Switzerland Demographics Profile 2013

Population

7,925,517 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.2% (male 621,785/female 586,205)
15-24 years: 11.7% (male 471,703/female 454,174)
25-54 years: 44% (male 1,754,394/female 1,736,083)
55-64 years: 11.9% (male 470,295/female 474,934)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 584,809/female 771,135) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 42 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 43.1 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

0.92% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

10.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

8.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 74% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

Zurich 1.143 million; BERN (capital) 346,000 (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.17 years
male: 78.34 years
female: 84.16 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.53 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

18,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

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 (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 15 years (2008)

Education expenditures

5.2% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Health expenditures

11.3% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

5.31 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

8.2% (2007)