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Glarus population 2026

Q: What is the population of Glarus in 2026?

The latest official figure is 42,371, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Glarus would have about 43 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Glarus has 42,371 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 315 more than a year earlier (+0.75%). It is 23rd of Switzerland’s 26 cantons by population, home to 0.5% of Switzerland’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 43 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Glarus in numbers

Population: 42 thousand 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.75% +315 people
Change since 2020: +4.39% from 41 thousand
Share of Switzerland: 0.5% 23rd of 26 cantons
Population density: 62per km² 685 km²

That is about as many people as Northern Mariana Islands (43 thousand).

Population of Glarus by year

42.4k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	39,217
2013	39,369
2014	39,593
2015	39,794
2016	40,028
2017	40,147
2018	40,349
2019	40,403
2020	40,590
2021	40,851
2022	41,190
2023	41,471
2024	42,056
2025	42,371

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	42,371	+315	+0.75%
2024	42,056	+585	+1.41%
2023	41,471	+281	+0.68%
2022	41,190	+339	+0.83%
2021	40,851	+261	+0.64%
2020	40,590	+187	+0.46%
2019	40,403	+54	+0.13%
2018	40,349	+202	+0.50%
2017	40,147	+119	+0.30%
2016	40,028	+234	+0.59%
2015	39,794	+201	+0.51%
2014	39,593	+224	+0.57%
2013	39,369	+152	+0.39%
2012	39,217	–	–

Glarus among Switzerland’s cantons

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Cantons of Switzerland by population
#
1	Zurich	1,620,020	+0.90%	17.9%	937
2	Bern	1,071,216	+0.72%	11.8%	180
3	Vaud	855,106	+1.09%	9.4%	266
4	Aargau	735,808	+1.23%	8.1%	524
5	St. Gallen	540,036	+0.92%	6.0%	266
6	Geneva	531,102	+1.28%	5.9%	1,880
7	Lucerne	437,944	+1.20%	4.8%	293
8	Valais	371,288	+1.49%	4.1%	71
9	Ticino	358,903	+0.33%	4.0%	128
10	Fribourg	346,674	+1.50%	3.8%	207
11	Basel-Landschaft	301,323	+0.83%	3.3%	582
12	Thurgau	299,509	+1.45%	3.3%	302
13	Solothurn	289,792	+1.03%	3.2%	367
14	Graubünden	206,138	+0.61%	2.3%	29
15	Basel-Stadt	201,384	+0.68%	2.2%	5,450
16	Neuchâtel	179,518	+0.69%	2.0%	224
17	Schwyz	168,931	+0.91%	1.9%	186
18	Zug	133,739	+0.89%	1.5%	560
19	Schaffhausen	88,667	+1.79%	1.0%	297
20	Jura	74,840	+0.39%	0.8%	89
21	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	56,705	+0.37%	0.6%	234
22	Nidwalden	45,345	+0.73%	0.5%	164
23	Glarus	42,371	+0.75%	0.5%	62
24	Obwalden	39,662	+0.99%	0.4%	81
25	Uri	38,275	+0.91%	0.4%	36
26	Appenzell Innerrhoden	16,733	+0.89%	0.2%	97

Questions

What is the population of Glarus in 2026?

The latest official figure is 42,371, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Glarus would have about 43 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Glarus’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 315 people (+0.75%) in the latest year, and has changed +4.39% since 2020.

How does Glarus rank in Switzerland?

Glarus is 23rd of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, with 0.5% of the people. Zurich is the largest, with 1.6 million.

What is the population density of Glarus?

About 62 people per km², on 685 km². Total area, Wikidata.

Source and method

Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Switzerland, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Glarus population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/switzerland/glarus/

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