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Switzerland vs. Liechtenstein

Demographics

SwitzerlandLiechtenstein
Population8,453,550 (July 2021 est.)39,425 (July 2021 est.)

note: immigrants make up 67% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
Age structure0-14 years: 15.34% (male 664,255/female 625,252)

15-24 years: 10.39% (male 446,196/female 426,708)

25-54 years: 42.05% (male 1,768,245/female 1,765,941)

55-64 years: 13.48% (male 569,717/female 563,482)

65 years and over: 18.73% (male 699,750/female 874,448) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 15.2% (male 3,259/female 2,688)

15-24 years: 11.29% (male 2,238/female 2,181)

25-54 years: 40.22% (male 7,869/female 7,872)

55-64 years: 14.41% (male 2,711/female 2,930)

65 years and over: 18.88% (male 3,403/female 3,986) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 42.7 years

male: 41.7 years

female: 43.7 years (2020 est.)
total: 43.7 years

male: 42 years

female: 45.3 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.65% (2021 est.)0.73% (2021 est.)
Birth rate10.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)10.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)7.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)4.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.26 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.21 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female

total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 83.03 years

male: 80.71 years

female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
total population: 82.36 years

male: 80.11 years

female: 85.19 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.58 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.69 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2020)NA
Nationalitynoun: Swiss (singular and plural)

adjective: Swiss
noun: Liechtensteiner(s)

adjective: Liechtenstein
Ethnic groupsSwiss 69.3%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovo 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.6% (2019 est.)

note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth
Liechtensteiner 65.8%, Swiss 9.6%, Austrian 5.9%, German 4.4%, Italian 3.1%, other 11.2% (2019 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS17,000 (2020)

note: estimate does not include children
NA
ReligionsRoman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 1.6%, none 29.5%, unspecified 0.8% (2019 est.)Roman Catholic (official) 73.4%, Protestant Reformed 6.3%, Muslim 5.9%,  Christian Orthodox 1.3%, Lutheran 1.2%, other Protestant .7%, other Christian .3%, other .8%, none 7%, unspecified 3.3% (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<200 (2020)

note: estimate does not include children
NA
LanguagesGerman (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

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German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 17 years

female: 16 years (2018)
total: 15 years

male: 16 years

female: 14 years (2018)
Education expenditures5.1% of GDP (2017)2.6% of GDP (2011)
Urbanizationurban population: 74% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 14.5% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: total: 98% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017)
Major cities - population1.408 million Zurich, 434,000 BERN (capital) (2021)5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018)
Mother's mean age at first birth30.7 years (2019 est.)31.3 years (2017)

Source: CIA Factbook