simonetta Sommaruga
2015–2015President of the Swiss Confederation
Didier Burkhalter
2014–2014President of the Swiss Confederation
Ueli Maurer
2013–2013President of the Swiss Confederation
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
2012–2012President of the Swiss Confederation
Micheline Calmy-Rey
2011–2011President of the Swiss Confederation
Doris Leuthard
2010–2010President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans-Rudolf Merz
2009–2009President of the Swiss Confederation
Pascal Couchepin
2008–2008President of the Swiss Confederation
Micheline Calmy-Rey
2007–2007President of the Swiss Confederation
Moritz Leuenberger
2006–2006President of the Swiss Confederation
Samuel Schmid
2005–2005President of the Swiss Confederation
Joseph Deiss
2004–2004President of the Swiss Confederation
Pascal Couchepin
2003–2003President of the Swiss Confederation
Kaspar Villiger
2002–2002President of the Swiss Confederation
Moritz Leuenberger
2001–2001President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Ogi
2000–2000President of the Swiss Confederation
Ruth Dreifuss
1999–1999President of the Swiss Confederation
Flavio Cotti
1998–1998President of the Swiss Confederation
Arnold Koller
1997–1997President of the Swiss Confederation
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
1996–1996President of the Swiss Confederation
Kaspar Villiger
1995–1995President of the Swiss Confederation
Otto Stich
1994–1994President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Ogi
1993–1993President of the Swiss Confederation
René Felber
1992–1992President of the Swiss Confederation
Flavio Cotti
1991–1991President of the Swiss Confederation
Arnold Koller
1990–1990President of the Swiss Confederation
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
1989–1989President of the Swiss Confederation
Otto Stich
1988–1988President of the Swiss Confederation
Pierre Aubert
1987–1987President of the Swiss Confederation
Alphons Egli
1986–1986President of the Swiss Confederation
Kurt Furgler
1985–1985President of the Swiss Confederation
Leon Schlumpf
1984–1984President of the Swiss Confederation
Pierre Aubert
1983–1983President of the Swiss Confederation
Fritz Honegger
1982–1982President of the Swiss Confederation
Kurt Furgler
1981–1981President of the Swiss Confederation
Georges-André Chevallaz
1980–1980President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans Hürlimann
1979–1979President of the Swiss Confederation
Willi Ritschard
1978–1978President of the Swiss Confederation
Kurt Furgler
1977–1977President of the Swiss Confederation
Rudolf Gnägi
1976–1976President of the Swiss Confederation
Pierre Graber
1975–1975President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernst Brugger
1974–1974President of the Swiss Confederation
Roger Bonvin
1973–1973President of the Swiss Confederation
Nello Celio
1972–1972President of the Swiss Confederation
Rudolf Gnägi
1971–1971President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans-Peter Tschudi
1970–1970President of the Swiss Confederation
Ludwig von Moos
1969–1969President of the Swiss Confederation
Willy Spühler
1968–1968President of the Swiss Confederation
Roger Bonvin
1967–1967President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans Schaffner
1966–1966President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans-Peter Tschudi
1965–1965President of the Swiss Confederation
Ludwig von Moos
1964–1964President of the Swiss Confederation
Willy Spühler
1963–1963President of the Swiss Confederation
Paul Chaudet
1962–1962President of the Swiss Confederation
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
1961–1961President of the Swiss Confederation
Max Petitpierre
1960–1960President of the Swiss Confederation
Paul Chaudet
1959–1959President of the Swiss Confederation
Thomas Holenstein
1958–1958President of the Swiss Confederation
Hans Streuli
1957–1957President of the Swiss Confederation
Markus Feldmann
1956–1956President of the Swiss Confederation
Max Petitpierre
1955–1955President of the Swiss Confederation
Rodolphe Rubattel
1954–1954President of the Swiss Confederation
Philipp Etter
1953–1953President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Kobelt
1952–1952President of the Swiss Confederation
Eduard von Steiger
1951–1951President of the Swiss Confederation
Max Petitpierre
1950–1950President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernst Nobs
1949–1949President of the Swiss Confederation
Enrico Celio
1948–1948President of the Swiss Confederation
Philipp Etter
1947–1947President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Kobelt
1946–1946President of the Swiss Confederation
Eduard von Steiger
1945–1945President of the Swiss Confederation
Walther Stampfli
1944–1944President of the Swiss Confederation
Enrico Celio
1943–1943President of the Swiss Confederation
Philipp Etter
1942–1942President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernst Wetter
1941–1941President of the Swiss Confederation
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1940–1940President of the Swiss Confederation
Philipp Etter
1939–1939President of the Swiss Confederation
Johannes Baumann
1938–1938President of the Swiss Confederation
Giuseppe Motta
1937–1937President of the Swiss Confederation
Albert Meyer
1936–1936President of the Swiss Confederation
Rudolf Minger
1935–1935President of the Swiss Confederation
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1934–1934President of the Swiss Confederation
Edmund Schulthess
1933–1933President of the Swiss Confederation
Giuseppe Motta
1932–1932President of the Swiss Confederation
Heinrich Häberlin
1931–1931President of the Swiss Confederation
Jean-Marie Musy
1930–1930President of the Swiss Confederation
Robert Haab
1929–1929President of the Swiss Confederation
Edmund Schulthess
1928–1928President of the Swiss Confederation
Giuseppe Motta
1927–1927President of the Swiss Confederation
Heinrich Häberlin
1926–1926President of the Swiss Confederation
Jean-Marie Musy
1925–1925President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernest Chuard
1924–1924President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Scheurer
1923–1923President of the Swiss Confederation
Robert Haab
1922–1922President of the Swiss Confederation
Edmund Schulthess
1921–1921President of the Swiss Confederation
Giuseppe Motta
1920–1920President of the Swiss Confederation
Gustave Ador
1919–1919President of the Swiss Confederation
Felix Calonder
1918–1918President of the Swiss Confederation
Edmund Schulthess
1917–1917President of the Swiss Confederation
Camille Decoppet
1916–1916President of the Swiss Confederation
Giuseppe Motta
1915–1915President of the Swiss Confederation
Arthur Hoffmann
1914–1914President of the Swiss Confederation
Eduard Müller
1913–1913President of the Swiss Confederation
Ludwig Forrer
1912–1912President of the Swiss Confederation
Marc-Émile Ruchet
1911–1911President of the Swiss Confederation
Robert Comtesse
1910–1910President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Deucher
1909–1909President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernst Brenner
1908–1908President of the Swiss Confederation
Eduard Müller
1907–1907President of the Swiss Confederation
Ludwig Forrer
1906–1906President of the Swiss Confederation
Marc-Émile Ruchet
1905–1905President of the Swiss Confederation
Robert Comtesse
1904–1904President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Deucher
1903–1903President of the Swiss Confederation
Josef Zemp
1902–1902President of the Swiss Confederation
Ernst Brenner
1901–1901President of the Swiss Confederation
Walter Hauser
1900–1900President of the Swiss Confederation
Eduard Müller
1899–1899President of the Swiss Confederation
Eugène Ruffy
1898–1898President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Deucher
1897–1897President of the Swiss Confederation
Adrien Lachenal
1896–1896President of the Swiss Confederation
Josef Zemp
1895–1895President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Frey
1894–1894President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1893–1893President of the Swiss Confederation
Walter Hauser
1892–1892President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1891–1891President of the Swiss Confederation
Louis Ruchonnet
1890–1890President of the Swiss Confederation
Bernhard Hammer
1889–1889President of the Swiss Confederation
Wilhelm Hertenstein
1888–1888President of the Swiss Confederation
Numa Droz
1887–1887President of the Swiss Confederation
Adolf Deucher
1886–1886President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1885–1885President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1884–1884President of the Swiss Confederation
Louis Ruchonnet
1883–1883President of the Swiss Confederation
Simeon Bavier
1882–1882President of the Swiss Confederation
Numa Droz
1881–1881President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1880–1880President of the Swiss Confederation
Bernhard Hammer
1879–1879President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1878–1878President of the Swiss Confederation
Joachim Heer
1877–1877President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1876–1876President of the Swiss Confederation
Johann Jakob Scherer
1875–1875President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1874–1874President of the Swiss Confederation
Paul Cérésole
1873–1873President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1872–1872President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1871–1871President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Dubs
1870–1870President of the Swiss Confederation
Emil Welti
1869–1869President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Dubs
1868–1868President of the Swiss Confederation
Constant Fornerod
1867–1867President of the Swiss Confederation
Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1866–1866President of the Swiss Confederation
Karl Schenk
1865–1865President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Dubs
1864–1864President of the Swiss Confederation
Constant Fornerod
1863–1863President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Stämpfli
1862–1862President of the Swiss Confederation
Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1861–1861President of the Swiss Confederation
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
1860–1860President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Stämpfli
1859–1859President of the Swiss Confederation
Jonas Furrer
1858–1858President of the Swiss Confederation
Constant Fornerod
1857–1857President of the Swiss Confederation
Jakob Stämpfli
1856–1856President of the Swiss Confederation
Jonas Furrer
1855–1855President of the Swiss Confederation
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
1854–1854President of the Swiss Confederation
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
1853–1853President of the Swiss Confederation
Jonas Furrer
1852–1852President of the Swiss Confederation
Josef Munzinger
1851–1851President of the Swiss Confederation
Henri Druey
1850–1850President of the Swiss Confederation
Jonas Furrer
1849–1849President of the Swiss Confederation
Jonas Furrer
1848–1848President of the Swiss Confederation
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Swiss Federal Council✦ Current | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2026–Present |
| Guy Parmelin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2026–2026 |
| Karin Keller-Sutter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2025–2025 |
| Viola Amherd | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2024–2024 |
| Alain Berset | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2023–2023 |
| Ignazio Cassis | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2022–2022 |
| Guy Parmelin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2021–2021 |
| Simonetta Sommaruga | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2020–2020 |
| Ueli Maurer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2019–2019 |
| Alain Berset | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2018–2018 |
| Doris Leuthard | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2017–2017 |
| Johann Schneider-Ammann | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2016–2016 |
| Simonetta Sommaruga | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2015–2015 |
| Didier Burkhalter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2014–2014 |
| Ueli Maurer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2013–2013 |
| Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2012–2012 |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2011–2011 |
| Doris Leuthard | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2010–2010 |
| Hans-Rudolf Merz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2009–2009 |
| Pascal Couchepin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2008–2008 |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2007–2007 |
| Moritz Leuenberger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2006–2006 |
| Samuel Schmid | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2005–2005 |
| Joseph Deiss | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2004–2004 |
| Pascal Couchepin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2003–2003 |
| Kaspar Villiger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2002–2002 |
| Moritz Leuenberger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2001–2001 |
| Adolf Ogi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 2000–2000 |
| Ruth Dreifuss | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1999–1999 |
| Flavio Cotti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1998–1998 |
| Arnold Koller | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1997–1997 |
| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1996–1996 |
| Kaspar Villiger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1995–1995 |
| Otto Stich | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1994–1994 |
| Adolf Ogi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1993–1993 |
| René Felber | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1992–1992 |
| Flavio Cotti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1991–1991 |
| Arnold Koller | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1990–1990 |
| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1989–1989 |
| Otto Stich | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1988–1988 |
| Pierre Aubert | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1987–1987 |
| Alphons Egli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1986–1986 |
| Kurt Furgler | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1985–1985 |
| Leon Schlumpf | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1984–1984 |
| Pierre Aubert | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1983–1983 |
| Fritz Honegger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1982–1982 |
| Kurt Furgler | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1981–1981 |
| Georges-André Chevallaz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1980–1980 |
| Hans Hürlimann | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1979–1979 |
| Willi Ritschard | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1978–1978 |
| Kurt Furgler | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1977–1977 |
| Rudolf Gnägi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1976–1976 |
| Pierre Graber | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1975–1975 |
| Ernst Brugger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1974–1974 |
| Roger Bonvin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1973–1973 |
| Nello Celio | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1972–1972 |
| Rudolf Gnägi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1971–1971 |
| Hans-Peter Tschudi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1970–1970 |
| Ludwig von Moos | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1969–1969 |
| Willy Spühler | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1968–1968 |
| Roger Bonvin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1967–1967 |
| Hans Schaffner | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1966–1966 |
| Hans-Peter Tschudi | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1965–1965 |
| Ludwig von Moos | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1964–1964 |
| Willy Spühler | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1963–1963 |
| Paul Chaudet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1962–1962 |
| Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1961–1961 |
| Max Petitpierre | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1960–1960 |
| Paul Chaudet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1959–1959 |
| Thomas Holenstein | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1958–1958 |
| Hans Streuli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1957–1957 |
| Markus Feldmann | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1956–1956 |
| Max Petitpierre | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1955–1955 |
| Rodolphe Rubattel | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1954–1954 |
| Philipp Etter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1953–1953 |
| Karl Kobelt | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1952–1952 |
| Eduard von Steiger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1951–1951 |
| Max Petitpierre | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1950–1950 |
| Ernst Nobs | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1949–1949 |
| Enrico Celio | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1948–1948 |
| Philipp Etter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1947–1947 |
| Karl Kobelt | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1946–1946 |
| Eduard von Steiger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1945–1945 |
| Walther Stampfli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1944–1944 |
| Enrico Celio | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1943–1943 |
| Philipp Etter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1942–1942 |
| Ernst Wetter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1941–1941 |
| Marcel Pilet-Golaz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1940–1940 |
| Philipp Etter | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1939–1939 |
| Johannes Baumann | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1938–1938 |
| Giuseppe Motta | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1937–1937 |
| Albert Meyer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1936–1936 |
| Rudolf Minger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1935–1935 |
| Marcel Pilet-Golaz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1934–1934 |
| Edmund Schulthess | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1933–1933 |
| Giuseppe Motta | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1932–1932 |
| Heinrich Häberlin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1931–1931 |
| Jean-Marie Musy | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1930–1930 |
| Robert Haab | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1929–1929 |
| Edmund Schulthess | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1928–1928 |
| Giuseppe Motta | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1927–1927 |
| Heinrich Häberlin | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1926–1926 |
| Jean-Marie Musy | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1925–1925 |
| Ernest Chuard | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1924–1924 |
| Karl Scheurer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1923–1923 |
| Robert Haab | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1922–1922 |
| Edmund Schulthess | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1921–1921 |
| Giuseppe Motta | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1920–1920 |
| Gustave Ador | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1919–1919 |
| Felix Calonder | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1918–1918 |
| Edmund Schulthess | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1917–1917 |
| Camille Decoppet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1916–1916 |
| Giuseppe Motta | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1915–1915 |
| Arthur Hoffmann | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1914–1914 |
| Eduard Müller | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1913–1913 |
| Ludwig Forrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1912–1912 |
| Marc-Émile Ruchet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1911–1911 |
| Robert Comtesse | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1910–1910 |
| Adolf Deucher | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1909–1909 |
| Ernst Brenner | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1908–1908 |
| Eduard Müller | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1907–1907 |
| Ludwig Forrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1906–1906 |
| Marc-Émile Ruchet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1905–1905 |
| Robert Comtesse | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1904–1904 |
| Adolf Deucher | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1903–1903 |
| Josef Zemp | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1902–1902 |
| Ernst Brenner | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1901–1901 |
| Walter Hauser | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1900–1900 |
| Eduard Müller | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1899–1899 |
| Eugène Ruffy | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1898–1898 |
| Adolf Deucher | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1897–1897 |
| Adrien Lachenal | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1896–1896 |
| Josef Zemp | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1895–1895 |
| Emil Frey | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1894–1894 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1893–1893 |
| Walter Hauser | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1892–1892 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1891–1891 |
| Louis Ruchonnet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1890–1890 |
| Bernhard Hammer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1889–1889 |
| Wilhelm Hertenstein | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1888–1888 |
| Numa Droz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1887–1887 |
| Adolf Deucher | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1886–1886 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1885–1885 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1884–1884 |
| Louis Ruchonnet | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1883–1883 |
| Simeon Bavier | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1882–1882 |
| Numa Droz | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1881–1881 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1880–1880 |
| Bernhard Hammer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1879–1879 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1878–1878 |
| Joachim Heer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1877–1877 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1876–1876 |
| Johann Jakob Scherer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1875–1875 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1874–1874 |
| Paul Cérésole | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1873–1873 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1872–1872 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1871–1871 |
| Jakob Dubs | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1870–1870 |
| Emil Welti | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1869–1869 |
| Jakob Dubs | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1868–1868 |
| Constant Fornerod | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1867–1867 |
| Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1866–1866 |
| Karl Schenk | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1865–1865 |
| Jakob Dubs | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1864–1864 |
| Constant Fornerod | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1863–1863 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1862–1862 |
| Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1861–1861 |
| Friedrich Frey-Herosé | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1860–1860 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1859–1859 |
| Jonas Furrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1858–1858 |
| Constant Fornerod | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1857–1857 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1856–1856 |
| Jonas Furrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1855–1855 |
| Friedrich Frey-Herosé | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1854–1854 |
| Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1853–1853 |
| Jonas Furrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1852–1852 |
| Josef Munzinger | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1851–1851 |
| Henri Druey | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1850–1850 |
| Jonas Furrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1849–1849 |
| Jonas Furrer | President of the Swiss Confederation | 1848–1848 |
Act of Mediation
Hans von Reinhard
1813–1813Landammann of Switzerland
Peter Burckhardt
1812–1813Landammann of Switzerland
Heinrich Grimm von Wartenfels
1811–1812Landammann of Switzerland
Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl
1810–1811Landammann of Switzerland
Louis d'Affry
1809–1810Landammann of Switzerland
Vinzenz Rüttimann
1808–1809Landammann of Switzerland
Hans von Reinhard
1807–1808Landammann of Switzerland
Andreas Merian
1806–1807Landammann of Switzerland
Peter Glutz-Ruchti
1805–1806Landammann of Switzerland
Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl
1804–1805Landammann of Switzerland
Louis d'Affry
1803–1804Landammann of Switzerland
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Hans von Reinhard | Landammann of Switzerland | 1813–1813 |
| Peter Burckhardt | Landammann of Switzerland | 1812–1813 |
| Heinrich Grimm von Wartenfels | Landammann of Switzerland | 1811–1812 |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | Landammann of Switzerland | 1810–1811 |
| Louis d'Affry | Landammann of Switzerland | 1809–1810 |
| Vinzenz Rüttimann | Landammann of Switzerland | 1808–1809 |
| Hans von Reinhard | Landammann of Switzerland | 1807–1808 |
| Andreas Merian | Landammann of Switzerland | 1806–1807 |
| Peter Glutz-Ruchti | Landammann of Switzerland | 1805–1806 |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | Landammann of Switzerland | 1804–1805 |
| Louis d'Affry | Landammann of Switzerland | 1803–1804 |
Helvetic Republic
Johann Rudolf Dolder
1802–1803Landammann of the Helvetic Republic
Vinzenz Rüttimann
1802–1802Statthalter of the Helvetic Republic (acting head)
Alois von Reding
1801–1802First Landammann of the Helvetic Republic
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Rudolf Dolder | Landammann of the Helvetic Republic | 1802–1803 |
| Vinzenz Rüttimann | Statthalter of the Helvetic Republic (acting head) | 1802–1802 |
| Alois von Reding | First Landammann of the Helvetic Republic | 1801–1802 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Switzerland: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires41 · $275.2B combined · click to expand
Show all 41 rows
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Gianluigi Aponte | $45.5B | Logistics |
| 40 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | $45.5B | Logistics |
| 214 | Ivan Glasenberg | $14.5B | Metals & Mining |
| 299 | Ernesto Bertarelli(inherited) | $11.5B | Healthcare |
| 313 | Magdalena Martullo-Blocher(inherited) | $11.1B | Manufacturing |
| 351 | Thomas Schmidheiny(inherited) | $10.1B | Construction & Engineering |
| 438 | Rahel Blocher(inherited) | $8.7B | Manufacturing |
| 501 | Guillaume Pousaz | $7.8B | Finance & Investments |
| 542 | Dona Bertarelli(inherited) | $7.4B | Healthcare |
| 596 | Rudolf Maag | $6.7B | Healthcare |
| 665 | Matthias Reinhart | $6.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 715 | Margarita Louis-Dreyfus & family(inherited) | $5.8B | Food & Beverage |
| 747 | Willy Michel | $5.6B | Healthcare |
| 837 | Thomas Straumann(inherited) | $5.1B | Healthcare |
| 884 | Martin Ebner | $4.9B | Finance & Investments |
| 889 | Martin Haefner(inherited) | $4.9B | Technology |
| 894 | Michael Pieper | $4.8B | Manufacturing |
| 897 | Hansjoerg Wyss | $4.8B | Healthcare |
| 907 | Hans Peter Wild(inherited) | $4.7B | Food & Beverage |
| 928 | Walter Frey(inherited) | $4.6B | Automotive |
| 1087 | Markus Blocher(inherited) | $4.0B | Manufacturing |
| 1247 | Miriam Baumann-Blocher(inherited) | $3.5B | Manufacturing |
| 1276 | Alberto Siccardi & family(inherited) | $3.4B | Healthcare |
| 1283 | Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner(inherited) | $3.4B | Technology |
| 1293 | Georg von Opel(inherited) | $3.4B | Finance & Investments |
| 1323 | Urs Wietlisbach | $3.3B | Finance & Investments |
| 1329 | Alfred Gantner | $3.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1329 | Marcel Erni | $3.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 1452 | Maja Oeri(inherited) | $2.9B | Healthcare |
| 1600 | Mario Germano Giuliani(inherited) | $2.6B | Healthcare |
| 1619 | Beda Diethelm | $2.6B | Healthcare |
| 1631 | Stephan Schmidheiny(inherited) | $2.6B | Finance & Investments |
| 1633 | Karl Scheufele III & family | $2.6B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1679 | Madeleine Grogg(inherited) | $2.5B | Healthcare |
| 2163 | Gary Fegel | $2.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 2188 | Stephane Bonvin | $1.9B | Real Estate |
| 2274 | Giammaria Giuliani(inherited) | $1.9B | Healthcare |
| 2325 | Hans-Ueli Rihs & family(inherited) | $1.8B | Manufacturing |
| 2333 | Melchior Oeri(inherited) | $1.8B | Healthcare |
| 3000 | Daniela Grogg(inherited) | $1.3B | Healthcare |
| 3000 | Nicole Grogg-Hotzer & family(inherited) | $1.3B | Healthcare |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Switzerland on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.