Population7,604,467 (July 2009 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 15.6% (male 616,561/female 571,610) Median agetotal: 41 years Population growth rate0.276% (2009 est.) Birth rate9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) Death rate8.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) Net migration rate1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) Urbanizationurban population: 73% of total population (2008) Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female Infant mortality ratetotal: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 80.85 years Total fertility rate1.45 children born/woman (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.6% (2007 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS25,000 (2007 est.) HIV/AIDS - deathsfewer than 500 (2007 est.) Nationalitynoun: Swiss (singular and plural) Ethnic groupsGerman 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% ReligionsRoman 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) LanguagesGerman (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) Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 15 years Education expenditures5.8% of GDP (2005) |
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