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Obwalden population 2026

Q: What is the population of Obwalden in 2026?

The latest official figure is 39,662, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Obwalden would have about 40 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Obwalden has 39,662 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 390 more than a year earlier (+0.99%). It is 24th of Switzerland’s 26 cantons by population, home to 0.4% of Switzerland’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 40 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Obwalden in numbers

Population: 40 thousand 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.99% +390 people
Change since 2020: +4.57% from 38 thousand
Share of Switzerland: 0.4% 24th of 26 cantons
Population density: 81per km² 491 km²

That is about as many people as British Virgin Islands (40 thousand).

Population of Obwalden by year

39.7k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	35,885
2013	36,115
2014	36,507
2015	36,834
2016	37,076
2017	37,378
2018	37,575
2019	37,841
2020	37,930
2021	38,108
2022	38,435
2023	38,700
2024	39,272
2025	39,662

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	39,662	+390	+0.99%
2024	39,272	+572	+1.48%
2023	38,700	+265	+0.69%
2022	38,435	+327	+0.86%
2021	38,108	+178	+0.47%
2020	37,930	+89	+0.24%
2019	37,841	+266	+0.71%
2018	37,575	+197	+0.53%
2017	37,378	+302	+0.81%
2016	37,076	+242	+0.66%
2015	36,834	+327	+0.90%
2014	36,507	+392	+1.09%
2013	36,115	+230	+0.64%
2012	35,885	–	–

Obwalden 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 Obwalden in 2026?

The latest official figure is 39,662, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Obwalden would have about 40 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Obwalden’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 390 people (+0.99%) in the latest year, and has changed +4.57% since 2020.

How does Obwalden rank in Switzerland?

Obwalden is 24th of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, with 0.4% of the people. Zurich is the largest, with 1.6 million.

What is the population density of Obwalden?

About 81 people per km², on 491 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: Obwalden population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/switzerland/obwalden/

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