New statistical information | In 2024, 41% of the population had a migrant background | Federal Statistical Office

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>New statistical information
>Published on 09.10.2025

>__Population with a migration background in 2024__

>__In 2024, 41% of the population had a migration background__

>In 2024, 41% of the permanent resident population of Switzerland aged 15 and over had a migration background (3,086,000 persons). This represents an increase of 1.1% compared with the previous year. Around 80% of the population with a migration background were born abroad and thus belong to the first generation (2,456,000 persons). The remaining 20% were born in Switzerland and are considered second generation (630,000 persons). After Swiss (37%), the most common nationalities among the population with a migration background are Italian (9%) and German (9%).

>__Most migrants come to Switzerland for family or professional reasons__

>In 2024, 40% of the permanent resident population aged 15 and over who were born abroad stated that they had immigrated to Switzerland for family reasons. 38% cited professional reasons. Asylum (7%) and education (5%) were the third and fourth most common reasons. Of the foreign-born population who stated that they had come to Switzerland for professional reasons, more than two-thirds had already found a job before immigrating.

Swiss people with university degrees should be paid to have more children.

You could not pay me to give a fuck