Austria vs Switzerland: The global population hockey stick

Austria
9.13 million people
in 2023
Switzerland
8.87 million people
in 2023
Austria rank
99th
Switzerland rank
101st

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Austria
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 9.13 million people against 8.87 million people in Switzerland, a difference of 259,870 people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 99th and Switzerland ranks 101st of 239 countries.

Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Switzerland Difference Ahead
1000s 700,000 people 300,000 people 400,000 people Austria
1100s 900,000 people 400,000 people 500,000 people Austria
1200s 1.25 million people 500,000 people 750,000 people Austria
1300s 2.00 million people 800,000 people 1.20 million people Austria
1400s 1.25 million people 600,000 people 650,000 people Austria
1500s 2.00 million people 800,000 people 1.20 million people Austria
1600s 2.10 million people 1.00 million people 1.10 million people Austria
1700s 2.12 million people 1.25 million people 869,750 people Austria
1710s 2.23 million people 1.29 million people 946,740 people Austria
1720s 2.35 million people 1.32 million people 1.02 million people Austria
1730s 2.46 million people 1.36 million people 1.10 million people Austria
1740s 2.57 million people 1.40 million people 1.17 million people Austria
1750s 2.68 million people 1.44 million people 1.24 million people Austria
1760s 2.78 million people 1.48 million people 1.30 million people Austria
1770s 2.88 million people 1.52 million people 1.35 million people Austria
1780s 2.97 million people 1.57 million people 1.40 million people Austria
1790s 3.05 million people 1.61 million people 1.44 million people Austria
1800s 3.08 million people 1.80 million people 1.28 million people Austria
1810s 3.26 million people 1.92 million people 1.35 million people Austria
1820s 3.44 million people 2.04 million people 1.41 million people Austria
1830s 3.62 million people 2.15 million people 1.46 million people Austria
1840s 3.82 million people 2.29 million people 1.53 million people Austria
1850s 4.08 million people 2.44 million people 1.64 million people Austria
1860s 4.36 million people 2.57 million people 1.79 million people Austria
1870s 4.71 million people 2.73 million people 1.97 million people Austria
1880s 5.15 million people 2.89 million people 2.26 million people Austria
1890s 5.66 million people 3.10 million people 2.55 million people Austria
1900s 6.26 million people 3.49 million people 2.78 million people Austria
1910s 6.54 million people 3.79 million people 2.76 million people Austria
1920s 6.57 million people 3.95 million people 2.62 million people Austria
1930s 6.70 million people 4.12 million people 2.58 million people Austria
1940s 6.82 million people 4.43 million people 2.39 million people Austria
1950s 6.95 million people 4.97 million people 1.98 million people Austria
1960s 7.25 million people 5.78 million people 1.47 million people Austria
1970s 7.55 million people 6.28 million people 1.27 million people Austria
1980s 7.57 million people 6.47 million people 1.10 million people Austria
1990s 7.90 million people 6.98 million people 920,574 people Austria
2000s 8.19 million people 7.42 million people 765,540 people Austria
2010s 8.61 million people 8.22 million people 389,562 people Austria
2020s 9.02 million people 8.75 million people 268,305 people Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Austria or Switzerland?
Austria, at 9.13 million people against 8.87 million people in Switzerland as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Austria and Switzerland?
259,870 people, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Austria ranks 99th and Switzerland ranks 101st of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.