Israel vs Switzerland: Population

Israel

9.26 million people

in 2023

Switzerland

8.87 million people

in 2023

Israel rank

97th

Switzerland rank

100th

Population over time

Israel currently reports 9.26 million people against 8.87 million people in Switzerland, a difference of 385,750 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 97th and Switzerland ranks 100th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.