Zürich12%
Geneva5.9%
Basel5.2%
Lausanne4.1%
Bern3.9%
Winterthur3.3%
Lucerne2.4%
St. Gallen
Lugano
Biel/Bienne
Thun
Bellinzona
Köniz
Fribourg
Schaffhausen
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Chur
Uster
Sion
Vernier
Lancy
Neuchâtel
Emmen
Zug
Yverdon-les-Bains
Dübendorf
Kriens
Dietikon
Rapperswil-Jona
Meyrin
Montreux
Frauenfeld
Wetzikon (ZH)
Baar
Bulle
La Tour-de-Trême
Wil (SG)
Horgen
60 others30%
1
ZürichZH
421,878
2
GenevaGE
203,856
3
BaselBS
178,120
4
LausanneVD
140,202
5
BernBE
134,794
6
WinterthurZH
114,220
7
LucerneLU
82,620
8
St. GallenSG
76,213
9
LuganoTI
62,315
10
Biel/BienneBE
55,206
11
ThunBE
43,476
12
BellinzonaTI
43,360
13
KönizBE
42,388
14
FribourgFR
38,039
15
SchaffhausenSH
36,952
16
La Chaux-de-FondsNE
36,915
17
ChurGR
36,336
18
UsterZH
35,337
19
SionVS
34,978
20
VernierGE
34,898
21
LancyGE
33,989
22
NeuchâtelNE
33,455
23
EmmenLU
31,039
24
ZugZG
30,934
25
Yverdon-les-BainsVD
29,955
26
DübendorfZH
29,907
27
KriensLU
28,245
28
DietikonZH
28,057
29
Rapperswil-JonaSG
27,483
30
MeyrinGE
26,129
31
MontreuxVD
26,090
32
FrauenfeldTG
25,974
33
Wetzikon (ZH)ZH
25,056
34
BaarZG
24,686
35
BulleFR
24,412
36
La Tour-de-TrêmeFR
24,412
37
Wil (SG)SG
24,132
38
HorgenZH
23,090
39
Carouge (GE)GE
22,536
40
KreuzlingenTG
22,390
41
BülachZH
21,998
42
WädenswilZH
21,792
43
RiehenBS
21,788
44
AarauAG
21,726
45
NyonVD
21,718
46
AllschwilBL
21,563
47
WettingenAG
21,099
48
OpfikonZH
20,954
49
Renens (VD)VD
20,834
50
KlotenZH
20,429
51
SchlierenZH
19,881
52
VeveyVD
19,752
53
BadenAG
19,621
54
Reinach (BL)BL
19,260
55
AdliswilZH
19,049
56
OnexGE
18,933
57
VolketswilZH
18,865
58
Glarus NordGL
18,832
59
PullyVD
18,694
60
RegensdorfZH
18,568
61
OltenSO
18,496
62
MartignyVS
18,291
63
ThalwilZH
18,278
64
MuttenzBL
18,020
65
Gossau (SG)SG
17,990
66
MontheyVS
17,820
67
OstermundigenBE
17,758
68
GrenchenSO
17,577
69
WallisellenZH
17,218
70
ChamZG
17,042
71
Wohlen (AG)AG
16,881
72
SierreVS
16,819
73
SolothurnSO
16,802
74
PrattelnBL
16,621
75
BurgdorfBE
16,583
76
FreienbachSZ
16,520
77
Illnau-EffretikonZH
16,298
78
EinsiedelnSZ
16,247
79
MorgesVD
16,101
80
SteffisburgBE
15,991
81
LyssBE
15,763
82
BinningenBL
15,750
83
LocarnoTI
15,728
84
HerisauAR
15,649
85
LangenthalBE
15,544
86
SchwyzSZ
15,435
87
LiestalBL
14,963
88
ArbonTG
14,950
89
MendrisioTI
14,902
90
Küsnacht (ZH)ZH
14,811
91
StäfaZH
14,791
92
ThônexGE
14,573
93
MeilenZH
14,539
94
OftringenAG
14,455
95
AmriswilTG
14,211
96
HorwLU
14,211
97
EbikonLU
14,066
98
RichterswilZH
13,670
99
RheinfeldenAG
13,551
100
ZollikonZH
13,311
Highlights
Within Switzerland, Zürich ranks first in 2020 with 421,878, followed by Geneva (203,856) and Basel (178,120).
Zürich is 2.1 times higher than Geneva, the runner-up.
Across 100 entries, values run from 421,878 (Zürich) to 13,311 (Zollikon), with a median of 20,155.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 2020 (via Wikipedia), 2020. Unit: people.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 2020 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026