Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs in Zurich
Zurich: Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs was 34.6 Percentage of population in 2024. β² Rising
Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs in Zurich, 2010β2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population.
Analysis
Zurich recorded 34.6 Percentage of population for population by citizenship - cities and fuas in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population by citizenship - cities and fuas in Zurich peaked at 34.6 Percentage of population in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.6 Percentage of population, in 2010.
That places Zurich 7th out of 536 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.49 Percentage of population | 29.6 Percentage of population | 32.8 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.7 Percentage of population | 33 Percentage of population | 34.6 Percentage of population | 5 |
More population data for Zurich
- Heat stress - Cities and FUAs β Mean population exposure to heat 31.05 Days per year (2025)
- Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs 767,293 Persons (2023)
- Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs 44 Percentage of population (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population by citizenship - cities and fuas in Zurich?
- Population by citizenship - cities and fuas in Zurich was 34.6 Percentage of population in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest population by citizenship - cities and fuas recorded in Zurich?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6 Percentage of population in 2024.
- What is the lowest population by citizenship - cities and fuas recorded in Zurich?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.6 Percentage of population in 2010.
- How does Zurich rank for population by citizenship - cities and fuas?
- Zurich ranks 7th out of 536 regions with data for 2024.
- Is population by citizenship - cities and fuas rising or falling in Zurich?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zurich data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides population counts by citizenship in OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> Population by citizenship data is collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format.<br /><br /> </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> β defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> β including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> <p>The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/yy">Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs</a>),Β <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>