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People of Switzerland

Population:7,554,661 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 16.1% (male 630,341/female 584,167)
15-64 years: 68.2% (male 2,596,996/female 2,553,108)
65 years and over: 15.8% (male 489,895/female 700,154) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 40.4 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 41.4 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:0.381% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:9.66 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:8.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.079 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.969 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 80.62 years
male: 77.8 years
female: 83.59 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.44 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:0.4% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:13,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality:noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss
Ethnic groups:German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
Religions:Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Languages:German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Switzerland Quickstats

  • Population: 7,554,661 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 41,290 sq km
  • Density: 182 /km² (61st)
  • GDP (total): $264.1 billion (39th)
  • GDP (per capita): $32,300 (10th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
  • Dial code: +41

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