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Switzerland: cities by population

Switzerland has a population of 8,516,543, with Bern as its capital. The 50 largest of its 1,477 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Zürich	Zurich	415,367
2	Geneva	Geneva	201,741
3	Basel	Basel-City	177,595
4	Lausanne	Vaud	139,111
5	Bern	Bern	121,631
6	Winterthur	Zurich	111,840
7	Luzern	Lucerne	81,691
8	Sankt Gallen	Saint Gallen	75,833
9	Lugano	Ticino	63,185
10	Biel/Bienne	Bern	55,120
11	Thun	Bern	43,723
12	Bellinzona	Ticino	43,220
13	Köniz	Bern	41,784
14	Fribourg	Fribourg	38,365
15	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Neuchâtel	37,942
16	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	36,587
17	Chur	Grisons	35,373
18	Rapperswil	Saint Gallen	34,776
19	Uster	Zurich	34,715
20	Sitten	Valais	34,708
21	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	33,475
22	Emmen	Lucerne	30,926
23	Zug	Zug	30,542
24	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	30,157
25	Vernier	Geneva	30,086
26	Montreux	Vaud	25,984
27	Frauenfeld	Thurgau	25,607
28	Kriens	Lucerne	25,010
29	Wetzikon	Zurich	24,764
30	Wil	Saint Gallen	23,955
31	Bulle	Fribourg	23,438
32	Horgen	Zurich	22,662
33	Kreuzlingen	Thurgau	21,997
34	Opfikon	Zurich	21,554
35	Aarau	Aargau	21,503
36	Renens	Vaud	20,927
37	Dietikon	Zurich	20,893
38	Baar	Zug	20,546
39	Bülach	Zurich	20,443
40	Riehen	Basel-City	20,000
41	Vevey	Vaud	19,891
42	Dübendorf	Zurich	19,882
43	Meyrin	Geneva	19,772
44	Carouge	Geneva	19,344
45	Baden	Aargau	19,340
46	Reinach	Basel-Landschaft	19,216
47	Olten	Solothurn	18,362
48	Martigny-Ville	Valais	18,301
49	Wettingen	Aargau	18,191
50	Allschwil	Basel-Landschaft	18,189

Twenty years earlier: Switzerland in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 7,452,101.