SWITZERLAND

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Switzerland People

Country Name: Swiss Confederation

Capital City: Bern

Population: 7,523,934 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.43% (2006)

Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)

Languages: German, French, Italian,

Area: 41,290 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.2% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 3.8% (2005)

Domain extension: .ch

PEOPLE OF SWITZERLAND

Age Structure 0-14 years:

16.1% (male 630,341/female 584,167)

Age Structure 15-64 years:

68.2% (male 2,596,996/female 2,553,108)

Age Structure 65 years and over:

15.8% (male 489,895/female 700,154) (2007 est.)

Median Age - total:

40.4 years

Median Age - male:

39.3 years

Median Age - female:

41.4 years (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate:

0.381% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate:

9.66 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate:

8.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration Rate:

2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.079 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

1.017 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.7 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - total population:

0.969 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

80.62 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

77.8 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

83.59 years (2007 est.)

Major Infectious Diseases:

Nationality:

Swiss (singular and plural)

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 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)