This statistic shows development of the foreign-born population in Switzerland from 2011 until 2017. Since 2011 there has been an annual increase, throughout this period there has been an overall increase of 451 thousand foreign-born residents in Switzerland. The peak was in 2017 at approximately 2.39 million people.
Foreign-born population of Switzerland from 2011 to 2017
The source adds the following information: "Number of persons born abroad, (according to present time borders), whether in other EU Member States or non-EU countries, who are usually resident in the reporting country on 1 January of the respective year."
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Eurostat. (October 22, 2018). Foreign-born population of Switzerland from 2011 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/548978/foreign-born-population-of-switzerland/
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Foreign-born population of Switzerland from 2011 to 2017 [Graph], Eurostat, October 22, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/548978/foreign-born-population-of-switzerland/