Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS
The fastest-growing municipalities in canton Nidwalden
National ranking →Wolfenschiessen is growing fastest in canton Nidwalden: its population rose 2.5 % in 2025. Next come Buochs (2.3 %) and Beckenried (1.6 %). The basis is the year’s population change from births, deaths and migration. Source: FSO (BEVNAT).
Ranking
BFS · 2025| Rank | Municipality | Population growth | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfenschiessen | 2.5% | 2'174 |
| 2 | Buochs | 2.3% | 5'607 |
| 3 | Beckenried | 1.6% | 3'770 |
| 4 | Emmetten | 1.4% | 1'691 |
| 5 | Stans | 0.7% | 8'565 |
| 6 | Ennetbürgen | 0.6% | 5'361 |
| 7 | Hergiswil | 0.3% | 6'316 |
| 8 | Stansstad | -0.1% | 4'916 |
| 9 | Oberdorf | -0.1% | 3'095 |
| 10 | Dallenwil | -0.8% | 1'856 |
| 11 | Ennetmoos | -1.1% | 2'313 |
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026
How we measure this
BFSChange in the permanent resident population during calendar year 2025, in percent of the population on 1 January, from the FSO statistics on natural population movement (BEVNAT) and migration. A positive value means growth, a negative one decline. The percentage makes small and large municipalities comparable.
Frequently asked questions
- Which municipality in canton Nidwalden is growing fastest?
- Wolfenschiessen: +2.5 % population in 2025 — the strongest growth of any municipality in canton Nidwalden. Source: FSO (BEVNAT).
- How is population growth measured?
- It is the change in the permanent resident population over the calendar year, in percent of the starting population, from births, deaths and in/out-migration (FSO BEVNAT). A percentage rather than absolute heads makes villages and cities fairly comparable.