Bijna alle Zwitserse politieke partijen zijn tegen, maar onder de bevolking leek het vooraf een nek-aan-nekrace te worden.

The Swiss will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether to back a referendum that would see its population capped at 10 million.

The referendum is proposing a a limit of 10 million people until 2050 and has divided the country, being dubbed by some as a "Swiss Brexit".