8,508,698 (2022 est.)
noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss
Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovo 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.)
note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth
German (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):
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.4%, other 1.5%, none 29.4%, unspecified 1.1% (2020 est.)
0-14 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.)
total dependency ratio: 51.6
youth dependency ratio: 22.8
elderly dependency ratio: 28.7
potential support ratio: 3.5 (2021 est.)
total: 42.7 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 43.7 years (2020 est.)
0.65% (2022 est.)
10.36 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
4.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
population distribution corresponds to elevation with the northern and western areas far more heavily populated; the higher Alps of the south limit settlement
urban population: 74.1% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)
at 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: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
31.1 years (2020 est.)
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
total population: 83.23 years
male: 80.91 years
female: 85.67 years (2022 est.)
1.58 children born/woman (2022 est.)
71.6% (2017)
improved: 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 (2020 est.)
11.3% of GDP (2019)
4.38 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
4.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)
improved: 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 (2020 est.)
0.2% (2021 est.)
19.5% (2016)
total: 9.41 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 3.17 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 4.35 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.76 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.12 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 25.5% (2020 est.)
male: 28.1% (2020 est.)
female: 22.9% (2020 est.)
N/A
5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2020)
total: 8.8%
male: 8.9%
female: 8.8% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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