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Switzerland Demographics Profile

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Population8,453,550 (July 2021 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Swiss (singular and plural)

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

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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.)
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.)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 51.6

youth dependency ratio: 22.7

elderly dependency ratio: 29

potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 42.7 years

male: 41.7 years

female: 43.7 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.65% (2021 est.)
Birth rate10.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Population distributionpopulation distribution corresponds to elevation with the northern and western areas far more heavily populated; the higher Alps of the south limit settlement
Urbanizationurban population: 74% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major cities - population1.408 million Zurich, 434,000 BERN (capital) (2021)
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.)
Mother's mean age at first birth30.7 years (2019 est.)
Maternal mortality rate5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 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.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 83.03 years

male: 80.71 years

female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.58 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate71.6% (2017)
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.)
Health expenditures11.9% (2018)
Physicians density4.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density4.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)
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.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2020)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS17,000 (2020)

note: estimate does not include children
HIV/AIDS - deaths<200 (2020)

note: estimate does not include children
Obesity - adult prevalence rate19.5% (2016)
Education expenditures5.1% of GDP (2017)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 17 years

female: 16 years (2018)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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