The consulting company estimated that Switzerland might add 148,000 individuals to its population in 2023, breaking the previous record for population growth.

The expected rise is twice as great as the rise in 2022. According to long-term estimates made by the federal government, 2023 will be comparable to 2022. The impacts of unforeseen events, such as the conflict in Ukraine and the Covid epidemic, are not taken into account in the government's estimate.

By 2055, the population of Switzerland, according to estimates made in 2010 by statisticians at the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), will be 8.9 million. The population of Switzerland will be 8,963,000 when the Wüest Partner forecast of 148,000 extra individuals is added to the most recent estimate of 8,815,000 for 2022. Switzerland's population may reach the level that FSO statisticians predicted for the country in 2055 by 2023.

Natural population growth (8,000), new employees (91,000), and refugees (48,000), mostly from Ukraine, make up the 148,000 additional residents. Since many of people who have immigrated from Ukraine are anticipated to eventually go back, their impact on population growth may only last a short while.

The majority of the growth is anticipated in areas with the greatest concentration of employment, which is in Switzerland's major cities. The population of Ticino is the only significant region where it is possible that it would shrink as Italian residents there increasingly move back to Italy.

The housing of newcomers will be a significant concern for Switzerland. Statistics on home vacancies from last September illustrate how scarce housing is in Switzerland. Rates in the major cities were around 1%. The rate in Geneva was merely 0.38%.