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Jura population 2026

Q: What is the population of Jura in 2026?

The latest official figure is 74,840, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Jura would have about 75 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Jura has 74,840 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 292 more than a year earlier (+0.39%). It is 20th of Switzerland’s 26 cantons by population, home to 0.8% of Switzerland’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 75 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Jura in numbers

Population: 75 thousand 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.39% +292 people
Change since 2020: +1.71% from 74 thousand
Share of Switzerland: 0.8% 20th of 26 cantons
Population density: 89per km² 839 km²

That is about as many people as Cayman Islands (77 thousand).

Population of Jura by year

74.8k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	70,542
2013	70,942
2014	71,738
2015	72,410
2016	72,782
2017	73,122
2018	73,290
2019	73,419
2020	73,584
2021	73,709
2022	73,798
2023	73,865
2024	74,548
2025	74,840

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	74,840	+292	+0.39%
2024	74,548	+683	+0.92%
2023	73,865	+67	+0.09%
2022	73,798	+89	+0.12%
2021	73,709	+125	+0.17%
2020	73,584	+165	+0.22%
2019	73,419	+129	+0.18%
2018	73,290	+168	+0.23%
2017	73,122	+340	+0.47%
2016	72,782	+372	+0.51%
2015	72,410	+672	+0.94%
2014	71,738	+796	+1.12%
2013	70,942	+400	+0.57%
2012	70,542	–	–

Jura 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 Jura in 2026?

The latest official figure is 74,840, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Jura would have about 75 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Jura’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 292 people (+0.39%) in the latest year, and has changed +1.71% since 2020.

How does Jura rank in Switzerland?

Jura is 20th of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, with 0.8% of the people. Zurich is the largest, with 1.6 million.

What is the population density of Jura?

About 89 people per km², on 839 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: Jura population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/switzerland/jura/

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