Switzerland Demographics Profile 2009

Population

7,604,467 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.6% (male 616,561/female 571,610)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 2,609,673/female 2,567,245)
65 years and over: 16.3% (male 514,761/female 724,617) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 41 years
male: 40 years
female: 42 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.276% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

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: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.85 years
male: 78.03 years
female: 83.83 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.45 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

25,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 500 (2007 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 (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: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Education expenditures

5.8% of GDP (2005)