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Population & demographics in canton Obwalden

All Population & demographics rankings for the municipalities of canton Obwalden — the top 10 of each, linking to the full list.

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Largest municipalities

BFS · STATPOP · 2023

Rank	Municipality	Residents
1	Sarnen	10'742
2	Kerns	6'472
3	Alpnach	6'379
4	Sachseln	5'294
5	Engelberg	4'380
6	Giswil	3'944
7	Lungern	2'061

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Families & children

BFS · STATPOP · 2023

Rank	Municipality	Children & youth (0–19)
1	Kerns	22%
2	Giswil	21.1%
3	Alpnach	20.6%
4	Lungern	20.3%
5	Sachseln	20.3%
6	Sarnen	18.8%
7	Engelberg	15.8%

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Age structure

BFS · STATPOP · 2023

Rank	Municipality	Residents 65+
1	Lungern	23.8%
2	Engelberg	23.3%
3	Sarnen	23.2%
4	Sachseln	21.2%
5	Giswil	19.6%
6	Kerns	18.2%
7	Alpnach	17.5%

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Women share

BFS · STATPOP · 2023

Rank	Municipality	Women
1	Sachseln	50.9%
2	Kerns	49.8%
3	Sarnen	49.7%
4	Giswil	49.5%
5	Alpnach	48.8%
6	Lungern	48.5%
7	Engelberg	48%

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Foreign residents

BFS · STATPOP · 2024

Rank	Municipality	Foreign residents
1	Engelberg	30.3%
2	Alpnach	18.3%
3	Sarnen	17.7%
4	Giswil	14.6%
5	Sachseln	13%
6	Kerns	12.1%
7	Lungern	11.9%

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Population density

BFS + swisstopo · 2023

Rank	Municipality	Density
1	Sarnen	140/km²
2	Alpnach	113/km²
3	Sachseln	92/km²
4	Kerns	70/km²
5	Engelberg	59/km²
6	Giswil	46/km²
7	Lungern	44/km²

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