This statistic shows the ten biggest cities in Switzerland, as of 2020, by number of inhabitants. In 2020, Zurich was Switzerland's most-populous city with approximately 421,878 inhabitants. See Switzerland's population figures for comparison.

Population in largest city in Switzerland was reported at 1443349 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Switzerland - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Switzerland Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 20.309 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 20.328 % for 2016. Switzerland Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 20.220 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.747 % in 2007 and a record low of 19.215 % in 1963. Switzerland Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted Average;

Switzerland Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,356,037.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,341,453.000 Person for 2016. Switzerland Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 951,846.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,356,037.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 535,471.000 Person in 1960. Switzerland Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Switzerland was reported at 21.5 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Switzerland - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

This statistic illustrates the European cities in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), for their annual rental yields as of 2016. It can be seen that Berlin, in Germany, had the largest annual rental yield, with a return of 4.9 percent at that time. Frankfurt (Germany) and Linz (Austria) completed the top three, with annual rental yields of 4.1 percent and 3.4 percent respectively as of 2016.

The data collected on members of the local elites of the three largest city-regions (Basel, Geneva and Zurich) are integrated in the more general OBELIS database on Swiss Elites. Currently, the OBELIS database includes elites from four sectors at the national level: Economic, Political, Administrative and Academic (+ national sociability associations) and covers nine dates: 1890, 1910, 1937, 1957, 1980, 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020. The elite status of individuals is defined by the position/function held in these four spheres at the date mentioned. A description of all the different samples of the Swiss elites can be consulted on the website. The data allows researchers to understand the elites through a relational analysis (network analysis) to highlight the interrelations between these elites. The data is also suitable to conduct prosopographical analysis. As for national elites, the identification of local elites of the three largest Swiss city-regions also follows a positional approach by selecting all individuals occupying leading positions in the major local economic, political, cultural and academic institutions for the 7 benchmark years: 1890, 1910, 1937, 1957, 1980, 2000 and 2020. For the economic sphere we collected information on all the committee members of the regional chambers of commerce as well as directors of the most important companies of the three cities’ leading economic sectors. This includes the major banks and insurance companies for the financial sector; for Basel, all the major textile (until 1937) and chemical-pharmaceutical companies; for Geneva, the major watch-making companies, as well as a few other industrial companies; and for Zurich, all the major companies from the machine industry. The total number of companies varies from 49 in 1890 to 35 in 2020. The smaller sample for the recent period is due to the strong concentration process in all economic sectors, involving mergers and acquisitions as well as bankruptcies. For these companies, all CEOs/general directors and directors’ board members were taken into account. For the political sphere, we included all members of the cantonal (regional) and local (city) parliaments and governments for Geneva and Zurich, whereas in Basel, where the city’s territory fully coincides with the canton, only the members of the cantonal parliament and government were considered. For the academic sphere we include all full and extraordinary (associate) professors of the three cities’ universities until 1957, and, for the more recent dates, a selection of professors according to the occupation of institutional positions or according to their scientific reputation. Finally, the committee members of the three cities’ fine art societies are included as urban elites from the cultural sphere.

The Swiss Städtekonferenz Mobilität (transl: City Conference on Mobility) publishes a "Städtevergleich Mobilität" (transl: City comparison on mobility) for the six biggest German-speaking Swiss cities (Basel, Bern, Luzern, St.Gallen, Winterthur and Zürich), every couple of years. It is based on combining federal data and data the cities collect themselves. The reports are published here: https://skm-cvm.ch/de/Info/Fakten/Stadtevergleich_Mobilitat

Every year, modal shares between cities are reported. Currently reported years are 2010, 2015, 2021. Modal shares are calculated as the percentages of the main mode of transport per trip ("Hauptverkehrsmittel pro Weg", p. 18 of report for 2021).

This repository provides a dataset, which is a manual transcription of modal shares reported on page 18 of the report for 2021 to make modal share data available in CSV format. The original report is attached as well. The repository contains the following files:

• modal_shares_staedtevergleich.csv: The modal shares dataset (CSV file)
• variables.csv: Variable descriptions for modal_shares_staedtevergleich.csv (CSV file)
• staedtevergleich_2021_231030.pdf: PDF report (original data source) retrieved on 15.5.2025 from https://skm-cvm.ch/de/Info/Fakten/Stadtevergleich_Mobilitat

CH：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达1,356,037.000人，相较于12-01-2016的1,341,453.000人有所增长。CH：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为951,846.500人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达1,356,037.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为535,471.000人。CEIC提供的CH：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的瑞士 – 表 CH.世行.WDI：人口和城市化进程统计。

CH：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比在12-01-2017达20.309%，相较于12-01-2016的20.328%有所下降。CH：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为20.220%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2007，达20.747%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1963，为19.215%。CEIC提供的CH：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的瑞士 – 表 CH.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。

In Zürich lebten Ende 2024 geschätzt rund 436.370 Einwohner:innen. Damit ist Zürich die größte Stadt der Schweiz. Die beiden nachfolgenden Städte Genf und Basel erreichen auch zusammengenommen nicht die Bevölkerungszahl des Finanz- und Wirtschaftszentrums an der Limmat. Was ist eine Stadt? „Städte“ werden je nach Land unterschiedlich definiert. In der Schweiz gelten Gemeinden mit mehr als 10.000 Einwohner:innen als Städte. Die Selbstbezeichnungen der Orte können hiervon jedoch abweichen. Von der eigentlichen Stadt zu unterscheiden sind zudem die Begriffe „Agglomeration“ und „Metropolregion“. Diese schließen weitere benachbarte Orte oder sogar ganze Kreise / Bezirke mit ein und beziehen sich so auf ein dicht besiedeltes Gebiet mit zahlreichen wirtschaftlichen und infrastrukturellen Verbindungen. Die Finanz- und Versicherungsmetropole Zürich Die Stadt Zürich, gelegen am Zürichsee, ist mit ihren 434.000 Einwohner:innen nicht nur die größte Stadt der Schweiz, sondern aufgrund der hohen Anzahl der dort ansässigen Banken und Versicherungen auch ein internationaler Finanzplatz. Ein Großteil der dort lebenden Bewohner:innen sind Ausländer, vor allem aus Deutschland und Italien. Der Finanzsektor in Zürich stellt die Branche mit der zweitgrößten Bruttowertschöpfung in der Stadt dar; unter anderem haben die UBS und die Züricher Kantonalbank ihren Hauptsitz vor Ort. Im vergangenen Jahr erwirtschaftete der Sektor über 22,3 Milliarden Schweizer Franken. In der Branche der Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen werden jedoch im Durchschnitt die höchsten Gehälter gezahlt. Der durchschnittliche Bruttomonatslohn in der Stadt Zürich lag in dieser Branche bei knapp 11.300 Schweizer Franken. Im Vergleich: Der durchschnittliche Bruttomonatslohn über alle Branchen hinweg liegt bei etwa 8.100 Schweizer Franken. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) der Stadt ist verhältnismäßig sehr hoch und betrug im vergangenen Jahr 87,7 Milliarden Schweizer Franken. Zürich ist wichtiger Teil des international bedeutenden schweizerischen Bankensektors.