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The Switzerland country code is +41 — reaching one of the world's highest-GDP-per-capita economies + 9 million Swiss across 26 cantons + 4 official languages (German, French, Italian, Romansh), plus ~12 million mobile subscriptions across Swisscom, Sunrise + Salt Mobile. Home of Swiss banking + private wealth management.

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Switzerland number format
+41Country Code
44Vorwahl
668 18 00Telefonnummer
+41Country code
1949ITU assigned
~70Area codes
1Time zone (CET/CEST)
12MMobile subs
9dNational digits
02 — THE BASICS

What is the +41 country code?

Switzerland was assigned +41 by the ITU in 1949 — placing it in zone 4 with central Europe. The Swiss have one of the most precise numbering systems in the world: 9 digits, no exceptions, every Swiss number same length.

ITU zone 4 central Europe

Switzerland has used the +41 country code since 1949, when the ITU placed it in zone 4 alongside Austria +43, Hungary +36, Czech Republic +420, the UK +44 (zone 4), Germany +49 + Denmark +45. The "1" suffix was the first single-digit slot in zone 4 — Switzerland got one of the shortest European 2-digit codes.

OFCOM-regulated

Switzerland's telecom industry is regulated by OFCOM (Federal Office of Communications / BAKOM in German, OFCOM in English/French/Italian — Bundesamt für Kommunikation). Three major mobile carriers: Swisscom (~6M subs, ~58% market share, ~51% federally-owned), Sunrise GmbH (~3.5M, owned by Liberty Global, formerly UPC), Salt Mobile (~1.6M, owned by Xavier Niel/Iliad). All are GSM/LTE/5G — Switzerland deployed 5G in 2019.

Always 9 digits

Swiss area codes are 2 digits (with leading 0), and every Swiss phone number is exactly <b>9 digits</b> domestically (10 with leading 0). Major cities: <b>044/043</b> Zurich. <b>022</b> Geneva. <b>061</b> Basel. <b>021</b> Lausanne. <b>031</b> Bern. <b>091</b> Lugano + Ticino. Swiss mobiles all start with <b>7</b> (07X domestically; +41 7X internationally).

DID YOU KNOW

Switzerland has 4 official languages — but only one phone code. Switzerland\'s 26 cantons speak German (~63%), French (~23%), Italian (~8%) + Romansh (~0.5%) + the +41 code routes seamlessly across all of them. A Lugano (091) number sounds Italian, a Geneva (022) number sounds French, a Zurich (044) number sounds German — but all are dialed identically with +41. Swiss telecom is famously polyglot.

03 — QUICK FACTS

A quick read on how it works.

A Swiss phone number in international format is written as +41 [Vorwahl without 0] [7-digit local]. For example, +41 44 668 18 00 for a Zurich landline (domestic 044 668 18 00), +41 22 730 38 00 for Geneva, or +41 7X XXX XX XX for a Swiss mobile (07X-XXX-XX-XX domestic).

Swiss mobile numbers all start with 7 (07X domestically — 074/075/076/077/078/079; +41 7X internationally). Drop the leading 0 like other European countries. Every Swiss number is exactly 9 digits domestically (10 with leading 0), 11 digits total internationally with +41 — same length whether you\'re calling a Zurich landline, a Geneva business, or a Salt mobile.

Want to call Switzerland from abroad? Dial your country's exit code (00 in most countries — including Switzerland itself — and 011 in the US/Canada, 0011 in Australia), then 41, then drop the leading 0 from the Swiss number. On any mobile, simply replace the exit code with a + sign.
04 — COVERAGE

Where a +41 number reaches.

From the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich to the United Nations in Geneva, every Swiss number lives behind a +41. Pick the Vorwahl that matches your customer canton or city.

SWITZERLAND · ONE TIME ZONE
+41 spans 26 cantons + 4 official languages, one CET clock.
Zurich · 044Geneva · 022Basel · 061Lausanne · 021Bern · 031Lucerne · 041Lugano · 091St Gallen · 071Winterthur · 052Sion · 027
CET (UTC+1) winterCEST (UTC+2) summer
City & regionCodeZone
Zurich (Zürich)+41-44 / 43CET/CEST
Geneva (Genève)+41-22CET/CEST
Basel+41-61CET/CEST
Lausanne+41-21CET/CEST
Bern (Bundesstadt)+41-31CET/CEST
Lucerne (Luzern)+41-41CET/CEST
Lugano (Ticino, Italian)+41-91CET/CEST
St Gallen+41-71CET/CEST
Winterthur+41-52CET/CEST
Sion (Valais)+41-27CET/CEST
Fribourg+41-26CET/CEST
Neuchâtel+41-32CET/CEST
Schaffhausen+41-52CET/CEST
Chur (Graubünden)+41-81CET/CEST
Aarau (Aargau)+41-62CET/CEST
Solothurn+41-32CET/CEST
Thun+41-33CET/CEST
Biel / Bienne+41-32CET/CEST
Frauenfeld (Thurgau)+41-52CET/CEST
Zug+41-41CET/CEST
Liestal (Basel-Land)+41-61CET/CEST
Bellinzona (Ticino)+41-91CET/CEST
Locarno (Ticino)+41-91CET/CEST
Davos (Graubünden)+41-81CET/CEST
St Moritz (Engadin)+41-81CET/CEST
Zermatt (Valais)+41-27CET/CEST
Interlaken (Bern)+41-33CET/CEST
Swisscom Mobile (7x)+41-7xCET/CEST
Sunrise Mobile (7x)+41-7xCET/CEST
Salt Mobile (7x)+41-7xCET/CEST
Toll-free (0800)+41-800CET/CEST
05 — FROM ANY COUNTRY

How to call Switzerland from any country.

Every country uses a different international exit code before the +41 Switzerland country code. From any mobile, the + symbol replaces the exit code automatically — so +41 44 668 18 00 works worldwide. Always drop the leading 0 from Swiss numbers when dialing from abroad.

From countryExit codeFull dialing patternMobile (+)
United States011011 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Canada011011 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
United Kingdom0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Australia00110011 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Germany0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
France0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Italy0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Austria0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Liechtenstein0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Netherlands0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Belgium0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Luxembourg0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Spain0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Portugal0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Monaco0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
China0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Japan010010 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
South Korea001001 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
India0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
UAE0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Singapore001001 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Russia8 108 10 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
South Africa0000 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN
Brazil00 2100 21 41 NN NNN NN NN+41 7N NNN NN NN

Tip: Swiss mobile numbers all start with 7 (after dropping the leading 0). Major area codes: 44 Zurich, 22 Geneva, 61 Basel, 31 Bern, 21 Lausanne, 91 Lugano (Italian Ticino). Every Swiss number is exactly 9 digits without the leading 0. Total E.164 length is always 11 digits with +41.

06 — WHY +41

Six reasons people pick a Swiss number.

+41 reaches the world's wealthiest economy per capita + 26 cantons of polyglot precision. UBS, Credit Suisse legacy, Swiss watchmaking + pharma all expect +41 verification.

01

Swiss bank + AHV verifications

Swiss banks (UBS, Raiffeisen Switzerland, ZKB, PostFinance, Migros Bank, Cler, Cembra) + the AHV/IV (social security) + Swiss federal e-government portals + TWINT (Swiss mobile payment) require +41 mobile OTPs.

02

Zurich 044 + Geneva 022 = global finance

A 044 Vorwahl says "Zurich — Bahnhofstrasse banking, UBS HQ, Credit Suisse legacy site, SIX Swiss Exchange". A 022 says "Geneva — UN HQ, WHO, WTO, private banking + watchmaking". A 091 says "Lugano — Italian-speaking Ticino + wealth management".

03

Multilingual reach in one prefix

A single +41 number reaches German Switzerland (Zurich, Bern, Basel), French Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg), Italian Switzerland (Lugano, Bellinzona, Locarno) + Romansh-speaking pockets in Graubünden. No language switch, no translation overhead.

04

World's highest GDP-per-capita reach

Switzerland has the world's 3rd-highest GDP per capita (~$93K nominal). A +41 line reaches the highest-spending consumers on Earth — Swiss wealth management, luxury watches (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille), Swiss-made pharma (Roche, Novartis) + private banking (Pictet, Lombard Odier, Vontobel).

05

CET: aligned with EU mainland

Switzerland runs on CET (UTC+1) in winter, CEST (UTC+2) in summer — same clock as Germany, France, Austria, Italy. Switzerland is not in the EU but follows EU DST conventions. The pan-EU business day aligns cleanly with Swiss working hours.

06

Swiss FADP-compliant routing

CallMama routes +41 numbers through OFCOM-licensed Swiss carriers under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, equivalent to GDPR + adequacy-decision aligned). Voice + SMS data subject to Swiss privacy oversight by the FDPIC.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Sound local. Anywhere in Switzerland.

Pick your Vorwahl — 044 Zurich, 022 Geneva, 061 Basel, 031 Bern, 091 Lugano — and start calling, texting + receiving UBS + AHV + TWINT OTPs from real Swiss customers.

07 — INCLUDED

smart calling, built in.

Same six features come standard on every CallMama Switzerland number — no upsell tiers, no per-feature charges.

Call forwarding

Route any incoming call to your real mobile, a teammate, or voicemail — by schedule, caller, or custom rule.

Call recording

One-tap recording for client calls and consults. Files store securely in your dashboard for replay or download.

Custom caller ID

Decide which local number shows on outbound calls so contacts always see a familiar prefix.

Voicemail to inbox

Voicemails arrive as audio plus a written transcript in your inbox — read or listen, no missed message.

Two-way SMS & MMS

Send and receive text and image messages from your number — same line works on web, iOS, and Android.

International calling

Outbound calls to 200+ countries from the same app. Skip carrier roaming and international add-ons.

08 — HOW IT WORKS

Your Switzerland number, in three simple steps.

From "I want a Switzerland number" to making your first call — three taps and you're live.

01 · STEP

Pick your digits

Choose the area code or city prefix that matches where you sell.

+4144668 18 00
+4122730 38 00Pick
+4179 123 45 67
02 · STEP

Confirm in the app

Six-digit confirmation drops into the app. No documents to upload, no waiting room, no callbacks.

ENTER VERIFICATION CODE
492803
03 · STEP

Start calling

Your Switzerland line is live. Start dialing, texting, and being reached — exactly the way a local would.

Andreas Müller+41 44 668 18 00
09 — FULL DIRECTORY

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Name, country code, ISO 3166 alpha-2 & alpha-3, exit code, and ITU zone. Filter by continent or search by name or code.

CountryCodeISO-2ISO-3ExitZone
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American Samoa+1ASASM0111
Andorra+376ADAND003
Angola+244AOAGO002
Anguilla+1AIAIA0111
Antarctica+672AQATA006
Antigua and Barbuda+1AGATG0111
Argentina+54ARARG005
Armenia+374AMARM003
Aruba+297AWABW002
Australia+61AUAUS00116
Austria+43ATAUT004
Azerbaijan+994AZAZE009
Bahamas+1BSBHS0111
Bahrain+973BHBHR009
Bangladesh+880BDBGD008
Barbados+1BBBRB0111
Belarus+375BYBLR8103
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10 — ANSWERS

Frequently asked.

The country code for Switzerland is +41. It is the international dialing prefix used to call any phone number in Switzerland — landline or mobile — assigned by the ITU in 1949. Switzerland sits in ITU zone 4 alongside Austria +43, Hungary +36, Czech Republic +420, the UK +44 (under zone 4 historically) and Germany +49.
The +41 country code was assigned to Switzerland by the ITU in 1949. The leading "4" places Switzerland in ITU zone 4 covering central Europe. The "1" suffix was the first single-digit slot in zone 4 — Switzerland got the lowest 2-digit code in central Europe (alphabetical CH first-mover order in zone 4).
From the US, dial 011 (NANP exit code), then 41 (Switzerland country code), then drop the leading 0 from the Swiss number. Example: 011 41 44 668 18 00 for Zurich, or 011 41 7X XXX XX XX for a Swiss mobile. On any mobile, replace 011 with +.
From Germany, dial 00 (Germany exit code), then 41, then drop the leading 0. Example: 00 41 22 730 38 00 for Geneva. Germany-Switzerland is one of the heaviest single ITU routes — both are top-10 European economies + the Zurich + Basel financial corridors connect closely with Germany.
From the UK, dial 00 (UK exit code), then 41, then drop the leading 0. Example: 00 41 91 800 18 00 for Lugano. Or use +41 44 668 18 00 from any UK mobile.
A Swiss phone number in international format is written as +41 NN NNN NN NN — always 9 digits after the +41 (2-digit Vorwahl + 7-digit local). Example: +41 44 668 18 00 for Zurich, +41 22 730 38 00 for Geneva, +41 79 123 45 67 for a Swisscom mobile.
A Vorwahl (German) or indicatif (French) or prefisso (Italian) is the Swiss term for an area code. Major Swiss Vorwahlen: 044/043 Zurich. 022 Geneva. 061 Basel. 021 Lausanne. 031 Bern. 041 Lucerne. 091 Italian-speaking Lugano + Ticino. 081 Graubünden (Chur, Davos, St Moritz). 027 Valais (Sion, Zermatt). Most Swiss Vorwahlen are 2 digits + the leading 0.
OFCOM/BAKOM reserves the prefix 7 for all Swiss mobile numbers. Each carrier has overlapping 07X ranges — Swisscom uses 079 + 078, Sunrise uses 076 + 077, Salt Mobile uses 078 + 074. All Swiss mobiles are 9 digits domestically (10 with leading 0) + portable across all 3 carriers since 2000.
+41 44 is the international prefix for Zurich + the canton of Zürich. Zurich is Switzerland\'s largest city (~420K people, ~1.4M in the metro) + the country\'s commercial + financial capital. Home to UBS HQ, ZKB (Zürcher Kantonalbank), Credit Suisse legacy HQ (now UBS-merged), SIX Swiss Exchange, the Bahnhofstrasse luxury district + ETH Zurich (one of the world\'s top universities). Newer numbers also use +41 43 Zurich overlay.
+41 22 is the international prefix for Geneva (Genève) + the surrounding canton. Geneva is Switzerland\'s 2nd-largest city + the international diplomatic capital. Home to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), WHO HQ, WTO HQ, ICRC (Red Cross), CERN, the Geneva Motor Show + Swiss private banking (Pictet, Lombard Odier, UBP). The Geneva accent is uniquely French-Swiss.
+41 91 is the international prefix for Italian-speaking Ticino — Switzerland\'s southernmost canton. The 91 zone covers Lugano (Switzerland\'s 9th-largest city + private banking hub), Bellinzona (cantonal capital), Locarno (film festival), Mendrisio + Ascona. Ticino is fully Italian-speaking — most Ticinese also speak German + French. Home to USI (Università della Svizzera italiana).
+41 800 is the Swiss toll-free range — calls are free for the caller; the business pays. Used by Swiss banks (UBS, Raiffeisen, ZKB, PostFinance), Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), Swiss International Air Lines, every major Swiss retailer (Migros, Coop, Manor, Globus) + every utility (Swisscom, Swissgrid, BKW, Axpo).
Switzerland runs on Central European Time (CET, UTC+1) in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) from late March to late October. The clocks change at 2am on the last Sunday of March + 3am on the last Sunday of October. Although Switzerland is not in the EU, it follows the EU Daylight Saving directive — same clock as Germany, France, Italy, Austria.
Yes. CallMama issues a real Swiss +41 number from anywhere with internet access — no Switzerland residence required, no AHV/AVS number (Swiss social security), no in-person KYC. Pick from any of the major Swiss Vorwahlen (044 Zurich, 022 Geneva, 061 Basel, 031 Bern, 091 Lugano, 081 Graubünden, 027 Valais) or grab a 07X mobile, live in about 60 seconds.
Yes — they mean the same Switzerland country code, written different ways. +41 is the ITU-T E.123 international format. 0041 is the manual form: 00 (most countries' exit code) + 41 (Switzerland country code). They route identically.
Switzerland maintains multiple specialised emergency numbers in addition to the pan-EU 112. 112 connects to any emergency service (EU-wide standard, recommended for foreigners). 117 = Police (Polizei/Police/Polizia). 118 = Fire (Feuerwehr/Pompiers/Pompieri). 144 = Medical Ambulance (Sanitätsnotruf). 1414 = REGA (Swiss Air Rescue — helicopter rescue for hiking + skiing emergencies). 140 = Roadside assistance (TCS).

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